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National Park Campsite to Kiora

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WATERWAY:
Deua River
ENTRY POINT:
National Park Campsite
EXIT POINT:
Kiora riverside crown land and road reserve
AVERAGE GRADE:
Grade I
HIGHEST GRADE:
Grade II
TRIP DURATION:
full day of 5-7 hours'
TRIP LENGTH:
25 km
Gradient:
0
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Portage?:
No
Description:

The first few kilometres provide interesting but easy canoeing. Just after the start the river splits around an island, with the right-hand channel providing an easy race, while the left-hand side leads to a more enjoyable small chute. Just around the next left-hand bend (3km) there is a rock shelf across the river which forms a small (1/2m) fall. From here to McGregors Creek (8km) there are some nice rocky runs and longer gravel races. In this section the pools are quite shallow, and these become longer and more prevalent in the second half of the trip. The river becomes a series of sandy gravel flats with small races around them. Some of these races have tree obstructions or blockages, particularly a long one around a left-hand bend about 9km from the start, where care should be taken, especially in high water.

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