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You won't find a wilder ride in all of Australia than down the Tully River, smack bang
in the wettest part of the country. (Check out the towering gumboot at the entrance to Tully
town: the 7.9m structure represents the amount of rain that fell in 1950.) Rafting trips
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are timed to coincide with the release of the river's hydroelectric floodgates, so
even if it's not raining, adrenaline hounds are guaranteed thrills - and possibly spills - on
Grade 4 rapids all year round.
