River Rambling

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...

Having recently finished paddling the full length of the Ovens River (the Ovens Odyssey) we needed a new challenge so we've decided to...

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...

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...

The paddle is a return trip up the Moyne River, starting and finishing in the middle of the Port Fairy township. We synchronised the...

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...

This trip was organised through Macca at 'Go Wild Adventure Tours - Eco-noeing'. I can't recommend this trip more highly, you can...

Al, Pete and Jamie headed down this 21.5km reach of lower Ovens River from Lavis' to the Murray River confluence at Bundalong. This...

Peter and Jamie headed down this 19.8km reach of lower Ovens River from Peechelba to Lavis'. This stage is within the declared Heritage...

Peter and Jamie headed down this 15km reach of lower Ovens River from Wilsons Bend to Peechelba. This stage, and the remaining length of...

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...

This stage was planned as a short distance fishing trip and as a bit of reconnaissance upstream of Myrtleford. We were unsure what this...

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...

The scientific literature often calls whole trees, logs, branches and twigs that lodge in a waterway as Course Woody Debris (CWD), Large...

This 15km stage took us 4 hours to complete, we were not slowed down by debris jams, rather we were negotiating bedrock and rapids under...

The fourth stage of the Ovens Odyssey was paddled on the 5th January 2019. The stats were: - Pioneer Bridges Rest Area, Markwood-Everton...

The 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...

The second stage of the Ovens Odyssey was paddled on the 29th December 2018. The stats were: - Wangaratta (Frank Garth Reserve) to the...

The first stage of the Ovens Odyssey, to paddle the full length of the Ovens River, began on the 3rd February 2018. The stats were: -...