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<blockquote data-quote="DrDuck" data-source="post: 211874" data-attributes="member: 158"><p>Hey Duck, </p><p></p><p>Great question, it would have to be Oskar Speck, who before coming to Australia paddled a folding Kayak between Germany and Australia between 1932 and 1939.</p><p></p><p>Wonder if he got interned during WW2?</p><p></p><p>Edit: Yes he did!</p><p></p><p>Edit 2, some background on his incredible adventure:</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.sandy-robson.com/Oskar_Speck.html" target="_blank">http://www.sandy-robson.com/Oskar_Speck.html</a></p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/australiaandthepacific/australia/1383632/Incredible-journey-of-Nazi-who-canoed-to-Australia.html" target="_blank">http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/australiaandthepacific/australia/1383632/Incredible-journey-of-Nazi-who-canoed-to-Australia.html</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DrDuck, post: 211874, member: 158"] Hey Duck, Great question, it would have to be Oskar Speck, who before coming to Australia paddled a folding Kayak between Germany and Australia between 1932 and 1939. Wonder if he got interned during WW2? Edit: Yes he did! Edit 2, some background on his incredible adventure: [url]http://www.sandy-robson.com/Oskar_Speck.html[/url] [url]http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/australiaandthepacific/australia/1383632/Incredible-journey-of-Nazi-who-canoed-to-Australia.html[/url] [/QUOTE]
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