Bonnie Hancock

45 degrees was the hottest day that registered up in Darwin.

And this was around March, April that we were paddling.

So just crazy.

And for anyone who's lived in the Northern Territory, they'll be able to relate to that.

It makes paddling in the day nearly impossible, you know.

So I was covered from wrist to ankle with a stinger suit because you've got Irukandji and box jellyfish and

We have some of the most beautiful creatures in the world.

We also have some of the most dangerous.

So, yeah, take your pick.

It was heat stroke or the creatures or, you know.

This was an incredibly difficult stretch of water.

I actually laughed at the challenge initially because the Great Australian Bight was 1,200km, 500km out to sea.

I thought, this is 800km.

We've got this.

We've only got to go a couple of hundred, maybe 200km out.

We've got this.

We're within range of help if something happens.

We got hit with the strongest South Easterly trade winds I'd had in five years.

So that's

Instead of these, you know, beautiful wind and swells behind you where you're basically surfing them, this is like having a full fan in your face all day.