A row boat moored by the side of Phalanchai Lake in Roi Et, Thailand

A row boat moored by the side of Phalanchai Lake in Roi Et, Thailand in November 2019

A rowing boat on the Coal River in Richmond, Tasmania

A rowing boat on the Coal River in Richmond, Tasmania in May 2013

An old row boat in Kuching, Sarawak, Borneo, Malaysia

An old row boat in Kuching, Sarawak, Borneo, Malaysia in  January 2012

Couple being rowed in a boat in Halong Bay, Vietnam

Couple being rowed in a boat in Halong Bay, Vietnam in  January 2012

Woman with a child rowing a boat in Halong Bay, Vietnam

Woman with a child rowing a boat in Halong Bay, Vietnam in  January 2012

Woman in a row boat in Halong Bay, Vietnam

Woman in a row boat in Halong Bay, Vietnam in  January 2012

Row boats at Port Stephens, NSW

Row boats at Port Stephens, NSW in February 2012

A row boat in Tasmania

A row boat at Strahan harbour, Tasmania in May 2013

Row boats

Row boats at Cullen Bay, Darwin, April 2008

Boat eye

The front of a Boat on the Thu Bon River at Hoi An, Vietnam in March 2008.

Vietnamese row boat

A boat on the Thu Bon River at Hoi An, Vietnam in March 2008. Note the eye to protect its passengers.

Paddlers on a Mission

Row boats moored at Cullen Bay, Darwin, in January 2009.

Rowing a boat

Rowing a boat at the Damnoensaduak Floating Market outside Bangkok in October 2008.

Hoi An tranquility

Tranquil scene on the Thu Bon River in Hoi An, Vietnam, taken in March 2008

Row boat

Row boat on the Thu Bon River at Hoi An, Vietnam, photographed in March 2008

Mission boats

I took these pictures of a boat at Mission Beach, Galiwinku on Elcho Island, in March 2008

Seagull in motion

I took these photos of a seagull (silver gull) (Larus novaehollandiae) landing on a boat and then taking off again at Batemans Bay on the NSW south coast in July 2008.