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Black Bears and Portages - Canada
overnight paddle in Algonquin Provincial Park, Ontario, Canada
River Rambler
Sep 14, 20242 min read
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Goulburn Grail Stage 19 - Stuarts Bridge Road to River Murray
Meditation, mindfulness, communing with nature: all come to mind as we paddled our final 57 km to the Goulburn Murray confluence. Stages...
River Rambler
Jun 11, 20242 min read
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Goulburn Grail Stage 18 - Curr Rd. to Stuarts Bridge Road
Images, statistics and mapping for this stage is provided below. See Stage 19 for a description of this and subsequent stages. Access:...
River Rambler
Jun 11, 20241 min read
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Goulburn Grail Stage 17 - Emily Jane Rd. to Curr Rd.
Images, statistics and mapping for this stage is provided below. See Stage 19 for a description of this and subsequent stages. Access:...
River Rambler
Jun 11, 20241 min read
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Goulburn Grail Stage 16 - Frasers to Emily Jane Rd.
(Pete's summary for Stages 14-16) Our paddling has been in a bit of a hiatus with only one stage completed in the past 15 months. We...
River Rambler
Jun 3, 20243 min read
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Goulburn Grail Stage 15 - Breens to Frasers
This and the previous two stages have similar river character. See Stage 16 for some commentary about the river and features. Note that...
River Rambler
Jun 3, 20241 min read
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Goulburn Grail Stage 14 - Loch Garry to Breens
This and the next two stages have similar river character. See Stage 16 for some commentary about the river and features. Note that we...
River Rambler
Jun 3, 20241 min read
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Goulburn Grail Stage 13 - McCrackens Bend to Loch Garry
The next four stages have similar river character. See Stage 16 for some commentary about the river and features. Access: The entry...
River Rambler
Jun 3, 20241 min read
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Wingan River, East Gippsland, Victoria
The Wingan River and Estuary is relatively undisturbed, mostly due to the isolation, being in far East Gippsland and 50 minutes by dirt...
River Rambler
Jan 29, 20233 min read
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Goulburn Grail Stage 12 - Shepparton to McCrackens Bend
Fourteen paddlers in nine boats converged on Shepparton to tackle this relatively relaxed 16 km Stage. A colourful fleet of canoes,...
River Rambler
Jan 5, 20232 min read
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Goulburn Grail Stage 11 - Kialla West to Shepparton
Three paddlers in two boats got on the water some 12 months since the last Goulburn Grail Stage. Prolonged flooding of the Goulburn...
River Rambler
Jan 5, 20232 min read
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Ningaloo Reef 5 day paddle, Western Australia
The World Heritage listed Ningaloo Marine Park is located on the north-west coast of Western Australia. The Ningaloo Reef is unique as...
River Rambler
Aug 6, 20224 min read
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Murrumbidgee River - Wagga Wagga Paddle
Wagga Wagga is the largest inland city in New South Wales with an urban population close to 60,000. The city straddles the Murrumbidgee...
River Rambler
Feb 6, 20222 min read
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Goulburn Grail Stage 10 - Arcadia to Kialla West (Moira Park Scout Camp)
Four paddlers in three boats tackled this stage on what was predicted to be a very hot day. Just the long faster boats were brought out...
River Rambler
Jan 6, 20221 min read
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Goulburn Grail Stage 9 - Murchison to Arcadia
Nine of us in 5 boats tackled this stage on a hot New Years Day 2022. There were 100's of campers who were occupying every sandy beach,...
River Rambler
Jan 5, 20221 min read
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Goulburn Grail Stage 8 - Goulburn Weir to Murchison
Six of us in three boats tackled this 19 km Stage on a cold, yet fine and partly sunny, mid-May day. The river flow was providing a...
River Rambler
Dec 18, 20212 min read
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Goulburn Grail Stage 7 - Mitchellstown SR to Goulburn Weir
This Stage was planned as a fast paddle, in fast boats, since we were in the backwater of the Goulburn Weir for 30km. That meant we were...
River Rambler
Jun 10, 20212 min read
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Goulburn Grail, Stages 5 & 6 - Trawool to Seymour to Mitchellstown Streamside Reserve (SR)
These 2 stages were tackled over one weekend in mid April while there was still a bit of flow from irrigation and an environmental flow...
River Rambler
Jun 7, 20212 min read
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Goulburn Grail, Stages 3 & 4 - Molesworth to Ghin Ghin to Trawool
Into the flatter lands travelled a large cohort of enthusiastic grailleurs for this, the second weekend. Fortunately, river levels had...
River Rambler
Jun 6, 20213 min read
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Goulburn Grail Stage 2 - Acheron to Molesworth
A Grail can be defined as 'A thing that is eagerly pursued or sought after', or 'the object of an extended or difficult quest'. The...
River Rambler
Mar 15, 20212 min read
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