From The Capricorn Coast Mirror
"BRAVE Mates" have set off from Yeppoon on a 300km kayak challenge up
the Central Queensland coast to help raise money for the RSL's
not-for-profit national veterans' support service Mates4Mates.
Mates4Mates' chief operating officer Michael Quinn said the organisation received no government support.
Instead, it relied heavily on the generosity and support of individuals, communities and businesses.
The Central Queensland coast kayak challenge follows the inaugural
Mates4Mates sea kayak challenge from Sydney to Brisbane last year.
This year, two teams are taking part in the two-part challenge and each will have about two weeks to finish their event.
The first team left Yeppoon on Monday, August 4, paddling out to the
Keppel Islands and heading north past Byfield National Park and around
Shoalwater Bay before finishing at Notch Point, south of Mackay, around
August 17.
The second team will leave Hay Point, south of Mackay, on September 1,
travelling northwards through the Whitsunday Islands and onwards to
Bowen by September 12.
Mr Quinn said adventure challenges such as this were extremely
important in the rehabilitation of injured, ill and wounded personnel,
whether former or current.
"Whether they're battling physical injuries or ...more
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