Crossing Australia on a Jetski

If travelling up the Balonne/Condamine river system in QLD there is countless weirs and dams.

Here is the weirs I can remember without searching the net:
Hebel, Dirranbandi, St George x2 weirs + 1 Dam, Weribone, Warroo, Surat x2, Warkon, Cotswold, Condamine, Chinchilla, Brigalow, Warra, Loundon,Lone Pine, Cecil Plains, Tummaville, Pratten, Warwick x 3?, Elbow Valley, Killarney and Brosnans Barn.

All the northside creeks above Loundon will get you towards Toowoomba.
If you head up Charleys creek past Chinchilla you can jump over the range and get into the Boyne River and beyond.
Head up the Maranoa river just north of St George will get you to the head waters of the Dawson River at Mt Moffatt which will get you to at least Rockhampton.

Cheers Kev

You could go north-south (and vice versa of course) in the GAB a few years back when it was a bit wetter. Plenty of fish like the one below too apparently, tho I wouldn't like your chances on a jetski.

FISH LINK

How do they go in sand

Whilst there is water out there there is a lot more that is sand.

Will keep you away from the beaches which some of us would think is a good thing .

No, you cannot go east to west during a flood or north to south during a flood.

I saw that doco as well but think at least 3 or 4 guys circumnavigated Australia and did it real hard on occasions in 3 metre seas.Were well supported by their ground crew.Was well produced and a very watchable adventure.
cheers Mark

He said across Australia

daco = doco
their = there

What an irritating pompous couple of blokes they were in that dreary old doco.
Stagey and set up, pontificating about the dry river.... look at it now.

I wonder just how much time they spent on the river? It's not as though they had any supplies with them. I'm guessing they did it over a few months, dropping in to a few select spots organized by the producers.

I dont think there would be too many weirs or other obstructions.

"...the water will be gone by the time you get to the ‘execution’ phase"
Not necessarily. We watched a doco on Rex Ellis boating down the Warburton River years back & thought it would be a good idea at the time. A couple of phone calls got the planning on the way & within 3 weeks the route & distance was sorted, a pre-run on the Goulburn done to confirm loaded fuel consumption & in 6 weeks we were there ourselves at the Lake (440km by tinnie).
As the water will take 2 months to get down into the Murray, by starting up in Queensland they would have sufficient time to follow the main flow. Time for AJ to stop dreaming & start packing :-)
Cheers Craig.................

Craig,

and if the rains keep falling as they predict I think it will be flowing for the rest of the year ;)


Cheers Kev