A short but enjoyable section of whitewater, the Cobungra’s lower section can be done as a afternoon blast with a short walk out or as a different way to start the Mitta Gorge.

The river starts out with a rather uninviting with a section of flat water that is being choked more and more by willows as the years go on. There is still currently a way through but at high water or in a few years this may disappear.

After this short but unpleasant section the river bumps along with some very pleasant easy warm up rapids, grade II+ to ease you in.

The real action starts in the last 1km where the river forces its way through a narrow gorge down to the Mitta River.

The rapids in this last section are all very enjoyable boulder problems. These boulders do however create some pinning potential, as one nasty incident indicates, so watch out.

With there being excellent camping at the put in, close to a pub, if you have the skills it is a must.

Tim Wallace With regard to your comments about the paddle-ability of the section of the Lower Cobungra from Anglers Rest to CRB, I would agree with your comments, however I would go further and say that above 1.5m on the Anglers Rest bridge, don't bother trying to get through - I got strained in a nasty way last Wednesday.

We did it again at 1.3m (silly us) and found it was marginally easier to get through, although the line was even less obvious.

Below 1.3m is probably OK, but above that, save yourself the stress (to portage the blockup requires bush bashing through thick blackberry scrub) The blockup is approx 200m from CRB. Hope this is useful info. By the way, 1.3 is a fantastic level to run it at. I've done it at 1m and 1.6m; 1m is REALLY bony, and 1.6m makes it harder to inspect on the go and makes a couple of the rapids significantly more dangerous. igneous_intrusion@hotmail.com

Jimbo Anderson September 07 2009. Don't bother with this section at the moment unless you like walking. There is so much wood in the rapids that this section is best to avoid.