Railway Town

Railway Town
Coal Capital of Queensland

Wednesday, 21 March 2007

Zeeman Ocean Challenge

Well I have been juggling two casual jobs now for the last month but that is nothing compared with what I have been reading about in the Zeeman Ocean Challenge.

This guy called Ralph is rowing across from Peru to Brisbane, Australia by himself. He only started six days ago and so far so good. I am amazed that he can still contact his family back in Holland but here 1/2 hour out of town and that is it - nothing - no coverage until you hit the next town 3 or 4 hours down the road - if you are lucky. Anyway he has all this technology like an MP3 player etc to keep him up to date with the world. I guess there must be a back up boat somewhere but maybe not - not sure.

Anyway if you want to keep track of his daily adventures he has his own website.

http://www.zeemanoceanchallenge.com

Personally I don't have the strength or stamina to do what this guy is doing. Apparently - all going well - he will reach Brisbane in about 7 months or so.

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