Day 2 continued

Day 2 continued.

After hitting the big snag, I was hailed by some gents on the bank to see if I was Ok. They probably thought it a bit odd that I should be rolling around in the bottom of the boat. They were fishing at the spot where I hit and offered me help, which I accepted. We got the boat into the bank and after a bit of an inspection I was surprised to see no damage. Damn tough, these Chester Yawls.

Mick, Mick, Joe, and Charles (whose real name was Andrew), offered to help me get the boat out at "the 17 Mile" a travelling stock reserve a couple of bends downstream, as they had a broken boat and intended to get it out there too. I accepted a tow and was glad I did as the launching ramp (dirt) was completely invisible from upstream due willows.

I decided that further fun on the Murrumbidgee would probably break the boat, so made the choice to extract and head down by road to the Murray. If I get time I will come back and do it later, maybe in a kayak.

I later consulted Ian Hardy, who runs canoe tours out of Narrandera and his comment was "good call, with the current river height". I completed about 60kms of the bidgee.

Thus we trailered the boat down here to Boundary Bend, on the Murray. The road trip was not without issues. A drum containing a lot of my stuff leapt off the trailer somewhere between Narrandera and Hay, resulting in a trip back to Narrandera and then a side trip up to Griffith where the police had it, after finding it on the road. A bit later the light bar also fell off the back of the boat and smashed up, so I have had to replace that. After leaving Wagga at 9.30 am, we got in here after midnight.

Yesterday we did a bit reccon, and went and checked out Euston weir, and today I hope to get back on the water. 1230 river kms from here to the end.