Colo River

The Colo River is a river in New South Wales, Australia. The Colo River begins at the confluence of the Wolgan River and the Capertee River, which respectively drain the Wolgan and Capertee Valleys north of Lithgow. The river flows eastwards and then south through a deep gorge in the northern section of the Blue Mountains. The majority of the river lies in Wollemi National Park. The middle Colo is inaccessible, rugged and remote. The wilderness was saved from development, logging and damming in the late 1970s by the Colo Wilderness Preservation Society and other environmentalists. The Blue Mountains NP area, including the Wollemi NP, has received World Heritage listing, due in part to the discovery of the Wollemi Pine, often described as a 'living fossil' from the age of the dinosaurs.

The Colo River gorge contains many boulder-rapids that alternate with deep pools.

Emerging from the wilderness region, the lower part of the Colo River flows through a scenic, narrow agricultural valley and reaches the Hawkesbury River at Lower Portland north of Windsor. Tributaries of the Colo include the Wollangambe River and Wollemi Creek.

Even though close to the metropolitan area, the Wollemi National Park is the largest wilderness area in NSW. Local volunteer bush regeneration groups such as the "Friends of the Colo" have been helping rid the National Park and surrounding areas of invasive exotic weeds over recent years.

One of the best ways to see the beautiful and inaccessible gorges of the Colo River is to float down the river on inflatable lilos, from walk-in access tracks such as Bob Turner's Track at Colo Heights.

The Hawkesbury River region, New South Wales, Australia

Islands of the Hawkesbury	Dangar Island Long Island Milson Island Spectacle Island Peat Island Lion Island

National parks	Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park Muogamarra Nature Reserve Marramarra National Park Bouddi National Park Brisbane Water National Park

Explorers of the region	Arthur Phillip Watkin Tench

Bridges and ferries	Hawkesbury River Railway Bridge Mooney Mooney Bridge Lower Portland Ferry Sackville Ferry Webbs Creek Ferry Wisemans Ferry

Adjoining rivers, bays and creeks	Nepean River Berowra Creek Grose River Broken Bay Brisbane Water Colo River Macdonald River Warragamba Dam Cowan Creek Coal and Candle Creek

Shires	City of Hawkesbury Hornsby Shire Pittwater Council City of Gosford The Hills Shire City of Penrith

Events	Hawkesbury Canoe Classic

Coordinates: 33°26′S 150°53′E / 33.433°S 150.883°E / -33.433; 150.883

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“We approached the Indian Island through the narrow strait called “Cook.” He said, “I ‘xpect we take in some water there, river so high,—never see it so high at this season. Very rough water there, but short; swamp steamboat once. Don’t paddle till I tell you, then you paddle right along.” It was a very short rapid. When we were in the midst of it he shouted “paddle,” and we shot through without taking in a drop.”
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