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Trans-Tasman solo rower, Shaun Quincey, has left Coffs Harbour in northern New South Wales, Australia, to row back to Taranaki in New Zealand.

There's quite a lot of discussion at the moment in Australia, in Queensland in particular, as one of our young sailors sets off for her solo world trip.

It has been two weeks since we arrived here in Shaoxing. Two awesome weeks really - that on reflection feel like 5 or 6. We have settled in well - and I'm feeling more confidant.

Today I was glad to sign off after my morning lessons, have a bite to eat at lunch time in the canteen and head into town. I've been looking for green cardboard to do something to celebrate St Patricks Day. My students are learning about Ireland in one of their subjects, so I thought it would be fun to decorate the classroom with cardboard shamrocks, but finding the card wasn't easy.