Kayaking

4 Day 95 klm Kayak from Kismet to Yarrawonga on the Murray River The trip team was Steven Masters , Martin Smith and myself. The orginal plan had been for 5 days and finishing at the Mulawa club,  due to higher river flows and slightly longer paddling times, the speed of the trip was quickier than planned with the final day being called early due to conditions on the lake with wind picking up. Camping was free camping on the river bank which worked well, night two's spot was a muddy bank though which detracted a bit , generally there are a number of sites you can use, and a lot of the sandy beaches are found on the inside turn of tigher bends, remebering the rules that you can not camp on the NSW side due to different ownership laws. (Victoria is crown land for generally the first 60 metres from the bank) We used the Boiling Down creek as a shortcut on day 2 , this was a great diversion from a placid river paddle with restrictions and submerged obstacles , not a big issue given the...

Yarra River upstream from Bellbird Park past fairfield boat house, With Steve and Martin. Cut short a little bit by Rain and changing conditions, but nice coffee catchup break. Good going past the flying foxes and further up from the fairfield boat house, which looks interesting.