The Green Paddle

Over two months in the summer of 2003 a 23yearold Beau Miles paddled his kayak solo around three major island chains off Australias southern coast Originally released in 2005 this film was reedited in 2018 for YouTube Relatively inexperienced in open water moments of near capsizing being washed off rocks sleeping in abandoned homesteads and traveling up to 40km a day becomes just as much about personal discovery as the destination With homemade camera mount homemade roofracks yellow kayak and industrial supply of sunscreen the film alludes to Beaus underdone sea kayaking skills as he leaves mainland Australia under his own power for the first time In the final days of the journey Beau comes to realise that sea kayaking and adhoc travel with only the bare essentials is the most potent combination of living hes ever experienced