Has anyone paddled down the Brisbane River starting at Wivenhoe Dam? I would be keen to know where to launch and where I will need to carry the board because of rapids and shallow water.

Thanks TD

E T said..

Nosaj27,
There are a couple of guys who did it last year and are doing it again this year.
They have posted on here about the trip.
If I knew how to find the post I would tell you.
Some guy on here smarter than me will know.
ET.

Thanks ET, I think I found it.
www.seabreeze.com.au/forums/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=104669&SearchTerms=Wivenhoe

Found that book it's called places to paddle by Gerard Effaney

Pretty good book tells you distance between stops , shallow points etc . . Remembering it was written before the big floods a few years back so I reckon the river would have changed a fair bit .

Be careful just around the corner from fern vale . There used to be a fair sized bullshark cruising around the deep parts there ,Shat ourselves when we 1st saw it .but chances are it's gone out into moreton bay with the floods as well

Thanks everyone for your tips and warnings, not sure what we are going to to do yet. I was thinking College's Crossing to Graceville, hopefully all of the rapids/shallow water will be behind us.

Gerard Effeney is a good mate of mine. He has been checking out the river post floods andhe tells me that he has a newer version of Places to Paddle coming soon.