Bonnie Hancock

And that very day that I thought it's too much, I'm not going to do it.

I had a premonition.

I imagine myself as an 80 year old woman sitting there in my rocking chair, not having done it.

And I immediately felt sick with regret because I never would have known where I would have got to.

Would I have got a weekend and have to turn around?

Would I have been able to complete it?

And so it was that fear of regret that actually got me to the start line.

And I think as well, being okay with the idea of failing, because there was every chance that I was going to fail this.

And all of those experiences I'd had in my 20s and not putting my self-worth in results actually prepared me to put a foot on the line and be like, it's okay if I fail this.

It doesn't make me any less of a human.

Why right, not left?

That's a great question too, because everyone before me had turned left.

The four who had been successful, there were multiple others who tried and

Like we said, it was the crocodiles that stopped them in the Northern Territory.

They'd all gone left to follow the currents around Australia.

I didn't know anything about currents until this.

As Iron Women, we paddle maybe 500 metres offshore max.

I was looking at paddling hundreds of kilometres out to sea.

So...

I thought I've got to talk to the experts.