Filed under: Food and Drink, Oceania, AustraliaHow far would you be willing to travel for a beer? If you’re anything like the residents of Marble Bar, located in Western Australia’s Outback, the answer is “pretty far”. According to the Daily Mail the Ironclad Hotel, which was located in Marble Bar, closed down last month, taking the town’s only pub with it. As a result, many of the locals have been making the 150-mile round trip journey to Nullagine just to enjoy a frosty pint at the… Read more
Filed under: Activism, Paddling, Oceania, Australia, Papua New Guinea, Internet ToolsBritish ocean rower Roz Savage arrived in Madang, Papua New Guinea yesterday, completing the third, and final, stage of her solo row across the Pacific Ocean. Her arrival marked an end to an adventure that she has dedicated more than five years of her life to finishing. Roz first came up with the idea of rowing across the Pacific after she completed a solo row across the Atlantic back in 2005. That journey… Read more
Filed under: Activism, Paddling, Europe, North America, United Kingdom, United StatesScotsman Don Lennox has a busy summer planned. The endurance athlete set out from Battery Park in New York City this past Sunday with three other men, in an attempt to break the speed record for rowing across the Atlantic Ocean. Don, and his teammates, will continue to row in two-man shifts, for 24-hours a day, until they reach England, which they are hoping to do in roughly 45 days time. For most of us, that… Read more
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