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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...
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River Rambler
- Jan 5
- 2 min
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,...
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River Rambler
- Jan 5
- 2 min
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...
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River Rambler
- Aug 6, 2022
- 4 min
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...
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River Rambler
- Feb 6, 2022
- 2 min
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...
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River Rambler
- Jan 6, 2022
- 1 min
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...
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River Rambler
- Jan 5, 2022
- 1 min
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,...
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River Rambler
- Dec 18, 2021
- 2 min
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...
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River Rambler
- Jun 10, 2021
- 2 min
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...
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River Rambler
- Jun 7, 2021
- 2 min
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...
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River Rambler
- Jun 6, 2021
- 3 min
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...
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River Rambler
- Mar 15, 2021
- 2 min
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...
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River Rambler
- Feb 15, 2021
- 3 min
Goulburn Grail Stage 1 - Eildon to Acheron
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...
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River Rambler
- Jan 14, 2021
- 2 min
Goulburn River Trial Paddle, Thornton, Victoria
Having recently finished paddling the full length of the Ovens River (the Ovens Odyssey) we needed a new challenge so we've decided to...
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River Rambler
- Oct 25, 2020
- 1 min
Ovens Odyssey Stage 14 - Smoko to Bright (Racecourse Plantation)
This was the final stage of the Odyssey, that's it, we're done! We have chipped away over the past 2.5 yeas and have finally completed...
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River Rambler
- Oct 23, 2020
- 1 min
Ovens Odyssey Stage 13 - Harrietville to Smoko
We finally got back to the Odyssey after 11 months due to low water levels through the 2019-20 summer and then COVID restrictions. This...
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River Rambler
- Oct 7, 2020
- 2 min
Moyne River, Port Fairy, Victoria
The paddle is a return trip up the Moyne River, starting and finishing in the middle of the Port Fairy township. We synchronised the...
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River Rambler
- Dec 25, 2019
- 1 min
Ovens Odyssey Stage 12 - Racecourse Plantation (u/s Bright) to Braithwaites P. (d/s Porepunkah)
We had been waiting for a break from work to correspond with some rainfall in the Ovens catchment so when the river was above 1.3m at...
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River Rambler
- Sep 26, 2019
- 4 min
Ord River 3 day paddle, The Kimberley, Western Australia
This trip was organised through Macca at 'Go Wild Adventure Tours - Eco-noeing'. I can't recommend this trip more highly, you can...
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River Rambler
- Apr 22, 2019
- 2 min
Ovens Odyssey Stage 11 - Crown Block (Lavis') to Bundalong (Murray River)
Al, Pete and Jamie headed down this 21.5km reach of lower Ovens River from Lavis' to the Murray River confluence at Bundalong. This...
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