It is amazing what 20 odd k's can make to a river. Today's leg was from Dartbook to Bengalla which is about 21Km. Although we haven't travelled that far from the mouth of the Hunter it was enough to spend more time in the kayak and less time walking. It was nice to spend more time paddling and getting to know the new Yak. There were still plenty of rapids and trees but there was also enough water to generally stay in the Yak.
Without the need to get in and out as much meant that I could get the average speed up a little more so today's paddle only took about 3 hours which was more like it!
The next couple of days will ramp up a bit with lots of rapids and bigger km stretches (over 30Km each day now for a while)
looking forward to getting some more K's under my belt and watching the river change. Thanks for the comments and support
Phil
I was up that way today so I detoured to the bridge on th Bengalla Mine Rd on the off chance I would see you (presuming thats where you came out) It was about 3pm and once I saw how fast the river was flowing I figured you were long gone. By the looks of it you had a good day today.
ReplyDeleteWoot! Awesome day Phil. Keep up the great work.
ReplyDeleteA big shout out to all your "support" crew!
Hi to Sue, Tim, George & Anne (Poppy & Grandma)
Your work behind the scenes is super-dooper!
Thanks for all the pr work TeamNEV and the phone calls each night.
ReplyDeleteSorry I missed you Greg but was home in time for lunch.
Glad you got some more time in the Yak on Tuesday Phil! Hope you managed todays 30kms without to many dramas!
ReplyDeleteHey Phil hope all is going well, keep it up. Phil & Rel.
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