Crossing the ditch

two mates, a kayak, and the conquest of the Tasman

by James Castrission

2009 311 pages eng

"With more than two thousand kilometres of treacherous seas and dangerously unpredictable weather and currents, not to mention the ever-present threat of sharks, it was little wonder no one had ever successfully crossed the Tasman by kayak. Australian adventurer Andrew McAuley had come close just mo…