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	Sunday, 5 October 2003

One huge, very fast moving, cappuccino. The Motueka River was more of a river than we had anticipated today. Coffee coloured and very swift, it was probably not the best time for a couple of relativly inexperienced whitewater kayakers to make their first descent. The area we scouted last week had a few rapids along the way, but today the whole river was one big, flood swollen, rapid. We did however make a few runs down this 500m stretch... just to see what it was like before retiring to the more predictable waters of the Appleby River for a 1 hour drift to Rabbit Island. We shall return to ride 'the Mighty Mot' before too long. The Baton Bridge The view from the bridge The Appleby river was a little higher than usual but much more placid. The banks were lined with many whitebaiters today. We managed to stay between the showers despite the threatening grey clouds. 8:47:52 PM    Comment []

Daylight Saving Sucks Its that time of year. Kiwis all turned their clocks forward one hour last night. I hate waking up on a Sunday morning and loosing a whole hour of my day before I'm even out of bed! Its kind of depressing and I feel like I need to make up for it. Today we were hoping to kayak part of the Motueka river. The weather today is still as weird and indecisive as it was yesterday. I woke to a blue sky this morning and it is clear and warm out there now, but half an hour ago I had to run off and put some warm socks on as the temperature plumetted and it rained, hard, for about 10 minutes. Hopefully it settles as the day goes on. 10:15:37 AM    Comment []

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