Garden Island to Broad Creek
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WATERWAY:
Barker Inlet and Broad Creek
ENTRY POINT:
EXIT POINT:
AVERAGE GRADE:
S01
HIGHEST GRADE:
S01
TRIP DURATION:
1 to 2 hours
TRIP LENGTH:
3 km
Gradient:
nil
Hot Tip:
Maps:
Shuttle Length:
N/A
Portage?:
No
Description:
Commencing and returning to the Graden Island boatramp.
Boatramp facilities include toilets, shady trees, grassy area for setting up craft, ample parking, B-B-Q and picnic area. Mosquitoes often a problem at dawn and dusk.
Caution: Stay clear of power-boats when in marked channel. Always check weather (for predicted wind changes) and tides prior to departure.
Hot-tip: Time your trip to coincide with high tide to avoid having to drag craft through soft, black mud.
Avoid damaging pneumatephores (fragile root system) of the mangroves
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