Today we all drove out to the finishing point from yesterday – 18 kms short of Swansea. Charles was dropped of while Teresa and the rest of the crew set off to set up at the IGA Swansea store.
Over the next six days Charles needs to paddle 350 kms in order to beat last year's record of 1029 kms. Its not going to be easy, but today we got some very good news our premier David Bartlett wil be joining Charles for his paddle from Kingston Beach to Sandy Bay Beach on Australia Day. This news has given Charles an extra boost after all the unfortunate floods – on the mainland and in Tasmania.
Understandably the news about so many flood disasters has affected our fund-raising potential for much of this years event. But we were glad to have been able to assist the local St Helens community while we were held up in St Helens for two days.
A special thankyou to Georgia Schofield and Jessica Seaman for all their help with raising funds for the paddle.
Starting point this morning with Charles about to run 18 kms to Swansea.
Finished 18 kms, in pain because of swollen knee.
