Colo River Trek (Route & Water Quality)

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Colo River Trek (Route & Water Quality)

Postby bushtucker » Tue 24 Mar, 2015 11:02 pm

Hi all,

Planning a trip to the Colo River area (the Mountain Lagoon Loop via Colo Meroo and Tootie Creek) and was wondering if anyone knows what the water quality is like for drinking?

I'm also thinking about whether to reverse the standard route and use lilos to "cruise" downstream instead of the standard wading upstream option... anyone done this before? Would be great to hear your thoughts.

Thanks in advance,

Daniel

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Re: Colo River Trek (Route & Water Quality)

Postby walk2wineries » Wed 25 Mar, 2015 6:19 am

I have a feeling that it might be in the archives of this lot http://www.subw.org.au/recent/20110626- ... creek.html - read about it years ago but its not immediately obvious. Or possibly the fat canyoners - this link looked interesting, but you probably have it? http://fatcanyoners.org/bush-guide/colo-river-passes/ . I'm halfway with you - it would be great to *hear* about the trip....

Also suggestions for a Lilo section on this page http://bushwalkingnsw.com/region.php?nid=210. Might be more on the NSW page? Enjoy - and check first, I went to Bob Turner's track last year and it had just been closed, don't know how much of the park is/was affected.
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Re: Colo River Trek (Route & Water Quality)

Postby Ndevr » Wed 25 Mar, 2015 11:15 pm

Hi
I did this loop as a long day walk a couple of year's ago in April....clockwise/downstream.
About 50% of the time you're in the river, and the other 50% walking amongst the brush on the river banks (to avoid the deeper sections and semi-quicksand). A lot of the brush was angled at 45 degrees due to flooding, and therefore much easier to push through heading downstream. The first section to the bend was more on the river bank, the second section after the bend was more in the river.
We popped a couple of tablets with the water, but I'm not sure that was really necessary.
It was a great walk, and we came across no one, even though it was in the holidays.
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Re: Colo River Trek (Route & Water Quality)

Postby bushtucker » Fri 27 Mar, 2015 8:41 am

Hi Walk2Wineries and Ndevr,

Thank you both for your tips, links and descriptions of your experiences. I'm looking forward to our trek there. Will let you know how it goes.

Best regards,

Daniel

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Re: Colo River Trek (Route & Water Quality)

Postby wildwalks » Fri 27 Mar, 2015 12:49 pm

I moved this moved to NSW forum
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Re: Colo River Trek (Route & Water Quality)

Postby bushtucker » Fri 31 Mar, 2017 8:18 am

Took 2 years but finally got out there and did it. Trek report here: https://getout-adventures.com/2017/03/2 ... river-nsw/
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