Eighteen months later, the kayak has washed up on a New Zealand beach close to where Cleary had intended to make landfall. ( Stuart Cleary ) Stuart Cleary set out in late 2014 to paddle solo from Australia to New Zealand in his homemade kayak but abandoned the vessel shortly after starting the trip.. ( Stuart Cleary )WELLINGTON, NEW ZEALAND—Stuart Cleary set out in late 2014 to paddle solo from Australia to New Zealand. And nobody had ever completed a solo, unassisted kayak crossing from Australia to New Zealand. Later, his kayak started taking on water, and he was forced to abandon the vessel before being rescued at sea. Nathan Marshall found the kayak on Muriwai Beach, New Zealand, Wednesday.

Source: thestar June 01, 2016 15:54 UTC