Mason Creek.... A Diamond In The Rough

During the later half of "study" week the Canterbury area got walloped by a bunch of rain. The storm coincided with the discovery of Mason Creek by one of my mates during a rather slow day at the office and much time spent flying around Google Earth. A low water exploratory probing mission happened early in the week and come Thursday the rain was falling and the show was on!

Nev floats along the start of the run. You put in along side farm animals and the first few kms are flat and braided.

After ducking under some fence that span the river the rapids pick up and before long the action starts. Nick running the first real rapid named "Peau, Peau" this is Peau number one.


Nick setting up for Peau number two...

Here is a shot of the lead into one of the harder drops of the run. The creek has some very unstable and unique geology to it. Lots of big rock around and many more waiting to fall from above, kinda looked like Mars.

Nev keep'n her together in another good drop of the run.

All in all a sweet little new backyard run that hopefully many will be able to enjoy in future!