Adventures in 2022

A weekend packrafting trip on the beautiful waters of the Aberfeldy and Thomson rivers, starting from the Aberfeldy Bridge camp to Cowwarr weir.

I love it when my daughters invite themselves to do or be on one of my adventures.  The weather forecast was good, the river levels ideal after recent rains, so packrafting was the activity of choice. We headed to the Big River which feeds into Lake Eildon in Victoria,

Snowy creek, with its generous supply of water was a fun place to be. There were plenty of rapids to play on, and enough flatter sections to recover on. The Wikiriver notes provide good details on expectations and entry and exit points, see Walnuts to Gauge and Gauge to Mitta Mitta Township

Located near Thornton in Victoria, the water is near the one metre level. Just 2hrs away from home we had a great day frolicking on the rollicking waters of the Rubicon.

 After a long period of constraint, the governments allowed travel to resume. Aitutaki, honeymoon island inspires romantic thoughts for love blind newlyweds and kiteboarders alike. Think: tropical island, lazy days languishing in clean clear waters supping on a chill coconut or kiteboarding on a butter flat surface with steady sea breezes and performing every difficult trick that you never mastered before. Home Home Cycling Musings Backcountry Skiing Kiteboarding Packraft Kayaking Touring Trekking Next Prev We had a false start with our airline Jetstar canceling our starting flights from Melbourne a couple of hours before we were due to fly. It was a heavy week of stress thereafter changing dependent flights, rearranging

The Snowy river, a symbol of wild appeal in literature and an adventure's dream. It doesn't disappoint. A packrafter's dream for all skill levels, especially when the weather and river levels are in your favour.

Sometimes you have to call it quits. The Acheron river, located in Victoria near Taggerty was choked with trees. We went perhaps too far before deciding the mission needed to be aborted.

The Goulburn river in Victoria is a fine river to bikeraft. The water flows at a good rate and is non-too technical making it easy for beginners. With the bike trail following closely by it is great for return shuttles.

The Yarra river flows through the heart of Melbourne and offers a fine refuge from the stress of urban living. With bicycle trails following its banks, it was a great place to experiment with bikerafting.