Few people realise there is great rafting to be had within reach of Sydney and Melbourne.
The images were taken with a disposable camera, as Ben was 'not quite brave enough' to take his usual gear. This was the reaction I got when I told most people about my latest holiday. To most people the Murray River is a broad flat river with house boats and paddle steamers, hardly the place for white water rafting. High up in the Snowy Mountains south of Mt Kosciusko, the Murray River provides Victoria's only unrestricted white water rafting. This mountain river is also unique in that it relies almost solely on rainfall, and receives very little water from melting snow.