1978

Tasmania - first sea kayak circumnavigation

John Brewster & Earle Bloomfield · Oceania

First sea kayak circumnavigation of Tasmania. Foundational Australian/Tasmanian expedition that opened the way for everything that followed in the region.

John Brewster and Earle Bloomfield completed the first sea kayak circumnavigation of Tasmania in 1978. A foundational Australian/Tasmanian expedition that established the route for the Bass Strait crossings and Tasman attempts that would follow.