The Ouse River (Marlborough Highway to Waddamana)
This is probably a bit out of left field, but this is an amazing river. It flows after heavy rain and snow, up near the Great Lake, which means that when it flows it is FREEZING ARSE cold. The first part of this river, from the highway down is good, with some nice rapids (one rather sketchy one) and lots of brush growing in the river. Soon after Deep Creek you hit a small weir (maybe 4 metres high) and the river is dewatered, all the flow being diverted by pipeline. You need water to be flowing over the weir so that you’ve got something to paddle in downstream until the flow picks up again with water coming in from side streams. Once those side streams do their thing, this river gets really fun.
The rapids are not particularly hard, mostly grade 4, but everything is boat scoutable except for one rapid. And the rapids are linked so that you have sequences of what feels like kilometres at a time when you’re bouncing down the river, taking eddies, dodging rocks, punching holes, and just having a blast. The one rapid you need to scout is just more of the same, only a little bit bigger.
This river doesn’t get run much, because it’s hard to get to and needs lots of rain, but it’s very, very, very, very fun and not too difficult.
Get on it!
Harry
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