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Stories
Clarence Trip 2004
Trip - Day Two
| Tuesday
the 6th At 6am we woke to the wonderful smell and sounds of a camp fire. Thanks Alan. Day two tends to be flatter and less demanding than other days. A good time to swap around for kayakers who would like to enjoy the raft view and rafters to try their hand in the wee boats. |
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Raft repairs take time. In spite of us all pulling together we do not make it on
the river till 9:30 am, more time slippage but, the raft
repairs hold. |
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| Smoked
fish on the river? This teepee was found on the morning walk. |
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| A
view of some of the fantastic turbidites: grey wackes with
alternating mudflows, (dark) quiet sedimentation of mud. Bridget calls it licorice allsorts. Here dotted with speargrass blooming. ( The camera was horizontal.) |
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| The scenery is predominately green and "farmy" with some rocky outcrops and isolated patches of Totara high amongst the screes. |  |
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All day was wetish and cold, not unusual for day two
on the Clarence. The rafters have more weather to put up with than kayakers; exposed to the elements rather than cocooned in a cockpit, and the wind blows harder that extra metre or so up from the water's surface. When lunch came, it was the greatest and we made the most of it! |
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| Let's
get this raft moving. The weather deteriorated further after lunch and rain poured down. It was miserably cold. The river was low here and the rafters spent a lot of time on the first two days jumping out and pulling the raft over shallows and off rocks. |
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6:00 pm we have traveled as far as the first poplar tree
at Quail Flat. We move in and make the most of a very good camping site. Geologist Chuck, is interviewed by Pranjili. More work for both of them after a long day. |
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Day One Clarence / Acheron to Big Eddy Day Two Big Eddy to Quail Flat Day Three Quail Flat to Figit Hut Day Four Figit Hut to Pot Garden Day Five Pot Garden to Matia Flat |
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