en-us http://aarongray.com.au/blog Aaron Gray is an experienced web developer and whitewater kayaking enthusiast located in Coffs Harbour, Australia self@aarongray.com.au <a href="http://aarongray.com.au/blog/whitewater-kayaking/upper-orara-river-rock-slide"><img src="http://aarongray.com.au/image/uploads/blog/orara01.jpg?h=150&crop=y" alt="Upper Orara River, Rock Slide" /></a><p> Up in the Coffs Harbour hinterland, is the magical Orara Valley. With beautiful crystal clear water, lush rainforest and some of the best freshwater 'magic pools' (swimming holes) in the region, it is hard to give it a miss. Further up the Orara, where the river turns to bedrock and the gradient starts to pick up, rapids start to form, such as the 'Rock slide'.Definitely an unforgettable experience, even with low water - I will be back to see...</p><p><a href="http://aarongray.com.au/blog/whitewater-kayaking/upper-orara-river-rock-slide">Read more &#187;</a></p> http://aarongray.com.au/blog/whitewater-kayaking/upper-orara-river-rock-slide Sun, 11 Mar 2012 08:07:39 GMT http://aarongray.com.au/blog/whitewater-kayaking/upper-orara-river-rock-slide <a href="http://aarongray.com.au/blog/whitewater-kayaking/sandys-creek-little-murray-river"><img src="http://aarongray.com.au/image/uploads/blog/sandys1.jpg?h=150&crop=y" alt="Sandy&#039;s Creek / Little Murray River" /></a><p> With a bucket of rainfall hitting the nearby plateau, I met up with a few local boys and a few boys from the south coast to run the Sandy's Creek section of the Little Murray. With a beautiful sunny day, and good water levels (however, lower than expected) we hit the river, of what I would define as one of the most enjoyable sections to paddle in the region. The river is in majority read and run class III (not too difficult),...</p><p><a href="http://aarongray.com.au/blog/whitewater-kayaking/sandys-creek-little-murray-river">Read more &#187;</a></p> http://aarongray.com.au/blog/whitewater-kayaking/sandys-creek-little-murray-river Mon, 28 Nov 2011 10:34:46 GMT http://aarongray.com.au/blog/whitewater-kayaking/sandys-creek-little-murray-river <a href="http://aarongray.com.au/blog/miscellaneous/rosewood-creek-coachwood-falls"><img src="http://aarongray.com.au/image/uploads/blog/coachwood01.jpg?h=150&crop=y" alt="Rosewood Creek - Coachwood Falls" /></a><p> With the warm weather upon us, I decided to check out the magnificent Coachwood Falls of Rosewood Creek - near the Never Never picnic area on the Dorrigo Plateau. With an easy-going walk to reach the falls, we were presented with a beautiful secluded waterfall in amongst the dense rainforest. The water was very cool, but brilliant for a nice refreshing skinny dip with my girlfriend - however, beware of the millions of leeches attached to your legs on the walk out. Definitely...</p><p><a href="http://aarongray.com.au/blog/miscellaneous/rosewood-creek-coachwood-falls">Read more &#187;</a></p> http://aarongray.com.au/blog/miscellaneous/rosewood-creek-coachwood-falls Mon, 31 Oct 2011 07:09:01 GMT http://aarongray.com.au/blog/miscellaneous/rosewood-creek-coachwood-falls <a href="http://aarongray.com.au/blog/miscellaneous/wrc-coffs-coast-2011-nambucca"><img src="http://aarongray.com.au/image/uploads/blog/wrc01.jpg?h=150&crop=y" alt="WRC Coffs Coast 2011 - Nambucca" /></a><p> I have never really been that interested in any type of 'car sport' but rally driving definitely intrigues me. High speed action on gravel and mud through dense forest is a good mix for some dangerous prangs, and the Coffs Coast rally has surely seen its fair share of this. With the Nambucca stage being held on Saturday 10th September within close vicinity of home (approximately 15km) I snagged up the opportunity and viewed the action for...</p><p><a href="http://aarongray.com.au/blog/miscellaneous/wrc-coffs-coast-2011-nambucca">Read more &#187;</a></p> http://aarongray.com.au/blog/miscellaneous/wrc-coffs-coast-2011-nambucca Sun, 11 Sep 2011 12:41:46 GMT http://aarongray.com.au/blog/miscellaneous/wrc-coffs-coast-2011-nambucca <a href="http://aarongray.com.au/blog/miscellaneous/battery-falls-bangalore-creek-canyon-exploration"><img src="http://aarongray.com.au/image/uploads/blog/battery1.jpg?h=150&crop=y" alt="Battery Falls / Bangalore Creek Canyon Exploration" /></a><p> On the 14th of May, I took a trek to find 'Battery Falls' on the Upper Little Nymboida River and check out the entrance to the Bangalore Creek canyon. After missing the turn off to Battery Road on the overgrown / dirt tracks of the Ulong-Timmsvale Road and venturing too far, I finally found the turn (unmarked) and continued along in the hope to find the track to Battery Falls. The track is approximately 2km up Battery Road and is marked...</p><p><a href="http://aarongray.com.au/blog/miscellaneous/battery-falls-bangalore-creek-canyon-exploration">Read more &#187;</a></p> http://aarongray.com.au/blog/miscellaneous/battery-falls-bangalore-creek-canyon-exploration Sun, 15 May 2011 09:01:51 GMT http://aarongray.com.au/blog/miscellaneous/battery-falls-bangalore-creek-canyon-exploration <a href="http://aarongray.com.au/blog/whitewater-kayaking/macleay-river-camping-april-2011"><img src="http://aarongray.com.au/image/uploads/blog/macleay1.jpg?h=150&crop=y" alt="Macleay River Camping, April 2011" /></a><p> Over the weekend of Saturday, 16th April 2011, I headed to George's Junction - a popular camping spot on the Macleay River with family and friends. I was hoping to find some half decent rapids (both downstream and upstream of the camp spot) but without much gradient and low water, I was only able to find a few class I-II rapids joined with large stretches of flats in-between.With the lack of 'quality whitewater', I decided to create a...</p><p><a href="http://aarongray.com.au/blog/whitewater-kayaking/macleay-river-camping-april-2011">Read more &#187;</a></p> http://aarongray.com.au/blog/whitewater-kayaking/macleay-river-camping-april-2011 Mon, 18 Apr 2011 00:02:10 GMT http://aarongray.com.au/blog/whitewater-kayaking/macleay-river-camping-april-2011 <a href="http://aarongray.com.au/blog/miscellaneous/skate-pov.hd-test"><img src="http://aarongray.com.au/image/uploads/blog/skate.jpg?h=150&crop=y" alt="Skate POV.HD test" /></a><p> With a slightly boring Saturday afternoon upon me, I decided to create a custom self-held pole mount for the POV.HD - useful for certain activities such as cruising around on the skateboard. Within this, I decided to give the V.I.O POV.HD camera a good testing in 720p @ 60fps (pure slow-mo).More to come soon... </p><p><a href="http://aarongray.com.au/blog/miscellaneous/skate-pov.hd-test">Read more &#187;</a></p> http://aarongray.com.au/blog/miscellaneous/skate-pov.hd-test Sat, 09 Apr 2011 13:10:08 GMT http://aarongray.com.au/blog/miscellaneous/skate-pov.hd-test <a href="http://aarongray.com.au/blog/web-development/big4-nambucca-heads"><img src="http://aarongray.com.au/image/uploads/blog/big4.jpg?h=150&crop=y" alt="Big4 Nambucca Heads" /></a><p> I have been approached by the Big4 caravan park in Nambucca Heads to develop a new website and content management system. This will definitely be an interesting project as I will need to utilise the Facebook API to display both the latest news feed and the photo galleries on the website. This website is now live.</p><p><a href="http://aarongray.com.au/blog/web-development/big4-nambucca-heads">Read more &#187;</a></p> http://aarongray.com.au/blog/web-development/big4-nambucca-heads Sat, 19 Mar 2011 13:00:00 GMT http://aarongray.com.au/blog/web-development/big4-nambucca-heads <a href="http://aarongray.com.au/blog/whitewater-kayaking/the-mighty-nymboida-march-2011"><img src="http://aarongray.com.au/image/uploads/blog/nymbo1.jpg?h=150&crop=y" alt="The Mighty Nymboida, March 2011" /></a><p> On Sunday 13th March 2011 after some decent rainfall in the area we decided to run the Nymboida River from Platypus Flats to Cod Hole. This stretch of river is approximately 9km and contains many class III rapids with a few class IV-V rapids. The level reading on the day at Platypus Flats read at 0.85m and after the usual shuttle setup and gearing up, the five of us put on the river at approximately 11am.We ran the majority of the...</p><p><a href="http://aarongray.com.au/blog/whitewater-kayaking/the-mighty-nymboida-march-2011">Read more &#187;</a></p> http://aarongray.com.au/blog/whitewater-kayaking/the-mighty-nymboida-march-2011 Sun, 13 Mar 2011 13:00:00 GMT http://aarongray.com.au/blog/whitewater-kayaking/the-mighty-nymboida-march-2011