Bush camping over Christmas Holidays

Kristos,

The river has swollowed it hasn't it :) I live in the Riverland and unfortunately this year New Years is going to be spent at home instead of camping at our favourite spot :(

Although did have a brilliant run up the Kat 2 weeks ago in the boat, straight over the stony weir must have been under 8 foot of water.

Just a thought ring Loveday 4x4 and see if any of their camp spots on the river are still ok, Tony Whately is the contact

PS watch any river sports or swimming the river is flowing at an unbelievable pace I would not be in the water this summer until things slow down.

Jim

Hey Stephen,

Above lock 5 is still ok pool level is normally 16.3m and current level is 16.38 so not a lot of difference, below the lock is another matter. They have removed the navigable passes at each lock so there is no structure for about 10m and all of the boards have been pulled out, so the river is up anywhere from 2-3m higher than usual. So the further you get away from above the Lock the more impact you have with high water.

Water flow is incredible, I heard about the drowning at Mannum unfortunately I don't think it will be the last.

We are trying to get info on what the near future holds but is difficult either people don't know or wont say. The prediction this week is for approx. 62-65000ML of water to come over the border per day. To put it in perspective last year at this stage we were aroung 5-7000ML per day. (1956 flood was 345,000ML/day)

Sorry Kristos for hijacking the thread ;)

Jim

Have you looked down the Coorong - lots of spots there and it must be great with all the water. I fly Adelaide>Melbourne frequently and it is looking great from the air!!

Kristos,

OK plan B, but the dogs will be the problem, Loch Luna Game reserve is just above Lock 3 and I would expect hasn't been inundated like some other areas, either there or the back of Lake Bonney.

However I havent been out and checked, if you were interested you would need to ring the Rangers.

Unfortunaely with approximately half the campsites in the riverland under water at the moment everyone will be fighting for the remaining spots.

Good Luck
Jim

PS thats why we are heading to the Mount for New Year

North Lake is great at the moment. (north end of Lake Bonney) There are still plenty of spot along the river that are okay although many are going under water and more as the days go by. North Lake is safe as well, no current like the river has and mostly sandy bottom.

Hi Guys , thanks for all the feed back , we look like we are going to Butlers beach over on Yorke peninsula .Although North lake sounds tempting aswell . can you ski up there ?

K