The first east coast low of winter 2020 was a fizzler on the south coast. Although the combined sea and swell height peaked at 11 metres, there was little rain, so, although there had been talk among the south coast paddlers of doing a run down the Tuross River, 30 mm of rain was not enough to move the river height gauge significantly.
The second east coast low of the season however, was different. In two days, we got 285 mm of rain and the Tuross River peaked at around 8 metres. There was more talk of paddling the Tuross River.
A day after the river peaked, five of us put in at the Comerang Bridge, or I should say on the Comerang Bridge which at this river height was about 2 metres below us, and paddled swiftly and easily downstream to Lavender Bay in Tuross Lake. The lads had a fun time paddling up to the picnic tables at the cafe - obeying social distancing signs - to order coffee.
A couple of days later we went further up the Tuross River and put in at Wattlegrove and paddled white water boats down to the Tyrone Bridge. There were some grade 1+ rapids and a little bit of manoeuvring required around big islands of trees in the river. I was a bit worried about sweepers and strainers but the water was not very pushy and only one small tree was partially across the river.
A couple of fun local adventures made possible by a big rain event.
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