Gismo Queen and her King

Ewingar - Friday 31st August 2018

The sun warmed up the caravan quite early again so we opened the windows while enjoying our morning cuppa in bed - to the delight and frustration of Jamie and Roy who were hanging around outside our van but couldn't get in.


By late morning, we had decided on today's activities - kayaking on the Clarence River, which is just down the hill from Andrew and Courtney's place. Courtney prepared a picnic and we loaded their kayaks onto the Landrcuiser roofracks, before heading down the hill to the neighbour to borrow a third kayak.


Down at the river, at the end of a tiny little track well away from any others, we set up our little day camp. It was the first time we had used our car awning, so that was declared a success as we enjoyed our picnic lunch underneath it.
Then it was time to launch the kayaks as clouds started to gather to the south, so we didn't want to get rained on. The river was quite wide where we launched and as this was a spot that Andrew and Courtney hadn't been to, we decided to head upstream. Greg settled in with a book under the awning so he was right even if it did rain.


The river was beautiful, quiet, idyllic and with varying nature including steep rocky cliffs, paddocks, and natural bush. There was a flock of pelicans in front of us at one stage and although we paddled up quietly, when we got too close they took off. There were plenty of other water birds around, and Andrew saw a fish jumping out of the water. It took us over an hour to get upstream and as we turned a bend in the river, we saw we couldn't go any further. The river got narrower, and shallow and at our turn around point, was just rocky. It is pretty dry at the moment after all. Heading back was much easier as the current took us, although control was required to stay in the right direction! It was a fabulous afternoon immersed in nature, enjoyed in peace and quiet. The kayaks got loaded back on top of the car and we headed home for drinks and another yummy dinner- home made hamburgers on home made hamburger buns!

posted by Tracey @ 2:36 pm