*Number of participants is limited based on leader availability and kayak transport capacity*
**Trip is dependent on weather conditions**

Trip Leader: Michael Clark

Trip leaders email : mjc.clarkspark@gmail.com

Time:  Thursday evening to Sunday evening

Experience required: Beginner / Intermediate rafting; Advanced kayaking

Pre-requisities for rafting:

• You must be able to swim 50m (2 laps of pool) in moving water,

Additional pre-requisities for kayaking:

• completed intro to kayaking or equivalent
• comfortable kayaking with minimal issues in grade 2+ rapids

Destination: Mitta Mitta

Gear: Confirm with trip leader if gear hire is available

Gear list here http://www.lumc.org.au/activities/kayaking-and-rafting/

Approx cost: about $120-150 (including gear hire - depends on how expensive fuel gets)

Further trip details:

Friends of the Mitta is a volunteer organisation that helps maintain access to the Mitta Mitta River. This is their annual working B/social event, with the working B Saturday morning, a social night Saturday night, and a community paddle on Sunday.

The plan is to leave Melbourne thursday evening, and drive up to the campsite.

On Friday, we will paddle a section of river somewhere in the area, potentially snowy creek.

On Saturday morning we will attend the working B, and then in the afternoon we should also be able to run some of the rivers in the area, with a mix of kayaks and rafts on grade 2-4 sections.

On Sunday, we will join the community social paddle, rafting/kayaking down the Mitta gorge section. This is a grade 3 river, so kayakers will be much more limited depending on experience, while there should be enough space in the rafts for everyone else.

More info will be added closer to the trip, and the trip opened then - for now just keep the date

If you want to go on this trip you will have to have attended one of the Intro to kayaking sessions or have equivalent knowledge (how to perform a wet exit at minimum), be able to swim at least 50m in strong currents, and have previous whitewater experience. We plan to take a mix of rafts and kayaks, with more experienced paddlers being in the kayaks, and less experienced in the rafts.

More details will be added closer to the date.

If you have any queries then please get in touch.
Cheers
Michael

It is your responsibility to ensure you have the right gear. Trip leaders can answer questions you might have. If you dont have the right gear you may get left at uni and leaders might be unwilling to take you in the future.

Note: Club trips are for current LUMC members. You can sign up to membership here https://www.lumc.org.au/membership/  If you can't find your username/password email clubofficer@lumc.org.au for help