Start the day by paddling 20km to Torrumbarry Weir, hopefully there’ll be some flow pushing me along on the other side! It was strange passing through the lock, gliding between the gates, sinking down five meters while the lock water fell and going through the second gate to move on to the next section of river. I felt like a king entering a huge fort or a character out of The Lord of the Rings when I passed through those gates!
The river
around here isn’t as nice as further up around Yarrawonga and those towns. At
one point there was a cormorant diving for fish and I chased it for a while –
those things need a long strip to take off once their feathers are all wet.
Serves me right for messing with nature - I ran into some snags and almost got
my rudder caught up while following that bird!
Another
cloudy one today and actually got some rain while paddling, but thankfully it
was just a cool, refreshing shower. It was good to have Pan in the Land Cruiser
leading the way today, River Track in Gunbower Island State Forest runs
alongside the Murray downstream from the weir. After a hard day’s slog, we had
a drive back along the track, an emu running across our path, coming to rest at
Torrumbarry Weir Holiday Park right next to the weir – thanks to Peter for
donating the site to us!
Distance paddled: 59 km
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