Diana's Basin to Beach Camp: Packrafting the Franklin River, Tasmania.

A day of mostly flat paddling passing by some very picturesque limestone cliffs. I wore my drysuit with just two layers - could have used wetsuit as it was a bit warmer. However having said that, I did have my first swim !

I got a bit distracted by Dan shouting instructions to go hard left - it is hard to hear people on a flowing river. Navigating through a narrow chute I flipped on a churning wave on its exit. I was the last member of our group to join the immersion club. That made everyone happy. 😀 ,

This section and the one I tipped out on was about all that was left of the whitewater. I'm not sad though, we have had an exhilarating few days and the sights today are sublime.

Again, it's on the days where your guard is down. I had to fix a small pinhole puncture due rubbing against some sharp limestone rocks.

The beaches are getting broader and are covered in lovely flowering shrubs.

Waterfalls drop from the cliff faces every now and again. With the day warming up, it is fun to paddle under them to cool down.

We visited a lovely cave and spent some time enjoying exploring it and acknowledging that it has a long history with the Aboriginal people. This cave - the Kutikina cave was used to prove the cultural heritage and need for protection long with the World Heritage status in the high court proceedings in 1983. Numerous articles are written about them. Here is one Aboriginal Heritage of the Tasmanian

Wilderness World Heritage Area and some references from the National Museum of Australia: Franklin River, 1983.