Some key stats and milestones from the trip from my personal trip down the Murray River.

The trip was done in two sections. The source to Bringenbrong Bridge in the summer of 2019/20, and the remaining lower section in the summer of 2020/21.

Date		Day		Location	Details
		Total	Active		Accom	Pack Weight	Notes
2019‑12‑14	Sat			Thredbo
		1	1	Mt Kosciuszko		6 kg	Merritts Nature Track.
				Bush camp	Bivy	6 kg	Bivy near the summit.
2019‑12‑15	Sun	2	2	Cascade Trailhead		6 kg	Dead Horse Gap Track
				Thredbo		6 kg	Thredbo River Track
				Cascade Trailhead			Car
				Cascade Hut	Bivy	28 kg	Cascade Trail
2019‑12‑16	Mon		3	Snow Gum Trail	Bivy	28 kg	Cascade to Snow Gums Trail
2019‑12‑17	Tue		4	Murray River		28 kg	Mostly off trail
				Cowombat Trail	Bivy	8 kg	Off trail to Snow Gums
2019‑12‑18	Wed		5	Cascade Trailhead		8 kg
				Tom Groggin Campground	Tent
2019‑12‑19	Thu		6	Tom Groggin Campground	Tent		Rest Day. Drove to Albury, 400 km round trip
2019‑12‑20	Fri	3	7	Cascade Trailhead			Hitched up to Cascade Trailhead
		3		Tin Mine Creek Bridge	Bivy	18 kg	Great water source at start Cowombat trail
2019‑12‑21	Sat	4	8	Cowombat Flats		18 kg
		4		Source(s)		6 kg
		4		Cowombat Flats	Bivy	6 kg	Camped in open with slight fire concern
2019‑12‑22	Sun	5	9	Murray River	Bivy	15 kg	In river

Date		Day		Location	Details
		Total	Active		Accom	Notes
Upper Murray River
				Murray River
2019‑12‑23	Mon	6	10	Murray River	Bivy	98% dragging kayak
2019‑12‑24	Tue	7	11	Murray River	Bivy	95% dragging kayak, just past Tin Mine Ck confluence
2019‑12‑25	Wed	8	12	Murray River	Bivy	80% dragging kayak, just past Leather Barrel Ck confluence
2019‑12‑26	Thu	9	14	Tom Groggin Campground	Tent	10% dragging kayak
			15	Tom Groggin Campground	Tent	Rest day (feet blisters / rubs)
2019‑12‑27	Fri	10	16	Murray River	Bivy	0.1% dragging kayak. Just before Bunroy Station takeout
2019‑12‑28	Sat	11	17	Bringenbrong Bridge	Bivy	5% dragging kayak. Rest area, Alpine Way Highway
2019‑12‑29	Sun	11	18	Tom Groggin		Hitched to Tom Groggin, drove all the way back home
2019‑12‑30	Mon			Churchill, QLD	Home
Murray River
2020‑12‑13	Sun			Bringenbrong Bridge
		12	1	Towong	Tent	Walked from Toowong to the bridge and paddled back with an empty kayak.
2020‑12‑14	Mon	13	2	Tintaldra
				Murray River	Tent	Camped on a island with Nick and Luke
2020‑12‑15	Tue	14	3	Jingellic
				Lake Hume	Tent	Gully by road
2020‑12‑16	Wed	15	4	Mitta Mitta River
				Hume Dam
				North Albury		Stopped for thermos and soap. Easy Maccas dinner
				Kiewa River
				Murray River	Tent	Beside the confluence of the Kiewa River
2020‑12‑17	Thu	16	5	Albury
				Howlong
				Murray River	Tent
2020‑12‑18	Fri	17	6	Corowa
				Lake Mulwala	Bivy	Simply bivy on the Islands, cold dinner
2020‑12‑19	Sat	18	7	Ovens River
				Yarrawonga
				Murray River	Tent
2020‑12‑20	Sun	19	8	Murray River	Tent
2020‑12‑21	Mon	20	9	Cobram
				Tocumwal	Tent	Camping ground for shower, but showers were closed :(
2020‑12‑22	Tue	21	10	Murray River	Tent	Barmah National Park
2020‑12‑23	Wed	22	11	Murray River	Tent
2020‑12‑24	Thu	23	12	Barmah
				Goulburn River
				Echuca
				Campaspe River
				Murray River	Tent
2020‑12‑25	Fri		13	Murray River	Tent	Rest day for Christmas
2020‑12‑26	Sat	24	14	Torrumbarry Weir
				Murray River	Tent
2020‑12‑27	Sun	25	15	Murray River	Tent
2020‑12‑28	Mon	26	16	Barham		Last NSW stop and that set the timer into entering SA due to COVID
				Murray River	Tent
2020‑12‑29	Tue	27	17	Loddon River
				Swan Hill
				Nyah
				Murray River	Tent
2020‑12‑30	Wed	28	18	Wood Wood
				Tooleybuc
				Wakool River
				Murray River	Tent
2020‑12‑31	Thu	29	19	Murrumbidgee River
				Boundary Bend
				Murray River	Tent
2021‑01‑01	Fri	30	20	Robinvale
				Euston Weir
				Murray River	Tent
2021‑01‑02	Sat	31	21	Murray River	Tent
2021‑01‑03	Sun	32	22	Nangiloc
				Murray River	Tent
2021‑01‑04	Mon	33	23	Murray River
2021‑01‑05	Tue	34	24	Mildura
				Murray River	Tent
2021‑01‑06	Wed	35	25	Darling River
				Wentworth Weir
				Murray River	Tent
2021‑01‑07	Thu		26	Murray River	Tent	Rest day waiting on 14 SA COVID wait, plus reduce food weight!
2021‑01‑08	Fri	36	27	Lock 9
				Murray River	Tent
2021‑01‑09	Sat	37	28	Lock 8
				Murray River	Tent
2021‑01‑10	Sun	38	29	Lock 7
				Murray River	Tent
2021‑01‑11	Mon	39	30	Lock 6		Tucked into Deep Creek to get off the main river
				Murray River	Tent
2021‑01‑12	Tue	40	31	Renmark
				Berri
				Katarapko Creek	Tent	Took this Anabranch, bypassing Loxton
2021‑01‑13	Wed	41	32	Moorook
				Murray River	Tent
2021‑01‑14	Thu	42	33	Waikerie
				Murray River	Tent
2021‑01‑15	Fri			Morgan
		43	34	Murray River	Tent
2021‑01‑16	Sat	44	35	Blanchetown
				Swan Reach
				Murray River	Tent	Farmers came around and we chatted for a bit
2021‑01‑17	Sun	45	36	Murray River	Bivy	Literally camped in the swamp. Many many campsites just downstream, both sides of Mannum
2021‑01‑18	Mon	46	37	Mannum
				Murray Bridge
				Murray River	Bivy	Very limited campsites, bivy on flood levy
2021‑01‑19	Tue	47	38	Tailem Bend
				Lake Alexandrina	Tent
2021‑01‑20	Wed	48	39	Tauwitchere Lock
				Murray River Mouth
				Campground	Tent
2021‑01‑21	Thu		40	Adelaide Bus Station
2021‑01‑22	Fri		41	Wangaratta
2021‑01‑23	Sat		42	Pinnaroo
2021‑01‑25	Mon		43	Churchill, QLD		23 hr drive arriving home 9am (couple powernaps along the way)

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Map for the 2019/20 trip

• Thredbo
• Source(s)
• Campsites
• Walking Tracks
• Mountains

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Map for the 2020/21 trip

• (1) Tintaldra
• (2) Jingellic
• (3) Mitta Mitta River
• (4) Hume Dam
• (5) North Albury
• (6) Kiewa River
• (7) Albury
• (8) Howlong
• (9) Corowa
• (10) Ovens River
• (11) Yarrawonga
• (12) Cobram
• (13) Barmah
• (14) Goulburn River
• (15) Broken River
• (16) Echuca
• (17) Campaspe River
• (18) Torrumbarry Weir
• (19) Barham
• (20) Loddon River
• (21) Swan Hill
• (22) Nyah
• (23) Wood Wood
• (24) Tooleybuc
• (25) Wakool River
• (26) Edward River
• (27) Murrumbidgee River
• (28) Boundary Bend
• (29) Robinvale
• (30) Euston Weir
• (31) Nangiloc
• (32) Murray River
• (33) Mildura
• (34) Darling River
• (35) Wentworth Weir
• (36) Lock 9
• (37) Lock 8
• (38) Lock 7
• (39) Lock 6
• (40) Renmark
• (41) Berri
• (42) Moorook
• (43) Waikerie
• (44) Morgan
• (45) Blanchetown
• (46) Swan Reach
• (47) Mannum
• (48) Murray Bridge
• (49) Tailem Bend
• (50) Tauwitchere Lock
• (51) Adelaide Bus Station
• Campsites
• Access Point

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