Narrabeen Lake, situated on the northern beaches of Sydney, Australia, is a beautiful sun-drenched oasis situated right on the ocean.
It is a mecca for kayakers, windsurfers, and paddle board riders alike, a place where you can spend a lazy afternoon with family and friends under a shady tree just wiling away time…
The lake, which is 10-kilometres in circumference, is my choice for kayaking as it has very few power boats on it and it makes for a great change from the daily rows on my static C2 rowing machine.
Without fail, a pelican will glide by whilst out on the lake and how majestic are they to watch, something you don’t get to see on the rowing machine up in “The Shed“.
Crikey, as much as I love climbing and mountaineering, and let’s face it you’d have to if you intend to climb Mt Everest, the other past-time I enjoy equally is just being out in one of my kayaks. Whether it is a training session, or just more of a laid-back paddle with friends…
These days, I mostly find myself paddling my 6.5 metre long Epic kayak, a beautifully crafted and sleek boat which is quite fast, well in the right set of hands it is – but I’m working on that!
Next year this will be my choice of racing boat in the winter marathon series, a series of 20-kilmetre races run monthly for about nine-months.
And no, our winter doesn’t go for nine-months, so I’m not sure how that works out!
Over the Christmas break I’ll be hanging up my climbing gear and heading for the lake with family, friends and the kayaks, to get some training in, and to simply enjoy the smell of the fresh sea air…
Now, I’ll let you in on a little secret, so don’t tell TomO, but he’s got a paddle-board coming for Christmas, so maybe he’ll get it a day or two early, just so he can get Out and About on it this weekend coming. After all, it’s pretty hard to hide it up in “The Shed” with him seeing it…
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great action shot and i love the mountain top one
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Thankyou…The Blue Mountains is a great spot!
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Awesome video and soundtrack! Love it 🙂
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Kind of missing the paddling recently…be out there over the next few days!
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Go TomO!! Those pictures are just what i needed, beautiful, relaxing, sunny, sweaty good fun. i love it!! i feel my stress melt just watching. 🙂
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It is just like that today!
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Hi! I nominated you for The Versatile Blogger Award. Check it out! http://lasesana.wordpress.com/2012/12/17/the-versatile-blogger-award/
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Thank you very much, I’m extremely flattered!
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Lucky TomO! I hope Santa is also good to you!
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I can only live in hope!
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i really wanted to do stand up paddle board this last summer. But I guess that this summer it’s better for me anyway. I am working hard on my core muscles and now my spine is fully fused I should have a fighting chance in the water!! 😀 What a hard working man you are! Hard core outdoorsman. I like it. 🙂
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It is great for core muscles…and we love being outdoors!
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We do too! Yes plus I think the paddle boarding is kind of sexy. I would like to do it in Hawaii! 😀 But I will probably have to settle for doing it in Ohio here on a sketchy lake.
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I miss taking out my Hobie Odyssey on the waters in and around Sydney, so great to read this! Andy
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Thankyou! ANd we’ve got such a great spot to be doing it in!
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TomO is a lucky boy. A paddle board is on my list of “stuff I want” but I don’t think Santa will bring one this year. Maybe the birthday fairy will.
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Yes….indeed! Although, we like to encourage anything that involves exercise…
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I’ve been kayaking a few times and loved it so I can see why its one of your favorites! One of these days I am going to buy my own kayak to go out as much as I want!
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Yeah…get one, you’ll love it!
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