Living on Vancouver Island definitely has its advantages. Not only are there cool rivers to paddle around, but you can also catch a wave in the surf. Last weekend a lot of the islands white water enthusiasts met in Long Beach in the beautiful Pacific Rim National Park a few hours drive from Victoria up [...]

It was again time to travel and due to the fact that Manfred and Yen moved to Vancouver Island / Canada I knew where to go … NEW: I have been in the area of Port Renfrew for some beach and rainforest explorations and thxs to Josh I have a seakayak for a few days [...]

Finally we are live. The Vancouver Island Paddling mailing list is on the internet. Everybody interested in discussing white water paddling related issues with fellow paddlers is welcome to join the list. We aim to be a forum for everybody interested in getting his paddle wet, be it in a canoe or kayak, in the [...]

After trying to get to the Sooke Potholes by bike and being hindered by the rain last Saturday we spent a fun Sunday on a boat trip…

We have been here in Victoria for a bit more than two months now and we have seen many animals here we never saw before. Check out some of them in the new gallery, stay tuned for more additions and read on to find out what we already saw, but couldn’t get a photo yet…

Very near Victoria along the highway up island is a small gem of a park worth a visit. We went there a few weeks ago and hiked all the way through from the south up to the estuary of the Goldstream river and back along the hill side.

It has been an adventurous time for Yen and myself recently. After leaving Melbourne, Australia and visiting my hometown Salzburg in Austria to visit my family and friends and some fun time there, we have now been here in Canada for nearly two months and experienced a lot already…