PE teacher paddling into world record books

Sherryn Groch

By Sherryn Groch
Published May 31, 2016

PE teacher and lifeguard Juliana Bahr-Thomson is hoping to paddle her way into the Guinness World Records book – with a 1000 kilometre journey from Newcastle to Noosa on her surfboard.

While the winter months usually find Bahr-Thomson, 27, in a school gym, this year the endurance athlete will be hitting ...

This story appeared in the June 2016 edition of Australian Teacher Magazine.

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