New pickup/dropoff service Nymboida & Mann River

[awildland]

We just enjoyed a lovely weekend paddling down the Nymboida and Mann Rivers from National Parks campground at Ramornie to the caravan park at Jackadgery, and I wanted to let people know about a new pickup/drop off service now available for anyone thinking of visiting this part of the river. The new owner of the Mann River Caravan Park at Jackadgery, Lee Scarlet, is offering the service. This was the first time we used the service. We met Lee at the caravan park and he jumped in our car and we all drove out to Ramornie campground (about an hour and a half drive) and once we off-loaded our gear Lee drove our car back to Jackadgery ready for our return. That cost us $50. His prices are all on his website and he will do other pickups and dropoffs and has a trailer for gear and his own 4WD. He'll go all up and down the river to Buccarumbi and down to Clarence Gorge. He seems pretty open to any ideas from people as well.

Great canoeing on this river and (apparently) great fishing - bass and eastern river cod - not that I'm a fisher. Water level was 1.4m at Jackadgery for our trip which was a good level and it being winter we had the river to ourselves! Stunning hot weather during the day and cold clear night with misty morning.

Lee is also a bit of a bush balladeer and the website gallery has one of his songs on it about canoeing the river.
http://mannriver.com.au/

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[DarrenM]

Thanks for the heads up Christina.... One for the packrafters to checkout!

[awildland]

It would be a great river for packrafting - some long pools but Cundlebung Falls, Bridal Veil Falls, Exhibition Falls and New Zeland falls are the main rapids (grade 3/4s). Good campsites too all along the river - most scenic being at the junction of the Mann and the Nymboida.

[SteveJ]

Great heads up, thanks for that I am planning a packraft trip up that way this summer

Steve

[awildland]

Just thought I'd add a link here to our full report from this trip, which we've just posted on our blog page. There's extra photos too and a little video of rafting Cunglebung and Bridal Veil Falls.

http://awildland.blogspot.com.au/2013/1 ... boida.html[url]