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TIL in 1932 Oskar Speck was an unemployed contractor in Germany who left via kayak to seek work, but en route changed his plan & decided to see the world. By 1939
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TIL of Oskar Speck, who kayaked from Germany to Australia. He set off from Ulm in 1932 to seek work in Cyprus, but soon left to 'see the world'. Upon arriving in
![Second World War tweets from 1945 on Twitter: "German Oskar Speck, who has spent 7 years canoeing across world, arrives in Australia, unaware of war. He is interned as an enemy alien. Second World War tweets from 1945 on Twitter: "German Oskar Speck, who has spent 7 years canoeing across world, arrives in Australia, unaware of war. He is interned as an enemy alien.](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DKKeA1xVoAAoYq7.jpg)