WA Sea Fest’ 2018 Program Outline Friday Feb 16th 12noon onwards Campsite & Arrivals begin Event Team setup Dorms Opens Campers Settle In 1pm Pod leader meeting 3.30pm Registration Meet Pod leaders Pod meets & campsite tour Open Site Intro’, Signups for Saturday Submit photo comp entries Scrutineering 5pm All Paddlers ready Sea Leaders Briefing On the Beach on Beach Check all have a light/torch 5.30-7.30pm All Paddlers in Official Welcome Sunset Paddle toward pod groups Sea Leader & Pod Leader Busselton & Return Beachmaster – Steve Foreman Briefing – Paul Cooper 7.30-8.30pm Lawn/Hall BYO BBQ Photo Comp Slideshow on Take 5 for the Sea big screen Housekeeping Messages 8.30-9.30pm Hall Keynote – Dave Winkworth “How to wrestle a crocodile and other useful skills” – Cairns to TI by Kayak Saturday Feb 17th Level (Total Leader/Assistant Leader Details No. in Group) Early 15 participants Mel Browne Morning Yoga Pre-Paddle Pod Leaders Late Registrations AM Sea Skills Paul Browne/ Eagle Bay to Sugarloaf Rtn (16) Andrew Munyard Est 30km AM Sea Skills Dave Oakley / Mark Tait Gnarabup to Cow’Bay * Sat ph carried (14) Est 15kms (requires long car *Departs Early shuttle) AM All Paddlers Dr. Ann Smithson / Sandy Eco-Explore Cape Ecology – * Bring (18) Robson with Eco Purpose! Snorkelling Gear Est 8km AM All Paddlers Jo Foley/Judy Blight Rock Garden Meander (18) Dunsborough-Eagle Bay Rtn Est 14km

4-5.00pm Lawn Paul Cooper How to Craft Your Own Greenland Paddle 4-4.45pm Lawn Sandy Robson Simple Dehydrating for Expeditions – Less Plastic & More Taste 4-5.00pm Hall Geoff Paull Getting your Psychology right on the Water

5-5.30pm Hall – All Paddlers Cameron Crowe Paddle Lightly Leave No Trace Australia 5.30-6pm Indoor/Outdoor Happy Half Hour Pre-dinner Drinks 6-7.15pm Indoor/Outdoor Margaret River Catering Woodfired Pizza Served 7.30-8.30pm Hall Keynote – Paul Caffyn “Paddling the coast of Greenland” 8.30-9pm Questions for Paul Caffyn Paddle Signup Sheets Housekeeping 9-9.30pm Photo Competition Prizes Awarded All Planned are Weather Dependent – Confirmed on the Day 1

Sunday Feb 18th Level (Total Leader/Assistant Details No. in Group) Leader Early 15 participants Mel Browne Morning Yoga AM Sea Skills Dave Oakley /Mark Cowaramup Bay (Gracetown) to * Sat ph carried (14) Tait Canal Rocks *Departs Early Est 25km (requires car shuttle) AM Sea Skills Paul Cooper assisted Greenland Rolling Techniques and (12) by Richard Lailey & Skills (for those who can already Ian Watkins roll) @ Camp Grace Beach AM All Paddlers Callan Gault / Andrew Cape Naturaliste Explorer: Meelup (18) Munyard to Sea Lion Colony & Return Est 17km AM All Paddlers Dave Winkworth Forget the bullshit, Let’s get you the (9) right way up! – Eskimo Rolling coaching for beginners @ Meelup Beach AM All Paddlers Paul Browne / Sandy Bussellton Jetty Explorer: Paddle (18) Robson & Pel Turner Dolphin Rd to Busselton Jetty & assisting jump in and snorkel then rtn. (11km)

2.30-3.30pm Lawn Show n Tell – All All Paddlers get together and show Welcome n tell gear that you made/designed Paddle Gear yourself Inventions/DIY 3.30-4.30pm Hall Paul Caffyn Creative Visualisation & Expedition Planning 3.30-4.00pm Lawn Dave Winkworth The Great Australian Bight Incident 4.30-5.00pm Hall Dave Winkworth Compounding Factors in Sea Situations 4.30-5.15pm Lawn Sandy Robson Packing for Expedition 5-6pm Lawn All Welcome Kayaker Buy Swap n Sell Marketplace

6-7.30pm Sunset Self-catered Dinner 7.30-8.30pm Hall Keynote - Terry 129days Across Canada by Kayak Bolland 8.30-9pm Hall Questions for Terry Instructions for Vacate Camp Thankyou’s Paddle Signup Sheets

All Paddles Planned are Weather Dependent – Confirmed on the Day 2 Monday Feb 19th Level (Total Leader/Assistant Details Checkout 10am No. in Group) Leader Early Self-guided Morning Yoga on the Beach AM Sea Skills Dave Oakley / Mark Canal Rocks to Bunker Bay * Sat ph carried (14) Tait 20km (car shuttle req) AM Sea Skills & Intro Paul Browne & Callan Surfing at Gracetown to Sea Skills Gault (Cowaramup Bay) (12) AM All Paddlers (9) Dave Winkworth A Little Bit On The Side – 1-1.5 hr Support strokes session (At Camp Grace or Meelup Beach) AM Sea Skills & Intro Andrew Munyard Hamelin Bay Explorers * Sat ph carried to Sea Skills Est 8-11km – details advised on the (9) day (weather dependent) AM All Paddlers Sandy Robson/TBA Bunbury Dolphin Explorer: Launch (18) on the Collie River in Bunbury and paddle across the Leschnault Inlet, out The Cut and finish in Casuarina Harbour 11km (requires car shuttle)

EVENT POD LEADERSHIP: Event Attendees have been placed in a POD group. These groups will be used for the Friday Sunset Paddle and for the event induction. Individuals will then choose their paddles to attend at the event from Saturday – Monday. These are the POD leaders and each POD has a Sea Leader: POD # POD Leader Sea Leader in POD Number in each POD Fri 3.30pm start For Fri Sunset Paddle (Registration) 5-7.30pm Beachmaster : Steve Foreman 1 Jo Foley Paul Browne 7 paddlers & 2 non-paddlers 2 Pel Turner Callan Gault 7 paddlers 3 Russ Hobbs Paul Cooper 7 paddlers 4 Geoff Paull Andrew Munyard 7 paddlers 5 Jill Sievenpiper Richard Lailey 7 paddlers Assisted by Judy Blight 6 Steve Haddon Ann Smithson 7 paddlers & 2 non-paddlers 7 Tony Hubbard Sandy Robson 8 paddlers Assisted by Ian Watkins (trainee Instructor) 7 paddlers 9 paddlers 71 Total Event Participant

THEME: Paddle Lightly – An Environmentally Friendly Event for Sea Kayakers

EVENT HOSTS: Paddle WA & Club WA

EVENT ORGANISING COMMITTEE: Paul Browne, Sandy Robson, Steve Foreman & Paddle WA

EVENT BEACHMASTER: Steve Foreman

All Paddles Planned are Weather Dependent – Confirmed on the Day 3