{"id":5026,"date":"2024-10-05T20:01:00","date_gmt":"2024-10-05T07:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deltaprime.net.nz\/whitewater\/?p=5026"},"modified":"2025-01-09T14:55:55","modified_gmt":"2025-01-09T01:55:55","slug":"5th-october-2024-avon-river-otakaro","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deltaprime.net.nz\/whitewater\/?p=5026","title":{"rendered":"5th October 2024: Avon River\u00a0(\u014ct\u0101karo)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Date: \u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong>5\/10\/2024
River:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>Avon River, Christchurch, NZ
River Conditions:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>2.048 cumecs at Gloucester Street bridge. Water clear. Grade 1.
Weather Conditions:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>Sunny but cool, NE winds.
Number on Trip:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>1 person.
Time on River: \u00a0<\/strong>1.25 hours.
Comments:\u00a0<\/strong> We played disc golf on our “private” course in the Red Zone in the morning, as well as spending time with Billy the friendly neighbourhood cat, and as it was such a nice spring day, I decided a paddle on the Avon would be a nice way to spend the afternoon, while Lauri rested in her garden TreePod<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Paddling through the Red Zone from Swanns Road Bridge.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I carried the Blitz down to the river and did a seal launch off the gabion baskets that form my usual get out spot. The tide was out and the drop was around 1 metre, with not quite enough water for a nice landing. So after a slight thunk, I needed wobble the boat a bit before the nose released and the boat slid fully into the water.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The green of spring time.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

As always it was nice to be on the river even if lack of practice had me feeling a little unfit. I decided to paddle upstream for a change, primarily because the return leg is easier with the current assisting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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River works near the Barbadoes Street cemetery.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

With the tide out, the Avon flows more swiftly and I had to put a little more effort in to get up the narrow section near the Barbadoes Street cemetery. There were a number of whitebaiters positioned along the river, though I’m not sure that they were having a lot of luck. There also seemed to be some work going on in the river, with a series of waratahs staked across the river and a digger on the bank.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Under the Barbadoes Street bridge.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I paddled up just past the Barbadoes Street bridge, into our old neighbourhood, before the “impassable” Fire Station rapids put a halt to my journey. From here I turned around and headed for home, making good time the current aiding my passage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Spring time blossoms.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

There were still a few blossom covered trees around, but mostly winter’s bare boughs are now clad in spring green. It is quite a beautiful paddle in the middle of the city.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Looking upstream towards the Barbadoes Street cemetery.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

It was good to give my kayaking muscles a stretch, especially I hope to take on the Hurunui in the not too distant future. Back at the put in, I clambered up the gabion baskets and hauled up the kayak before wandering home across the Red Zone for a shower and a cup of tea.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Date: \u00a0 \u00a05\/10\/2024River:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Avon River, Christchurch, NZRiver Conditions:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a02.048 cumecs at Gloucester Street bridge. Water clear. Grade 1.Weather Conditions:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Sunny but cool, NE winds.Number on Trip:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a01 person.Time on River: \u00a01.25 hours.Comments:\u00a0 We played disc golf on our “private” course in the Red Zone in the morning, as well as spending time with Billy the friendly neighbourhood cat, and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":204,"featured_media":5029,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,4],"tags":[12,11,10,13],"class_list":["post-5026","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-kayaking","category-river","tag-avonriver","tag-christchurch","tag-kayak","tag-kayaking"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deltaprime.net.nz\/whitewater\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5026","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/deltaprime.net.nz\/whitewater\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/deltaprime.net.nz\/whitewater\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deltaprime.net.nz\/whitewater\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/204"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deltaprime.net.nz\/whitewater\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5026"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/deltaprime.net.nz\/whitewater\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5026\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5040,"href":"https:\/\/deltaprime.net.nz\/whitewater\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5026\/revisions\/5040"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deltaprime.net.nz\/whitewater\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/5029"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deltaprime.net.nz\/whitewater\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5026"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deltaprime.net.nz\/whitewater\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5026"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deltaprime.net.nz\/whitewater\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5026"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}