Day 22, Greens Beach to Port Sorell
We had arranged with the Advocate Newspaper to meet at Port Sorell at 11am, so we thought we needed to push it fairly hard, which we did for the first 1/3 of the paddle, until we came in to sight of our destination and realized that if we kept up that pace, not only would be arrive very worn out, we would also be about half and hour early... so a more gentle pace was adopted as we paddled past the very impressive Badgers Head, and then after just over 3.5 hours of paddling we entered the Rubicon River.
After a good interview and some posing for photos the good folk from the Advocate headed back to where they came from and our ground suppport crew dropped us off outside the IGA store in Shearwater, so we could get in several hours of fundraising before dinner time.
We must make a very special mention to the super generous people who parted with their money in support of our charities. In the end a conservative estimate of the total funds collected outside the Shearwater IGA, came in at $1,000, making this the new benchmark. We are certainly hoping that this benchmark is moved higher as we make our way along the North West Coast ... come on Burnine and Smithton, who will be the most generous town in Tasmania?
Our landing point at Port Sorell was this very modern jetty.
Ben and Maureen chat with the big boss at the Shearwater IGA.
Bridget (AKA Raffle Girl), selling tickets outside the Shearwater IGA.
