Did you know that the Darling River from one end to the other is around 2,800km’s?
Getting my head around this Darling Journey, I have decided, is no easy thing. I thought that one way to do so would be to fill you all in on just where I’m at for the moment.
Launch Date: 25/03/2008
Length: 2,800km
At the moment I am planning to launch the kayak from Bourke, though Brewarrina is also a potential launch spot as it is closer to the actual start of the Darling River than Bourke.
Having finished up at The Wilderness Society I can now start dedicating my time towards organizing the myriad bits and pieces which a journey of this size requires. I’m a tad intimidated if the honest truth be known. Over the last few days I’ve been looking at building web sites and the various technologies that underlie what I want. Blogs, Maps, Geotagging and RSS feeds are all things I’m looking at right now. Andrew Cheetham is helping at the moment and is looking at an appropriate Content Management System.
Some of the goals for these are:
- To paddle for at least 8 – 12 hours each week for the next couple of weeks;
- To buy a camera;
- Buy a GPS;
- To get a blog going;
- To send out the first update (this is it);
- Research various web technologies and create at least one beta web site;
- Start setting up an email list to which people may subscribe for updates.
So there you go. My first update. As things get a little bit more sorted out I shall send through more updates.a
I hope you are all enjoying life at the moment.
Christo
