River: Glenbrook Creek
Section: Glenbrook Causeway to Nepean River
Time: 2hr
Team: Kevin Songberg, Jiri Svec, Tim Sindle, Markus Bisping, Matt White
River Level: 2.1m a at start falling to 1.6ish (after shuttle + coffee and pies)
Report By Kayaking Correspondent – Sat 6th February 2010
Glenbrook, Blue Mountains, NSW - At 9:30am 4 averagely skilled paddlers and Kevin met at the Glenbrook causeway to make a decent of the Glenbrook Creek. The river level, after peaking at 5m overnight, was steadily falling and was at a more moderate level of 2.1m when they put on the river. Our sources tell us Kevin had already made a decent of the river earlier that same morning with a level of 2.7m which he described simply as “big”. A spokesmen from the Bureau of Meteorology explained that the river levels experienced by the group were as a result of the above average amount of rain that had fallen in the preceding days in the catchment of the river.
The group kayaked the river, in tight formation, avoiding trees, holes, and sieves, and stopping occasionally to scout rapids. The main rapid, named waterfall rapid (after the 100m waterfall cascading into the river on river right), demanded a close and long inspection of the tricky lead in and final crux move consisting of a 2-3m drop and avoiding a large hole. Locals from Glenbrook observed them on this section from the cliffs above, and commented that a number of different lines were taken and despite the use of the Eskimo roll by a few members of the team all of them successfully paddled into the pool below. The NSW Department of Lands confirmed that the gradient of the river didn’t let up till the Nepean Gorge was reached and this section contained numerous “exciting” rapids. At the time of going to press the kayaking team could not be reached for comment, but there are unconfirmed reports that the river was “a wild ride”.
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