The evening's southerly change brought a cracking thunderstorm and heavy rainfall so on the new day we turned inland, through forests of spotted gum and understories of burrawang, to explore one of the south coast's better rivers ...
The river was charged from last night's rainfall.
Our saltwater kayaks climbed over perhaps a dozen small freshwater staircases and rills as we paddled upstream.
The most dramatic of these watery obstacles could not be photographed - as just trying to keep the kayak pointing into the current's flow takes two hands.
We all took unscheduled swims and on two occasions drove our kayaks at unfamiliar angles up into the branches of river trees.
Sincere thanks to Margaret for the roast river dinner.
And to Tony for skinning the caught river eel with his own teeth.
