Distance 398 / 2195
Next town Barmah
2 days ahead of schedule
A very pleasant day paddling. Only a few fishermen around the place.
This section of river is known as the Barmah Choke. The river changed course to here some 25,000 years ago, so being relatively young it is quite narrow and shallow, quite different to what I've seen so far. This means historically, in periods of high flow, the water overtops the low banks and floods the surrounding river gum forests (now a National Park). Now the river flow is controlled by the Hume Dam and to prevent uncontrolled flooding of the forest they limit the flow to 7000ML/day in this section of the river. Hence the term "choke". That's my understanding anyway.
All going well. Hoping to get to Euchuca by Thursday.
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AustraliaFishermans Creek35°49’50” S 145°5’45” E
AustraliaFishermans Creek35°49’50” S 145°5’45” E