Canoeing Down Under is the most comprehensive Canoe/Kayak instructional book on the market. Written by one of the most qualified and accomplished paddlers, Terry Bolland.

It features: Canoes, Kayaks & Equipment. Safety, First Aid & Rescue. Deep Water Rescue & Rolling. Canoe, Kayak – Flat & White Water Skills and Techniques. Canoe Touring & Sea Kayaking. Sprint, Marathon, Down River & Slalom Racing. Planning River Trips & Expeditions. Avon River Guide. Specialised advice from three Australian Champion, Ramon Andersson (sprint and marathon) Lindsay Binning (slalom) and Piers Goodman (down river).

Terry Bolland spent a year on the road, kayaking, cycling and walking 24,000kms around the remote areas of Australia. Read about his experiences.

He: Kayaked 800kms from Cape Leeuwin to Geraldton. Cycled 750kms from Geraldton to Wiluna. Walked 1600kms along the Canning Stock Route, from Wiluna to the Tanami Track. Mountain biked 1350kms along the dusty Tanami Track to Dalhousie Springs in the Simpson Desert. Walked 450kms across the Simpson Desert. Cycled 2200kms from Birdsville to Cooktown. Kayaked 800 kms from Cooktown to Cape York. Cycled 5460kms from Cape York to Wilson’s Promontory. Walked 900kms from Wilson’s Promontory to Mt Kosciusko. Kayaked 2500kms from Tom Groggin down the Murray River to the Ocean. Cycled 1000kms from Goolwa to Melbourne. Walked and Cycled 1300kms around Tasmania. Cycled 4300kms from Melbourne to Perth.

In the 1980s Terry Bolland was actively sea kayaking around the wild and remote areas of the Kimberley on five separate expeditions. At that time there was no reports of any kayaker taking on such a challenge, apart from Paul Caffyn, paddler extraordinaire, who paddled around Australia and was in the Kimberley at the same time as Terry.

Terry’s first two expedition’s, a 100 days solo and a 54 days solo were regarded as such awesome challenges, going places in a kayak where no other kayaker had been. Expedition 1, 100 days solo. Broome to Mitchell Plateau. Expedition 2. 54 days solo. Lake Argyle. Wyndham to Mitchell Plateau. Expedition 3. Drysdale River Descent. Expedition 4. With Ken Cornish. Derby to Prince Regent River & return to Broome (also retraced George Grey’s 1838 journey). Expedition 5. 91 days with Ewen MacGregor. Around the Kimberley Marathon. Kayaking 700km, running 445kms, backpacking 420kms and mountain biking 1930kms.