We are back in town from a fantastic first whitewater rafting trip of the 2014-15 season. We started at an optimal level on the Collingwood River. After two days of enjoyable rafting we were treated to a spectacular flood while camped at Coruscades rapid in the Great Ravine. Plenty of food and drink, sleep, exploring, reading and the occasional game of poker made the waiting time pass quickly. Everyone was keen to hit the big whitewater after the level had dropped enough to continue on safely. On the last day we paddled to the jetty at Sir John Falls on the Gordon River, where the seaplane picked us up and dropped back in Hobart just in time to enjoy a few beers at the ‘Octoberfest’.
Some highlights of our first trip of the season, 7-Day Full Franklin River, Oct 5-11 2014. View the short best-of video on youtube: BEST OF FRANKLIN RIVER RAFTING TRIP 2014 Oct 5-11 (3:12 mins)
All smiles after Logjam rapid 
Foam cakes and rain, looking into Serenity Sound 
Brett is ‘flat out’ in camp 
Poker, gambling with river currency 
Spring is unravelling the young ferns 
Flooding: the bottom of Coruscades Rapid in the Great Ravine 
And then it hit me… bottom of Coruscades 
Seaplane back to Hobart, aerial view of Lake Gordon