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The Guidebook contains an index of the paddling destinations covered in these pages.

Blaksleys  Anchorage Borumba  Dam Bramble Bay Bremer River
Brisbane  River        The Broadwater

Bulimba Creek

Burpengary  Creek
Caboolture  River Clarrie Hall  Dam Cudgen Creek Cudgera  Creek
Lake Cootharaba Ewen  Maddock  Dam Hinze  Dam Jacobs  Well
Jumpinpin Maroochy  River Maroon  Dam Mary  River
Mooball  Creek Moogerah Dam Moreton  Bay Noosa  River
North  Pine  River Nudgee  Creek Oxley  Creek Oxley  River
Peel  Island Petrie  Creek Pumicestone  Passage Rous  River
Somerset  Dam South  Pine  River South.Stradbroke Island St  Helena  Island
Tinchi  Tamba Wetlands Tweed  River Wivenhoe  Dam  
   

 

 
Upstreampaddle Magazine is a free online quarterly magazine available as a pdf download.
The magazine covers the geographical paddling area of the Guidebook, and also items of interest to the greater paddling community. Current issue is Winter 2008 (see below) available 1st June 2008. Next magazine (Spring 2008) is available 1st September 2008.
 
 
Spring 2008
Index of Contents
Spring cover will feature an Andrew Weldon cartoon (no early preview! )
. Waimakariri River NZ    (Coast to Coast Multisport Race)
. Northern section, Moreton Island
. Puysegur Point NZ (Long Sound)
. Hinchinbrook Island - trip report
. Hinchinbrook Island - photo essay
. HMCS Protector Heron Island - shipwreck
. Coolmunda Dam, south west Queensland
. Magnetic Island City of Adelaide- shipwreck
. Magnetic Island Kayak Guide
Out 1st September 2008
 
 
Winter 2008
Index of Contents
out 1st June - now available
 
Whetstone Weir pool, MacIntyre Brook, Yelarbon
Download pdf® file
. Sea kayaking, the Isle of Skye, Scotland
. Exploring Palau, Micronesia
. A Klepper on the Yukon River
. Voyage to Antarctica (Feathercraft)
. Cooloola Sandpatch, Great Sandy Nat. Park
. The Dumaresq River, western Queensland
. Toonumbar Dam, Kyogle
. Tabulam Bridge, Clarence River
. fitting knee braces in a Mirage sea kayak
. basic skills on whitewater - DVD review
 
 
Magazine back issues
Winter 2008 - download Autumn 2008 - download Summer 2007 - download
       
Spring 2007 - download Winter 2007 - download Autumn 2007 - download
       
Autumn 2008
Index of Contents
Autumn cover
. Home made folder in NZ
. Tweed River - Down at the mouth
. Garapine - a Mary River Outdoor Ed Centre
. Operation Frankton - a WW II re-enactment
. Making beef jerky
. The Brunswick River NSW
. Dry Docks in the Northern Rivers, NSW
. A Sit On Top kayak story from the Barrier Reef
. Paddling in Korea
. The Snake River, Idaho, USA
Download pdf® file
 

 

Have you a trip report or notice of an upcoming trip or event to share?
Other news including lost gear, road or river closures? Email here
 
Canoeing Western QLD Guidebook ...... readers are invited to assist in compiling a Guidebook entry for the Paroo, Warrego, Balonne, Thomson, Cooper, or your local waterway. List of information required

 

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Latest news ......
 
Rah Island
 
The 2008 Rah Island Canoe Race (Vanuatu) is being held 27 September 2008. This event is in its second year. Follow this link to the race poster. Further details from Vanuatu Custom Travel.
 
Queensland Canoeing Incorporated is organizing a Sea Kayaking Symposium for Nov 21/22/23 2008. Look at the flyer here, and download the registration Form here.
 
see Brisbane River update 05 May, below
 
Winter 2008 magazine is available for download. Many thanks to contributing readers.
 

Longreach Fishing Club Inc. will host its 5th annual catch and release fishing competition on the Thomson River in Longreach on August 29 – 31.

Check out the competition website: www.longreach.net.au/fishing/

The Thomson River is one of the most beautiful waterways, which capture the eye with its broad banks, and kilometres of meandering waterways and features both bird and animal life.  Free camping is available in designated areas along the banks of the river during the competition and fishing is sure to attract many angling enthusiasts.

 
23 April 2008 ... The Combie Trader II ferry service between Scarborough and Bulwer, Moreton Island, seems to be going out of business, with a new service to run between Fisherman's Island (Micat depot) and Bulwer. Check with Stradbroke Island ferries for the Bulwer timetable. Look for new service announcement after 1st June 2008.
 
 

 

Brisbane River notes:
 

4 May 2008. Mark writes: Wivenhoe to Twin bridges - a small tree has fallen across the entire river about 20cm above the waterline at the "log jam" area a few kms south of Wivenhoe.  Boats need to be passed over it. (remember you can portage around the log jam …. see Guidebook section notes. Editor)

Twin Bridges to Savages - impassable.  There are two long stretches of hyacinth (700m+ and 300m+) of bank to bank hyacinth.  Portage would be extremely difficult due to very steep banks and a difficult walking track and we did not attempt it after scouting the ahead route. .... THX Mark

12 February: Twin Bridges to Savages Crossing - closed

About a kilometre upstream from Savages Crossing, is a weed blocked passage. It is about 400 metres long or more. Portage looked very difficult, with steep river banks, and overgrown vegetation.

March 22: Savages to Burtons - closed
   
First problem was about one and a half kilometres down. The hyacinth has not yet regrown across the river but another weed, which I don't know the name of, is filling in the gaps between it in a lot of places.. It is rooted on the bottom and floats just below the surface and would no doubt be quite deadly if you capsized in it.
   
On a couple of occasions we had to push through this weed for a few metres. It is not as difficult as getting through the hyacinth but I wouldn't want to have to do too much of it. From what we could see large stretches of the river will be covered with it fairly soon.
   
Further down at the 4.8 km mark the river is completely blocked with hyacinth. It went as far as we could see to the next bend which was 300 metres away.
   
The bank was not too bad on the left but from our maps it looked as if got very steep at the bend. The right hand side was not an option (too steep)  so it could end up being a very difficult portage if the weed continued around the corner! We opted to paddle back to Savages. (Thanks Clair)

16th February: Burtons Bridge to Kholo Bridge - portage required

The section was paddled involved a 300m portage around weed about 10 km downstream of Burton's Bridge that the paddler described as relatively easy to portage, with a clear track to follow on the left. The rest of the river section was described as relatively clear of weed.

Photograph no. 1 on Gallery Page is view from Burton's of the river, taken 7 Feb, 2008.

 

Mary River level ... low,
* 03 July 2008

 

to be updated ... 01 August

Information courtesy Base Camp Adventure Company (Formerly Garapine Outdoor Education Centre)
24 Mountain View Road,Traveston Qld 4570
Phone: (07) 54835011
* water level refers to Moy Pocket
 

... Upper Clarence River levels ...
* updated 03 July 2008

Information courtesy Clarence River Wilderness Lodge
( http://www.clarenceriver.com/ )
Paddy's Flat to Hootons very low paddling levels
Hootons to Tabulam low
Tabulam to Yates Crossing low
to be updated ... 01August phone or email the link if planning a trip
 
Brisbane and Mary River conditions. Email me if you have recently paddled any section.

 

Brisbane River paddlers check update at Overview page on Hyacinth river weed.
 

Update: Blue Green Algae level in Clarrie Hall Dam, Doon Doon Creek, via Uki; and access:
Tweed Shire Council Water Supply Engineer advises " No current restrictions " 27 Nov 2007

 
Hamon Cove (launch point north-west Wivenhoe Dam) still had locked gate 7 Feb 2008 ... closed due to low water.
 
Hinze Dam (Gold Coast) access near dam wall is restricted during construction work (1st June)
 
 
The Upstreampaddle Guidebook webpages are available as a computer CD. It includes printer friendly black and white locality maps, guidebook notes in printable format, higher resolution photographs, and extended notes on items of interest, (some locations) in pdf format. $25 on Ebay. Purchase to support the online Guidebook and Magazine.
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