Bandongrove To Dungog
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The Canoeing Guide to NSW Rivers
The Williams is a popular tributary of the Hunter and one of the many canoeing streams emanating from the Barrington Tops, the Williams flows generally south or southwest to its tidal section just above Clarencetown. Willow-lined for much of its course, it flows through pleasant grassy cattle country. The ready access for much of its length allows the river to be canoed as day trips, and the easy nature of the rapids and lack of serious hazards make it an ideal stream for beginners and novices. Below Dungog there are large signs showing the distance (in miles) or warning of impending hazards, a legacy of the annual August Dungog to Clarencetown race. Accesses are all by bitumen roads and car shuttles are quite short. Some of the lower sections are often under taken as a two day trip with one night camping out on the river
This upper section is fairly flat with small gravel races between long pools, this section is usually too shallow for good touring trips unless reasonable rain has recently fallen. Some of the lower stretches have snags and tree hazards which need to be treated carefully.