Earlier this year, a group of watercraft riders set out on a journey from North Queensland, Australia to Papua New Guinea. Their goal: not only to have an epic ride, but to raise awareness for a charity in memory of an Australian victim of the 2017 London terror attacks.
The group, which consisted of fourteen people, set out from the town of Weipa in northern Queensland and embarked on a 300 kilometer journey, or just over 186 miles for those of you readers here in the states.
They finally arrived however the ride was not without its incidents. It took about nine hours to complete this leg of the trip in fifteen knot winds. One of the riders began taking on water although it was not known until the next morning.
After spending a day island hopping in PNG, the riders would then depart on the journey back to Australia.
The charity they were riding for, Sarz Sanctuary, was set up in memory of twenty one-year-old Sara Zelenak who was tragically killed in the 2017 London terror attacks. Her family was well-known in the watercraft-riding community.
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