White water canoeing thrills draw Europe wide audience
Robin Fedden and early explorers helped popularize white water canoeing in Europe. The sport, linked to ski enthusiasm, blends risk with luxury as modern equipment and safety gear let enthusiasts chase swift rivers, while remains a youthful pursuit drawing tens of thousands across Europe.
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Nore
Europe
Rhine
Danube
Frankfurt
Prince of Wales
Royal Canoe Club
Macgregor
Scotland
Atlantic
Arlberg
Prngland
England
France
Descent of the Kizilirmak River to the Black Sea
Four kayakers describe a June ascent of the Kazili mak river from Anatolia to the Black Sea. They face heavy rapids, portage around hazards, and Turkish hospitality from villages along the way. The voyage ends as breakers greet Xenophon’s coast and the sea.
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Maceregor
Kisilirmak
Red River
Furkey
Kazilicoak
Anatolia
Pontic Range
Black Sea
Turkey
Ankara
Orange
Usk
Xenophon
February sky map and bright objects in the south and west
The February sky at 9 pm highlights a bright Milky Way visible high in the disc shaped galaxy. Regulus Castor Pollux Capella Sirius Jupiter Mars Saturn Venus and Mercury are described with rising and fading patterns. An eclipse of the Moon on February 10 affects eastern Australia and New Zealand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Regulus
War
Castor
Polls
Gemini
Saturn
Jupiter
Sirius
Mars
Mercury
Venus
Menon
Australia
Rosemary Smith in Monte Carlo Rally near top in women’s class
In Monte Carlo Rally Rosemary Smith drove a Lancia Fulvia 1.6 and finished second in the women’s section. The Dublin born driver, famed for London Mexico World Cup Rally success, shares her career from dress designing to rally stardom, and notes on gendered crowd reactions and racing economics.
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Rosemary Smith
Malcolm Winton
Dublin
Ian Austin Mass
British Leyland
Brinch Leyland
Alice Watson
Rosemary
Smith
College of Arts
Anne Street
Holland
Ireland
The
Monte
Monte Carlo
Rootes
London
Mexico
No clear event found in fragmentary text
The readable fragments describe a flood period involving Canberra youths, planners blamed, inquiries held, and calls to ban complacency for future floods, but the text is garbled with unclear dates, places, and entities making precise reporting impossible.
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Plurt
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Robin Fedden
Remaire
Sunday Times
Shoalhaven River
John Davis
Cross
Pollux
Procyon
Capello
Aldeberan
ORION
Rigel
Canopus
Achernar
Fomalham
Landon
Hillman Inip
Canberra
Dhs
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