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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  
   

 

 
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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 2009 now available. Next magazine (Spring 2009) is available 1st September 2009.
 
Winter 2009
Index of Contents
cover winter 09
above: O'sheas Crossing, Brisbane River
 
. Norman Creek, Brisbane
. Swim Race Magnetic island to The Strand

. Valley of the Diamonds, Cressbrook Creek

. Perserverance Dam 
. Cooby Dam 
. Cressbrook Dam
. O’ Sheas Crossing, Brisbane River
. Obi Obi Creek exploring
. Pancake Creek, Bustard Heads
. Upper Mary River trip
. Cairns Whitewater Kayaking - North Johnston River
Download pdf® file
 
 
 
Autumn 2009
Index of Contents
cover autumn 09
left: Pentecost Island, Whitsundays
 
. Yeppoon to Stanage Bay trip report

. Shoalwater Bay Military Training Area notes

. Whitsundays trip report
. Tufi - exploring PNG's far east coastline
. Cobaki Guide
. Greenland trip report
. Family Islands (Dunk, Bedarra etc.) Photo Guide
. Family Islands trip report
. Leslie Dam, Warwick
Download pdf® file
image: courtesy of H. Van der Kolk
 
Summer 2008
Index of Contents
Summer 08 cover
image left: view from the Bridge to Nowhere, Whanganui River, NZ
 
. Keppell Islands trip report

. Gladstone to Keppells trip report

. Lawn Hill Gorge
. Desolation Canyon, USA
. Magnetic Island Guide
. A Very Long Paddle on the Murray River
. Pumicestone Passage - Bribie Bridge to Golden Beach
. Whanganui River 5 day canoe trip, NZ
. Baffin island - canoeing in the far north
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image left: A. Hubert
 
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Readers of the Summer 2008 magazine may recall a rafting Desolation Canyon (Utah, USA) article by Wil Hansen of  Whitewater Rafting Camping  Guide USA. Some more photos by canoeists touring the Green River are here.  
 
Winter magazine is available for download. Internet traffic to the site has dropped with colder weather.
 

right: view of Lake Somerset Holiday Park, Somerset Dam

photograph taken June 2009

Dam water level at about 100%

  Somerset Dam

 

Freya Hoffmeister is paddling an Epic 18 expedition sea kayak around Australia, She started in Victoria. Gute Reise! (have a safe journey).

 

Andrew Hughes started his round Australia bicycle journey on March 10. The 8 month trip includes a Bass Strait crossing by sea kayak, 8 states and territories, and 8 mountain peaks (8in8in8). Currently, Andrew is on the way to Mt Meharry WA. Started in Tas, crossed Bass Strait by sea kayak, then Mt Bogong, Victoria, Mt Kosciuszko, NSW, (2,228 metres) ACT 's Bimberi Peak, and Mt. Bartle Frere in Qld.
 
Dunk   Carlo Sandblow
Dunk Island
  Carlo Sandblow, Rainbow Beach
Image courtesy Deliwala, Bhupendra H. (KSC)   from Tin Can Bay overview
Photo Guide to Family Islands, DOWNLOADS   Spring 2009 magazine available Sept 09
 
recent reports confirm the presence of salt water crocodiles in the Hervey Bay region, with sightings at Deep Creek on the Western Fraser Coast of a 3.5 to 4.0 metres crocodile, and other regular sightings in the mouth of the Mary River region (River Heads etc.) .... take care sea kayakers.
 
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) photo below refers.
 

Upstream at the logjam above Lowood, the river is blocked, about 150m upstream from where the portage trail finds the river again on the downstream side.

The first rapid at Lowood Corner now should be run on the right to avoid a fallen bottlebrush.

The river flow is back to low and slow.

03 December 08

 
logjam
 
Whitewater rafting Campsites USA   The new linked logo under the navigation banner at the top of the page is to Whitewater Rafting Campsites USA. Planning an American river rafting trip? You'll be camping, but do you know where? This site is a gallery of photos of river campsites, covering more than 400 campsites on the most popular white water rivers in the Western US. Each campsite has its own photo album. And each river has its own albums containing photos of the river scenery and rapids.

 

Reminder: Canoeists who have an EPIRB (Emergency Position Indicating Rescue Beacon) need to be aware that the 121.5 MHz beacon ceases to be operational on 1 February 2009. Only the 406MHz beacons will work.
 
The Combie Trader II ferry service between Scarborough and Bulwer, Moreton Island has ceased. Micat runs a ferry to Bulwer from its Port of Brisbane Terminal two days a week.
 
 
Departs Brisbane
Departs Bulwer
Monday
12:30 pm
4:00 pm
Sunday
5:30 pm
7:30 pm
     
 
20 August 2008 ... the Guidebook entry for Somerset Dam refers to the Kirksleigh camping area, which is now Lake Somerset Holiday Park. Following last summer's rain, and a top up this year, the lake level is now over 87% full. The grassed over areas below the boat ramps, seen in photographs in the Guidebook entry, are now underwater. Looks great for a visit.
 
Lake Somerset Holiday Village ramp and high water level, Lake Somerset Holiday Park
 

19 August 2008 ... an email from Mark on Mary River conditions. "Thought I’d let you know a friend and I recently ran the Mary River from Kenilworth to Traveston on the 10th- 12th of August.

The depth when we started at Kenilworth (according to BOM) was 0.33 and was about as low as it could be to successfully run the entire river, even then there were some extremely shallow areas.  There were a few sections where tree’s had fallen (quite recently) across the river, however the longest portage was about 50 metres and always on very easy flat ground.  The hardest one to get through was a very large tree that had fallen across the entire river where there were quite steep sides (3 to 4 metres each side, no portage possible.) We were able to push through / under the tree which only took a couple of minutes of careful manoeuvering."

Hope this info is helpful – some pics are available at http://picasaweb.google.com/markrhodes/maryrivertrip

 
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The 2008 Rah Island Canoe Race (Vanuatu) was held 20 September 2008. This event is in its second year. Follow this link to the race poster, 2008 Calendar, and tours from Vanuatu Custom Travel.
 

Mary River levels may be checked at the Bureau of Metereology River Height Bulletin for the Mary River on their internet pages. (rec. min. level .35 Kenilworth)

 

Upper Clarence River levels may be checked at the Bureau of Metereology River Height Bulletin for the Clarence River on their internet pages

Information courtesy Clarence River Wilderness Lodge
( http://www.clarenceriver.com/ )
   
Paddy's Flat to Hootons (min. river level .65 Tabulam)  
Hootons to Tabulam  
Tabulam to Yates Crossing phone or email the link if planning a trip
 
Brisbane and Mary River conditions. Email me if you have recently paddled any section.
 

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 (still current 31st May 2009)
 
 
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