On a week-long rafting trip, Mick Abbott comes to view rivers in an entirely different light Big rivers are my adversary. I’ve walked for 30km on the true left of the Landsborough looking for a place to cross, then camped in the hope the snow melt would slow enough overnight to make possible a heart-in-mouth […]
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A river rules my life
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