By Vladimir Brezina
We’re back from a trip to tropical Queensland, Australia—and, of course, processing a couple of thousand photos. Here’s a brief preview:
Much more to come!
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Wind Against Current by Vladimir Brezina and Johna Till Johnson is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License.Authors
Vladimir Brezina (RIP)
... kayaked the waters around New York for more than 15 years in his red Feathercraft folding kayak. He was originally from (the former) Czechoslovakia and lived in the U.K. and California before settling down in New York. He was a neuroscientist at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York City. He died in 2016.Johna Till Johnson
... is a kayaker and technology researcher at Nemertes Research. She's an erstwhile engineer, particle physicist, and science fiction writer. She was born in California and has lived in Italy, Norway, Hawaii, and a few other places. She currently resides in New York City.Recent Comments
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WOW!!
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Glad to see you have been havi ng fun in my part of the world. Kayaking with crocs up north and sharks down south means never a dull moment.
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Kayaking with crocs is slightly scary, more so than with alligators in Florida. The crocs seem much more aggressive, and fiercely territorial, even with respect to humans and small boats…
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Looks like quite a trip, and some great images! :)
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Thanks, Sue!
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FNQ is a photographers paradise. Was the cassowary in the wild? I’ve snorkelled on the Great Barrier Reef many times, it’s still top of my list of things I must do before the lights go out! Love it
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That particular cassowary was not in the wild, but rather at Hartley’s Crocodile Adventures. We did see one cassowary in the wild later on, but we were in a car and the cassowary disappeared into the bushes before we could get out to take a good picture of it…
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Kayaking with the crocs should be a different experience. By the looks of it not necessarily pleasant. Pretty exciting though.
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Perhaps fortunately, we had too little time to go kayaking with the crocs ;-)
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Lovely! Was thinking of you two just the other day. I can’t believe you’re back already!
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Yes, the trip wasn’t long enough. Have to go back!
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Wow! Critters! Beautiful photos! Thinking I would want a Kevlar boat! Thanks, Vlad.
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I think the crocs would crunch through Kevlar without any trouble at all :-)
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What a fantastic trip. Only in my dreams.
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Thanks, Gayle!
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Looks like you had a great trip! Welcome home. :)
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Thank you so much!
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Wow! Welcome back, mates!
Will look forward to more piccies soon! 😍
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Working on them now :-)
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Welcome back! :-) Envy, envy, envy … is all I can say, watching your brilliant photos.
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Thanks, Dina! And nowadays Australia is easy to get to from most parts of the world—you just have to endure a couple of 15-hour flights in Economy, plus a few shorter ones :-)
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impressive
paddle
companions :-)
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A bit too impressive…
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Oh wow awesome photos
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Thanks, Donna!
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Can’t wait for more photos, these are great. Especially like the one of the croc, its eye sideways on the bird standing at the shore’s edge. Made me laugh. :)
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I think the bird knew that those crocs had just been fed :-)
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haha. :)
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Incredible trip! Great pictures!
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Thanks!!
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awesome pics! and so great to hear the trip went well!
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It was too short, though…
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Looking forward to the rest!
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Coming soon, John!
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Glad you’re back safe and sound! Loved the sneak preview photos; look forward to seeing more from your Down Under adventure.
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They are on their way, albeit slowly…
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I really want to hear more about your trip except for the crocs. The crocs scare the heck out of me. :-)
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Judy–they ARE scary! I’ve lived with alligators (met up with them in the wild) and they are literally nothing compared with crocs. Crocs are cunning, mean, and incredibly powerful. Having seen a few up close (from the safe vantage of a boat or behind a fence) I am VERY happy not to have to deal with them daily.
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Wowza! Can’t wait for ‘much more to come!’
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Watch this space!
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That crocodile picture … wow. Really wow.
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One of my favorites too :-)
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WOW!!! looking forward to much more!!! :) thanks for sharing
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You are most welcome—more coming soon…
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Welcome back !
Wonderful shots !
Ciao ciao
Max
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Thanks, Max!
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Ayayayay! Crocs got our attention! Can’t wait to hear all about it!!!! J&A
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Crocs get everyone‘s attention! :-)
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Holy crocs, Kayak Man!!
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Crocs are most definitely a factor in kayaking in that part of the world ;-)
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I would say so!
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It seems that the Crocs have caught the attention of many of your readers.
Many years ago I paddled an expedition with “Crocodile Dave” who’s best croc paddling story starts…..
I jumped up and ran out into the water the ten or so metres to him. Below the surface I could see the outline of this thing. It was a big crocodile, and it was trying to sweep Arunas off his feet in a death-roll.
Arunas stuck his fingers in its nostrils. It didn’t let go. He put his hands in the croc’s mouth, attempting to prise open the jaws, cutting his hand on a tooth. Still it wouldn’t let go, it’s teeth firmly embedded in Arunas’ right leg. I straddled the croc’s back and put my arms around its smooth hard belly and hung on.
See the story from the archives here.
Funnily enough, at that time I had just come back from paddling the Daly River in NT and had also been stalked by a 3m “salty”. Luckily I saw him first.
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Crocs would catch anyone’s attention!
Thanks for that story! Just what I needed to persuade Johna to paddle in northern Australia… ;-)
But it does convey, too, how beautiful paddling out there must be.
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That is one hell of a story… and SO Australian: “You’re not going to die.”
Sigh. Vlad, you’re right, this isn’t exactly inspiring me to want to go. I’m FOND of my femoral arteries!!!
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