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Australia: Fording Creeks / Rivers - by Bicycle
If bicycle touring the Australian Outback there are numerous creek and river beds to cross, sometimes they may be inpassable, while in certain places safely fording them would be required. In flatter outer areas these are often dry for much of the year. Some road fording areas show indication to the depth of water passing with a metric guage. Do not attempt to cross if uncertain of the depth or when there is strong flow in these streams. Never set up camp in a creek bed during times of evident rain appears likely or has been forecast. Flash flooding is common every year, and it happens, people along with their cars and even caravans have been swept away with little prior warning. In the Flinders Ranges and Macdonell Ranges there are more permanant creeks and rivers where road crossings are made by a stone or cement fording route rather than a bridge. For cyclist this can present more of...
