G Lane
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The river took a lot of people.
It took a lot of people.
There's a lot of drownings in the old misty.
particularly through Hamilton and through the Tron.
She's a fast-flowing river.
She's got a lot of underwater dangers, a lot of willow trees with underground roots, a lot of fallen trees.
So a lot of people used to get caught in those.
Right, like go overboard on a kayak or something.
Yeah, or just doing bombs off.
Just doing bombs off.
Oh, really?
So it was that dangerous?
Yeah, mainly doing bombs off cliffs.
You've got to...
You've got to know where you're jumping in the old Misty.
Land on a countdown trolley at the bottom of it.
Yeah, in the old Misty, she flows quickly, old Misty.
Now, of course, Bogan's out there coming up.
Another key point on this great route is the Meti Meti Dragway.