The following item appeared in the Sydney, Australia, Morning Herald
earlier this week. Tom McCloud


Sydney Morning Herald
September 2, 2004 - 10:16AM

Solo canoe protest: American all at sea

An American canoeist has again set sail for Indonesia, apparently in a
protest against Prime Minister John Howard and US President George W
Bush.

Northern Territory police yesterday launched a massive air search for
the 38-year-old man after he set out from Dundee Beach near Darwin
about 11pm on Monday without safety gear and wearing only shorts and a
t-shirt.

The man's six-metre canoe was spotted by police on Bathurst Island,
about 150km north of Darwin, yesterday afternoon.

However, he did not stay on the island long enough for police to reach
him, a police spokeswoman said today.

Locals on the island said the man had again headed out into the Timor
Sea in his six-metre canoe, reportedly after being told he was not in
Indonesia.

Police will make a decision this morning whether to continue their
search for the man.

The man apparently told locals before leaving the mainland he was
unhappy with Prime Minister John Howard and the presidents of
Indonesia and the United States and was going to Indonesia to take
action.

Indonesia is about 1,100km away.