Source of the Murray River to Tom Groggin

Source of the Murray to Tom Groggin

Sunday 24 March - Monday 1 April 2013

Participants: Karen Cody, Bob Salijevic, Mike Bremers

Route Description: Source of the Murray River to Tom Groggin via the river and banks

There are a few issues with this trip:

1. It will take about 5 hours of driving to drop off the group near Cowombat Flat.

2. The river runs for 70km from Murray Spring to Tom Groggin, and at a conservative 10km per day that means 7 days or at 15km per day that means 5 days to travel it. My experience of the area says it is likely to be a very hard walk...especially if you want to walk right along the side of the Murray. I’m planning to take a week.

Result: This trip was successfully completed, and is documented below.

Grid References:

Grid references for our campsites, the pole at the Source of the Murray, Cairn No. 1 at Forest Hill, and key navigation points are provided in the first attachment below.

Maps:

The attachments below provide maps of the routes taken on both of these trips. The map for Day 7 identifies a "pink track" which represents the route taken on the trip of 25-26 April 2013.

GPS Exchange File:

The last file attached is a GPS file for the first and subsequent trip. It also lists our campsites, the pole marking the source of the Murray and Cairn No 1 of the Black Allan Line.