South Island Gallery / Whitewater / 2012-01 Moeraki and Macfarlane river   Boating in South Westland--Macfarlane river and Moeraki. The Macfarlane is steeep with some epic portages. A few nice drops too but not really a classic. Good adventure though :) Paddlers: Kerry, Ari, B-rain, Andy, Paul, me. Photos: me and Kerry.  Another nice rapid (!) in the final gorge, with some pushy holes on the lead in    End of the world rapid, Landsborough is in sight far below    Andy on one of the first rapids on the Moeraki (nice run after rain)    Kerry on the first big rapid    Kerry on an awesome long rapid on the Moeraki    IMGP0549    Paddle hook    More effective paddle hook    Ari on Moeraki    Paul on Moeraki    Kerry lining up for the portage    Ari and B-rain on the Moeraki    IMGP0566    IMGP0567    IMGP0568    Concurrent boat repairs--4 cracks in 3 boats and we haven't even got to the Macfarlane yet!    Ari on a nice creeky rapid on the Macfarlane    IMGP0573    Cool gorges made up of MASSIVE boulders    IMGP0577    IMGP0578    IMGP0579    IMGP0580    IMGP0581    IMGP0582    IMGP0583    IMGP0584    Ari ending another portage, I'm already out for the next one    IMGP0589    IMGP0590    IMGP0593    Back in the bush for some more portaging    Time to set up camp, even managed to get a fire going in the rain!    IMGP0597    Looked pretty steep from the heli, hope we've enough food!    Nice entry rapid on the final gorge    Not the best sign when you can see the sieves from Google earth    Top section of the Macfarlane   38 Images  |  Home  |  Generated by jAlbum 9 and based on Chamelion skin