South Island Gallery / Whitewater / 2012-01 Moeraki and Macfarlane river

Boating in South Westland--Macfarlane river and Moeraki. The Macfarlane is steeep with some epic portages. A few nice drops too but not really a classic. Good adventure though :) Paddlers: Kerry, Ari, B-rain, Andy, Paul, me. Photos: me and Kerry.

Another nice rapid (!) in the final gorge, with some pushy holes on the lead in	End of the world rapid, Landsborough is in sight far below	Andy on one of the first rapids on the Moeraki (nice run after rain)	Kerry on the first big rapid	Kerry on an awesome long rapid on the Moeraki
IMGP0549	Paddle hook	More effective paddle hook	Ari on Moeraki	Paul on Moeraki
Kerry lining up for the portage	Ari and B-rain on the Moeraki	IMGP0566	IMGP0567	IMGP0568
Concurrent boat repairs--4 cracks in 3 boats and we haven't even got to the Macfarlane yet!	Ari on a nice creeky rapid on the Macfarlane	IMGP0573	Cool gorges made up of MASSIVE boulders	IMGP0577
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IMGP0583	IMGP0584	Ari ending another portage, I'm already out for the next one	IMGP0589	IMGP0590
IMGP0593	Back in the bush for some more portaging	Time to set up camp, even managed to get a fire going in the rain!	IMGP0597	Looked pretty steep from the heli, hope we've enough food!
Nice entry rapid on the final gorge	Not the best sign when you can see the sieves from Google earth	Top section of the Macfarlane

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