Alpine River Adventures was born out of a desire to offer small group, hands-on explorations in some of the most inspiring places in South-East Australia. With a strong commitment to soft impact eco-tours, our small boats introduce adventurers to places, encounters, and activities sure to leave an impression that will last a lifetime.
Testimonial
My trip down the Snowy through the gorge was an experience in a lifetime. I know that lower Snowy region well from my walks researching the Bundian Way through Byadbo. It is one of the most remarkable regions of the Australian continent: scenic, dramatic and full of special wildlife and cultural places. The only way to get to know that area is to travel downriver. Walking is well-nigh impossible due to the many cliffs and high ridges that fall directly to the river. Scenic but not walkable. Our group travelled in inflatable kayaks, which were eminently suited to the wild river and its rocky rapids that came regularly enough to make a contrast with the platypus filled calm reaches.
Although over 70 years of age, I managed the trip really well. This was in every way due to the quiet management skills of Richard Swain, our tour leader. He was quiet, calm and highly skilled, able to readily pass on his knowledge of the river so that members of our party were put at ease. His organisation and gear were of the highest order.
With all its dryness the country round Byadbo and along the lower Snowy stays much warmer in winter than the high country or even the tablelands, and was hence much sought after by the cattlemen for their winter grazing. The landscape is dramatic enough to figure in the national mythology.
Banjo Patterson’s setting for his poem The Man from Snowy River captures the scenery perfectly:
'…And down by Kosciusko, where the pine-clad ridges raise
Their torn and rugged battlements on high,
Where the air is clear as crystal, and the white stars fairly blaze
At midnight in the cold and frosty sky,
And where around the Overflow the reed-beds sweep and sway
To the breezes, and the rolling plains are wide,
The Man from Snowy River is a household word today,
And the stockmen tell the story of his ride.'
John Blay
Bundian Way Project Officer
Eden Local Aboriginal Land Council
My trip down the Snowy through the gorge was an experience in a lifetime. I know that lower Snowy region well from my walks researching the Bundian Way through Byadbo. It is one of the most remarkable regions of the Australian continent: scenic, dramatic and full of special wildlife and cultural places. The only way to get to know that area is to travel downriver. Walking is well-nigh impossible due to the many cliffs and high ridges that fall directly to the river. Scenic but not walkable. Our group travelled in inflatable kayaks, which were eminently suited to the wild river and its rocky rapids that came regularly enough to make a contrast with the platypus filled calm reaches.
Although over 70 years of age, I managed the trip really well. This was in every way due to the quiet management skills of Richard Swain, our tour leader. He was quiet, calm and highly skilled, able to readily pass on his knowledge of the river so that members of our party were put at ease. His organisation and gear were of the highest order.
With all its dryness the country round Byadbo and along the lower Snowy stays much warmer in winter than the high country or even the tablelands, and was hence much sought after by the cattlemen for their winter grazing. The landscape is dramatic enough to figure in the national mythology.
Banjo Patterson’s setting for his poem The Man from Snowy River captures the scenery perfectly:
'…And down by Kosciusko, where the pine-clad ridges raise
Their torn and rugged battlements on high,
Where the air is clear as crystal, and the white stars fairly blaze
At midnight in the cold and frosty sky,
And where around the Overflow the reed-beds sweep and sway
To the breezes, and the rolling plains are wide,
The Man from Snowy River is a household word today,
And the stockmen tell the story of his ride.'
John Blay
Bundian Way Project Officer
Eden Local Aboriginal Land Council
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