It's been a long winter with not much paddling. Some back and shoulder problems have been keeping me far too dry. So after a long paddling draught I got out with the Hunter Kayak Klan for a nice paddle from Swansea Channel down to the sea caves of Wallarah National Park.
The sun shone, the seas were calm with a gentle offshore breeze. The water was turquoise, clear and clean with a view to the weed waving gently on the bottom. We got into the smaller of the caves which is always nice. There were whales, dolphins and sea eagles. There were sandy beaches, some rocks to play round good food, good company and good weather.
About twenty kilometres and a brisk finish against the last of the ebb tide through the channel with a light westerly headwind to finish off.
The team on the day were Owen, Anne, Selim, Dirk, Pieter, Marty, Col, Shawn, Linda, Carolyn and myself. While out we ran across Cambell who was attending the NSWSKC paddle from Swansea to Catherine Hill Bay with Matt Bezzina and David Fisher as well as Phil who was doing a lightning raid of the sea caves with his son. So with thirteen klanners out on three different trips on one 15 km section of coast line I think we can say that sea kayaking in the Hunter Valley has well and truly taken off.
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