How Australia Day turns to water on Lake Macquarie with a long paddle

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Updated January 27 2021 - 12:02pm, first published January 26 2021 - 12:00pm
LAKE ADVENTURE: Tom Cordingley, with the Australian flag on his kayak's rudder, joins the flotilla paddling the length of the lake from north to south. Pictures: Scott Bevan
LAKE ADVENTURE: Tom Cordingley, with the Australian flag on his kayak's rudder, joins the flotilla paddling the length of the lake from north to south. Pictures: Scott Bevan

As Australians know from that intriguing line in the national anthem, "our home is girt by sea".

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Scott Bevan is a senior writer for The Newcastle Herald. He has also worked in radio and television and is the author of six books.

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