Dusi Canoe Marathon

Posted on January 13, 2009 by luckyblog

Hello, just back from South Africa, very nice.
Right now one of the top news stories on the TV and newspapers there is the upcoming 58th Dusi Canoe Marathon, which starts on Thursday.
The Dusi runs from Pietermaritzburg to Durban, 125km, 3days, 1,500 participants (!) in all manner of craft.
As well as various rapids, weirs and portages, hazards [...]

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White Christmas

Posted on January 7, 2009 by aussiedave

A trip planned based on the theory that I can’t possibly be with my family at Christmas, so I am going to encourage everyone else to skip out on theirs as well. Skipping out on family turned out to be less popular than I expected, the only locals to make the trip were JimBob & [...]

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