Avon Descent 2016 - 12 Day2 Cobbler Pool Arrival, Grid 1 Start
Channel: Terry Russell
Date: 10/08/2016

Helmet Camera footage of the 2016 Avon Descent. This one shows the start of Day2, the walk down to the river and the first grid of paddlers start the day.

This shows you the speed that the top paddlers maintain for their whole race, they are going to complete the race in about half the time it takes me.. Josh Kippin (far side of first grid) went on to win the race, I believe it's his first victory, congrats to the local lad from Ascot Kayak Club.

Not as cold as previous years due to the rain, only about 10 degrees, 2008 it was 0 degrees in Perth, not a very nice time to go paddling!

The race water level at the Walyunga Paddlers Gauge was 0.72m midday on Sunday and rising rapidly, the calculated TiTrees level was 0.70m (the gauge is now inaccurate, we use http://www.whitewaterperth.org.au/water-level.html instead)