ADVENTUROUS CRUISERS WANTING TO DO something really different should consider buying a seat on an upcoming circumnavigation of Australia. The owner/operator of Tasmanian cruise business Pennicott Wilderness Journeys will next Tuesday depart from Sydney’s Darling Harbour on the “adventure of a lifetime”. He plans to spend the next three months...
ADVENTUROUS CRUISERS WANTING TO DO
something really different should
consider buying a seat on an upcoming
circumnavigation of Australia.
The owner/operator of Tasmanian
cruise business Pennicott Wilderness
Journeys will next Tuesday depart from
Sydney’s Darling Harbour on the
“adventure of a lifetime”.
He plans to spend the next three
months circumnavigating Australia in
his 5.4m long vessel to help raise
money to eradicate polio, which
continues to affect people in some of
the world’s poorest countries.
Robert Pennicott has divided his
voyage up into 77 segments, and is
offering two seats on 48 of the sectors
to the highest bidders via an online
auction.
A special website promoting the
journey is now online at
follow.theyellowboatroad.com.
BUT EVEN THAT FEAT DOESN’T COME CLOSE TO
a plan by a limbless Frenchman who
plans to swim several hundred
kilometres across waters connecting five
continents.
Next time you’re afloat, look out to
sea for 43-year-old Philippe Croizon,
who lost both his arms and legs in an
electrical accident 17 years ago.
He’s already famous for crossing the
English Channel, and his next feat is
scheduled to take place between May
and August next year.
“My crossing of the Channel was a
message of hope and of life to all my
fellow companions in misfortune.
“Since the Channel swim I received
many moving stories of handicapped
people from all over the world…I know
that I have given hope back to many,”
the inspirational swimmer said.
Croizon swims using special
prostheses and flippers, with next year’s
adventure including a 20km jaunt
between Papua New Guinea and
Indonesia; 25km in the Gulf of Aqaba
from Jordan to Egypt; a swim across the
Strait of Gibraltar; and a final icy adventure crossing the Bering Strait.
