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Water
runs
out
for
activist
rower
ABC
Radio
612
Brisbane
-
28
June
2007
Last
Update:
Thursday,
June
28,
2007.
1:06pm
AEST
Steve
Posselt
has
a
problem
-
he's
rowing
the
length
of
the
Murray-Darling
to
highlight
the
need
to
act
sustainably
in
the
face
of
global
warming
but
he's
run
out
of
water!
Now
carrying
his
kayak,
the
54
year
old
Queenslander
is
expecting
he'll
have
to
walk
at
least
half
the
distance
of
the
seven
month
long
journey.
"It's
not
too
bad.
You
get
use
to
it.
The
last
little
stretch
was
197km
of
walking
and
then
I
got
11km
of
paddling,
then
it's
back
walking
again.
"Five
of
the
last
twenty-eight
days
have
been
paddling.
But
it's
a
lot
harder
trying
to
paddle
here
then
what
it
was
like
to
walk
up
the
Toowoomba
range,
because
you
go
fifty
metres
and
then
you
gotta
get
out
and
get
over
a
log,
or
you
get
stuck
on
rocks,"
he
said.
Currently
on
a
rest
day
in
St
George,
Steve
started
his
journey
on
the
Brisbane
River
on
the
27th
of
May
and
will
row
down
all
the
major
rivers
and
tributaries
through
the
headwaters
of
the
Murray-Darling
Basin
to
finish
in
Adelaide.
Stopping
along
the
way,
he
hopes
to
talk
to
people
who
live
on
the
Murray-Darling
and
to
encourage
those
communities
to
take
on
climate
change
action.
But
there
was
also
a
second
reason
for
the
trip.
"I'm
fifty-five
and
I
thought
an
adventure
would
be
really
good...
I
talk
to
schools
and
one
of
the
things
I
say
is
'life
doesn't
end
at
fifty-five.
You
can
still
have
fun
kids!"
And
also
I
thought
the
trip
would
be
about
awareness
of
global
warning
but
it's
really
developed
into
making
people
aware
of
the
requirement
for
action
and
what
we
need
to
do".
A
civil
engineer
by
trade,
Steve
regularly
paddles
before
work,
which
is
where
the
idea
to
row
the
Murry-Darling
evolved.
He
hopes
his
purpose
built
sea
kayak
with
wheels
and
a
harness
gets
him
to
Adelaide
in
time
for
Christmas.
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