Colo River

The Colo River at low water at Upper Colo

King Rapids on the Colo River

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The Colo River is a river in the east of the Australian state of New South Wales. It is formed by the confluence of the Wollemi Creek and Capertee River in the Wollemi National Park in the northern part of the Blue Mountains. The largest part of the river runs through the National Park. The middle section is completely inaccessible, wild and very hidden. The wilderness was rescued end of the 1970s by the Colo Wilderness Preservation Society and other environmental organizations from destruction by development, deforestation and the construction of reservoirs. The Blue Mountains National Park was declared along with the Wollemi National Park, a World Heritage Site, partly because of the discovery of Wollemia that is often described as a " living fossil " from the time of the dinosaurs.

The Colo River gorge has many rapids, alternating with deep pools.

The lower reaches of the river emerges from the wilderness and flows through a lovely, agricultural use, narrow valley. It flows at Lower Portland, north of Windsor in the Hawkesbury River. The most important tributary of the Colo River is the Wollangambe River.

Although the Wollemi National Park is located very close to the Sydney metropolitan area, it is considered the largest untouched area in New South Wales. Voluntary local groups such as the Friends of the Colo, help for decades to rid the National Park and its surrounding area of ​​eingeschlepptem weeds.

The best way to see the beautiful but inaccessible gorges of the Colo River, is to let yourself drift down on an air mattress of hiking trails, such as the Bob Turner's Track at Colo Heights, the river is.