River RamblerDec 25, 20191 minOvens 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 Bri...
River RamblerSep 26, 20194 minOrd River 3 day paddle, The Kimberley, Western AustraliaThis trip was organised through Macca at 'Go Wild Adventure Tours - Eco-noeing'. I can't recommend this trip more highly, you can contac...
River RamblerApr 22, 20192 minOvens 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 stag...
River RamblerApr 19, 20191 minOvens Odyssey Stage 10 - Peechelba to Crown Block (Lavis')Peter and Jamie headed down this 19.8km reach of lower Ovens River from Peechelba to Lavis'. This stage is within the declared Heritage ...
River RamblerFeb 24, 20192 minOvens Odyssey Stage 9 - Wilsons Bend to PeechelbaPeter and Jamie headed down this 15km reach of lower Ovens River from Wilsons Bend to Peechelba. This stage, and the remaining length of...
River RamblerFeb 10, 20192 minOvens Odyssey Stage 8 - Wobonga Lane (Eurobin) to Nimmo Bridge (Myrtleford)This is a relatively long stage at 20.5km. Having come off a number of stages at 36-40degC, the weather really turned for this early Feb...
River RamblerFeb 3, 20192 minOvens Odyssey Stage 7 - Pines (Porepunkah) to Wobonga Lane (Eurobin)This stage was planned as a short distance fishing trip and as a bit of reconnaissance upstream of Myrtleford. We were unsure what this ...
River RamblerJan 26, 20192 minOvens Odyssey Stage 6 - Whorouly to Pioneer Bridges (Everton)Having just come off a day of 44degC, we were happy to have a mostly overcast morning that only made 37degC by the time we got off the ri...
River RamblerJan 26, 20192 minWhy is Wood Good?The scientific literature often calls whole trees, logs, branches and twigs that lodge in a waterway as Course Woody Debris (CWD), Large ...
River RamblerJan 13, 20192 minOvens Odyssey Stage 5 - Myrtleford to WhoroulyThis 15km stage took us 4 hours to complete, we were not slowed down by debris jams, rather we were negotiating bedrock and rapids under ...
River RamblerJan 5, 20192 minOvens Odyssey Stage 4 - Pioneer Bridges (Everton) to River Road (Tarrawingee)The fourth stage of the Ovens Odyssey was paddled on the 5th January 2019. The stats were: - Pioneer Bridges Rest Area, Markwood-Everton ...
River RamblerJan 2, 20192 minOvens Odyssey Stage 3 - Warby Range Road to Wilsons BendThe third stage of the Ovens Odyssey was paddled on the 2nd January 2019. This was deliberately a short stage as it was proposed to fish...
River RamblerDec 30, 20182 minOvens Odyssey Stage 2 - Wangaratta to Warby Range RoadThe second stage of the Ovens Odyssey was paddled on the 29th December 2018. The stats were: - Wangaratta (Frank Garth Reserve) to the no...
River RamblerDec 29, 20181 minOvens Odyssey Stage 1 - Tarrawingee to WangarattaThe first stage of the Ovens Odyssey, to paddle the full length of the Ovens River, began on the 3rd February 2018. The stats were: - Tar...
River RamblerJan 30, 20181 minLet's talk boatsComing soon, a look at peoples boats, what they like and dislike, how they perform and what they do with them. Soon to be full of great b...
