No need to panick Alan, just nutting out some alternative routes in case of rain!
Thanks Swaggie, will be doing Messmate and Murdering Spur on the next day after Haunted Stream. I was looking at some tracks more south of Haunted Stream to get back to Dargo.
Dave
No worries mate,If you want to go a little more south than the suggestions above,Google Michell National Park it is magic,especially the Amphitheater on Billy Goat bend Rd.Come in from the Calvi Hill side that turns into Hortons Track.There is a river crossing at the end..Be careful of this river crossing it can be treacherous depending on the level,many hav failed according to DSE.I know (hav the photos to prove it lol) I got halfway across and lost front steering (floating) ive floated backwards down the rapids till i got caught up on an embankment of rocks,nearly half the car filled up with water and the water level was at the top of the doors and bottom of the canopy lol.,With my IBM Laptop on the seat and water pissing in,Icom Handhelds,Mag GPS and other elecs i was like speedy Gonzales trying to get them to dry ground lmao,i since use dry sacks for electrical.
Once we eventually got his wire on my rear shackle (took about half a dozen goes,once near front passenger side because vehicle was facing up river we got swept down the river lol,it was about 28 degrees so luckily we did not get cold and was about 4.30 at night.I decided to be pulled off backwards not the front way as suggested.Once of the rocks etc, Then sideways down the river until my mates winch pulled me up like a fish on a hook lol.
If its waist deep i wouldn't bother (actually don't bother at all lol ,think the water level will be high).It will be a wide crossing and very little to winch you out if alone.Although when i did it was flooded 2 weeks earlier according to the internet,hadn't known this beforehand.
If you do, hav an escape plan set beforehand its important anywhere and anytime when rivers are on the higher side,it was a great lesson for me i tell ya,winch remote is ready and recovery gear,we could hav done with more winch rope but in the moment and being new then i forgot about the winch extension rope in the ARB Recovery bag...lmao..That was my second river crossing so knocked the crappers outa me mentally and had another 2 days left in "The Gatta" area with plenty more crossings as u know,The Kingswell Bridge one was next so went across nervously a few times to get it out my system lol...Ive done about 180 crossings since....Including Haunted Stream,Crooked River..Wonnangatta etc Walhalla no probs at all
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Sorry for the ramblings lol