Tasmania's Tamar River can look like a 'sloppy, muddy mess' and locals say it's time for a fix

Alfred Gude has owned a cruise business on Launceston's Tamar River for the past 15 years and he says when water levels are high, it's a good day.

"We're in the wet times at the moment, the river is quite fat, it's quite full. So, no dramas at the moment, we're all good," he says. 

With the recent rain, conditions on the river are mostly picture perfect.