Alpine River Adventures

17/10/2024

I’ve just spent four days with the extremely dedicated scientists from NSW fisheries live trapping endangered Macquarie Perch in the stunning Cooma Gorge section of the Murrumbidgee River. The fish trapped are now on their way to Narrandera to hopefully increase the genetic variability of the Macquarie Perch breeding program. The Macca suffers from the negative effects of changed flow regimes from Snowy Hydro, excess sediment from agriculture and feral fish species such as trout, redfin and carp to name a few.

10/10/2023

I mean really we should be educating ourselves but if that’s too hard 🙄

04/12/2022

21/09/2022

Richard Swain commends for its proactive approach to feral animal management in Namadgi National Park. Inaugural speaker at our Paperbark Seminar Series dropping some cultural and natural truth bombs.

12/06/2022

Thanks so much to Chris and the team from Tom's Outdoors in Tumut for organising these bad boys for us
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20/04/2022

Before the construction of snowy mountains scheme the Snowy River was a boisterous and wild river full of rapids and races. John Ekins remembers canoing the ...

03/03/2022

Today we got sent in these lovely sketches by Louise, who came on a 5 day Snowy River trip in February. Louise would sit down each afternoon drawing the view from camp - what a great way to remember a trip!

23/02/2022

Hanging out around the fire on tour with Holly Ringland, Aaron Pedersen and guide Richard Swain.

Richard Swain, or Swainy, is a Wiradjuri man and river guide. He talks to Aaron and Holly about listening to Country. now: http://ab...