The first descent party had made three trips here, one from halfway (which resulted in a benighting) another from the very top to half way and a third trip from top to bottom. They reckoned that the full trip would involve 10 hrs in the canyon if you were a small, experienced party who knew the route....
Jethro, Julie and I were really only keen for a short day, so we climbed via track and then bush for a little over an hour before jumping into the canyon.
The lower section of Stewart was high gradient, with drop after drop. The canyon would enclose slightly around the drops and into pools then offer chances for escape before narrowing briefly again. Still, there were some very nice canyon sections and gorgeous waterfalls.
We made about 6 absiels to 35m in about 4 hours. Waterlevels were low-moderate, but there were still a couple of eddies to avoid!
Julie wades a shallow gorge section 
Another constriction and rappel
From the belay of the top of 'Stewart Falls'.This is the pitch that can be seen from Davis flat
and is a series of 30-40m waterfalls, not one 90m drop..
Julie gets worked on the last pitch
Jethro enjoys the water 
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