Rapids and Challenges on the Mulgrave River, North Queensland, Australia - Introductory Rapids

Unlike most people's ideas about Whitewater paddling, the Mulgrave River only is graded as a Grade 2 -3 River depending on water level.

Some of the challenging aspects of travelling the river with us, is that :

• You get to understand about river dynamics
• You get to learn about paddling in a safe environment
• You get to learn about yourself
  
  Some of the rapids that you would endure are named as such :

S-Bend
This rapid twist and turns itself through a few strategically placed treelines. This does give the intrepid traveller a "thrown to the wolves" aspect of what can be expected.

Second Run
This one then settles everyone down so that they can understand that not all of the rapids inlvolve hazards in the MIDDLE of the river....

The Strainer

Named so as there was an existing tree across creating a hazard of which now has been removed. The Strainer supplies a nice little standing wave in which, if the participant hasn't got wet before....they will now.

Once these rapids have been passed, the team settles and understands that with the safety plans in place, the aid crew has the knowledge to pass onto the participants to enable them to have fun and at least attempt the challenges that will confront them further down the river.

For Now.....yours in Paddling....Flounder