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| The Townsville Magnetic Island Adventurethon was held 4th July. On this page is a write up from a contestant in the short course. For those interested in the Adventurethon please check out the website – http://www.adventurethon.com.au Relevant photos can be found by clicking on the “pictures” tab at that site |
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| Update 9 July 2010. Hinze Dam (Gold Coast) access near the dam wall is restricted during construction work until December 2010. The dirt road western ramp 10 km along the the Numinbah Valley Road, upstream from the dam wall, is being closed mid July, and the new Western Ramp 2, 7 km along the road is being opened. Ramp 2 was opened for a short time before, but closed temporarily due to vandalism of facilities. The eastern ramp, near the water intake, is closed, probably until December 2010, but there is temporary alternate access close to the old ramp. The Guidebook will be updated by December 2010. |
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The Winter 2008 magazine has an article by Heike Robinson on kayaking in Antartic waters in a Feathercraft folding sea kayak. Beginning at about June 2010 (the northern Summer) Heike and paddling partner Jürgen Schütte will be setting out to circumnavigate Spitsbergen, a first! The sea kayakers depart from the capital town, Longyearbyen. More details can be read at Heike's expedition webpage. Here is the link to the Live Journal , and Heike's Twitter feed is here. The Spitsbergen Archipelago, also named Svalbard, is situated half-way between the most northern point of Norway and the North Pole, in the middle of the Arctic Ocean. The camera Heike is using in Arctic conditions is an Olympus Stylus Tough 6010 and I have linked to a review here for interested readers. |
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Update: 21 June 2010 Andrews Twitter feed here. In 2009 Upstreampaddle followed, on this page, the progress of Andrew Hughes on a round Australia bicycle trip, backed up with two Bass Strait sea kayak crossings. In 2010 Andrew will be on a 'Tassie Tiger Hunt' through south-west Tasmania and the exotic landscapes of Papua New Guinea. Hopefully we will get to see more of this part of Tasmania, following Andrew. In this remote location, a sea kayak will be able to transport much more than a backpack, and would be a much faster mode of travel. Let us hope that Andrew can make good use of 'Grace,' his sea kayak. |
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| A new section is Paddling Partners. Want to find some company to paddle with? Email me a photo of you and your boat, your suburb, contact email address and I will put you on the page. | ||||||||||||||
| Lake Weyba is a shallow lake near Noosa. Eenie Creek runs into the lake in the north western part of the lake. (On Upstreampaddle's list of things to do, for the Winter magazine). It is possible to paddle up Eenie Creek for a couple of kilometres to the bridge on Walter Hay Drive. This link is to a Sunshine Coast Daily article about a shark caught at Eenie Creek, near the bridge. At this time it may be appropriate to remind canoeists who are not familiar with local knowledge, that sharks may be found In Lake Cootharaba, Kin Kin Creek, and the upper Noosa River. | ||||||||||||||
| Canoeists intending to launch at the end of Roys Road into the middle section of Pumicestone Passage, be aware of local ill feeling about use of those launch sites and boat ramp. (as per Sunshine Coast Daily article) | ||||||||||||||
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| The EPA QLD (National Parks) is opening a new Great Walk at Cooloola in Summer 2009. Google "EPA Great Walk Cooloola" for pdf with map etc. Anyone planning to walk it? Would like to hear from readers who have walked on South Molle, Lindeman, Shaw, Hook and Whitsunday Islands. In particular on Whitsunday Island, looking for images and text relating to Whitsunday Peak (from Sawmill Beach) Whitsunday Cairn (from Scrub Hen Beach), Hill Inlet Lookout from Tongue Bay, Solway Lookout and Chance Bay from Whitehaven Beach, and Whitsunday Craig. | ||||||||||||||
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| 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. | ||||||||||||||
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| 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. | ||||||||||||||
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| 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. | ||||||||||||||
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| 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. | ||||||||||||||
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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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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) |
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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/ ) |
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| Paddy's Flat to Hootons (min. river level .65 Tabulam) | ||||||||||||||
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| 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: |
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| Hamon Cove (launch point north-west Wivenhoe Dam) still had locked gate 18 September 2009 ... closed due to low water. | ||||||||||||||
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