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Waterlevels: Low volume.
Accessibility: A poor quality dirt track (4x4 required) followed by a walk upstream along a dirt track.
Kaiyngdy
Grade 3/4 boulder gardens with a long walk in. Easy start with a steeper section in the middle and easing again towards the end.
Length: 5km (although you can walk in further!)
Grade: III (IV)
Put in/Get out: Take out where the track dissappears into the river (washed away bridge). Cross the river, walk upstream, and put in when you get tired of walking! The sections further up look promissing and could be accessed easily by a vehicle (via track used to walk in) if a river crossing at the take out was attempted.
Description: After crossing river walk up the track on river left. We walked for approximately 3 hrs which was sufficient for some good paddling. There is the possibility of tea and bread/butter at the put in if the local farmers are out in the fields! The section we paddled started off at continuous grade 3, increasing to easy grade 4 boulder dodging further down. The boulders increase in size the further down you go, and lines can get very tight in places! After another km the grade eases again to grade 3 until the take out is reached. At higher water levels this would be a very comitting run due to the tight lines through large boulder gardens.
Last Paddled: 01-Sept-2005