Kayaker's epic journey to highlight dam opposition

The fight against the proposed Traveston Crossing Dam received a welcome shot in the arm when long-distance kayaker Steve Posselt announced he was highlighting his opposition to it during his latest epic journey.

Mr Posselt left Brisbane on Saturday for a two-week paddle along the Brisbane, Stanley and Mary rivers before returning via the ocean.

Last year the self proclaimed river campaigner paddled and walked from Brisbane to Adelaide, using the Murray-Darling system and this time he has the Traveston dam in his sights. He said it had been a "knee-jerk reaction when we've had a water crisis.

"Let's at least not dig our heels in and say 'oh well we're going to have to have the dam'. Let's take a rational approach to it and figure it all out before we proceed."