River Island Nature Retreat To Goodmans Ford
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Published by: The Paddle NSW Inc. PO Box 6971 Silverwater NSW 2128 First published as a book "Canoeing Guide to New South Wales" in 1990 by NSW Canoe Association Incorporated Original Copyright NSW Canoe Association Incorporated 1990 Copyright PaddleNSW Inc. PO Box 6971 Silverwater NSW 2128 Email: admin@paddleNSW.org.au The information on this page and the printed book "Canoeing Guide to New South Wales" is copyright. Apart from fair dealing for the purposes of private study, research, criticism, or review as permitted under the Copyright Act, no part of this page may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior permission of Paddle NSW Inc. All correspondence concerning the content of this guide should be addressed to the Paddle NSW Inc. ISBN O 646 00264 3 The "Canoeing Guide to New South Wales" was printed in Hong Kong by: United League Printing (Hong Kong) Ltd. , Film Separations by: D & S Brandish Print Consultants Typography by: Deblaere Typesetting Pty Ltd., Dee Why, NSW 2099
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Latest water level:
0.53 m
Level update time:
17-May-2025 11:05
WATERWAY:
Wollondilly River
ENTRY POINT:
EXIT POINT:
AVERAGE GRADE:
Grade I
HIGHEST GRADE:
Grade II
TRIP DURATION:
Half-day trip
TRIP LENGTH:
14 km
Gradient:
0
Hot Tip:
Maps:
Shuttle Length:
20km
Portage?:
No
Description:
An easy half-day trip, suitable for novices is possible from River Island Nature Retreat to Goodmans Ford, provided permission is obtained at River Island to leave cars there, for which a fee is charged. Access to River Island is gained by turning off the Goodmans Ford road on the left near the top of the hill 8km before the bridge. This road may be slippery after rain. The river in this section consists of pools and races, although there is one rapid of note (grade 2+) 2km from the finish.
There is camping with bush toilets at goodmans ford or you can turn this trip into an overnight paddle and camp in the National Park on Hose Flat / Bowans Hill on river left between Toms Island and goodmans Ford
When looking at the river levles you need to remember that the Wingecarribbe river meets the Wollondilly rive rjust upstreaama of the start of this trip so you need to consider the flows comming down both rivers. Also the gauge used on this section is jooriland and it is 50km downstream of the start of this paddle. you should look at the paddysriver to nature retreat and Joadja to Nature retreat to see the two gauge readings and then use the MLD equivalents below to work out twhat the total flows are for this section
Jooriland Gauge
200MLD = 0.5m
300MLD = 0.58m
400MLD = 0.63m
500MLD = 0.68m
600MLD = 0.72m
1000MLD = 0.86m
2200MLD = 1.11m
2600MLD = 1.17m
Golden Valley Gauge
400 MLD = 0.9 m
1000 MLD = 1.2 m
2200 MLD = 1.6 m
2600 MLD = 1.7 m
Murray’s Flat Gauge
200MLD = 1.11m
300MLD =1.16m
400MLD = 1.21m
Greenstead Gauge on the Wingecarribee
384MLD = 1.0 m
400MLD = 1.01m
416MLD = 1.02m
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