Katoomba to Leura via Prince Henry Cliff track. Sunday 4/5 (“May the Fourth be with you!”). The travel arrangements for this walk were different to a “normal” Blue Mountains walk, as trackwork required Blue Mountains trains to start at Blacktown Station. This needed the group to catch suburban trains to Blacktown, with a 20 minute wait for the train to Katoomba. Some people…
For the first time in nearly 12 months, SUBW returned to Kosciuszko NP to spend our midsem break away from the assignments we should be doing and the lectures we should be catching up on. The initial plan was that we would camp at Mt Twynam on night 1, take a side trip to Mt Sentinel on day 2 and camp at Mt Tate that night, before returning to the cars and camp at Island Bend for night 3. Just about…
A 4-day, 3-night road trip around Gariwerd (Grampians) National Park in western Victoria, 3 hours west of Melbourne. Gariwerd is the Aboriginal name of the national park, comprising gar meaning nose, and werd meaning shoulder. The group arrived in Melbourne the day before, spending a day exploring the city or doing some remote work, followed by a pre-trip dinner and dessert run. At roughly…
Freshers Trip is a SUBW tradition enshrined in the constitution. As with the PBT, running the Freshers Trip forms part of the official duties of the committee. The idea is to give new members of the club an introduction into overnight bushwalking so that they can venture into many of the more difficult multiday walks that require previous experience. This particular…
For many many months, bushwalkers have mourned the temporary closure of Ruined Castle. The days of crying ourselves to sleep after viewing the NPWS alerts page are no more. Ruined Castle is back open, and what better way to celebrate than climbing it at sunset? So, from Katoomba station at 11:11am, our party of 11 set off bound for the newly reopened track. We began…
Taronga (Athol Wharf) to Chinamans Beach 15th March (The Ides of March) 2025. This walk replaced one originally planned to go to Patonga near Woy Woy, but changed because of expected hot weather. It turned out to be a wise choice as the temperature on the mostly unshaded track at Patonga reached 33 degrees C in the day. It was…
There is a storied history of nude bushwalking in the SUBW, which is part of a broader tradition in which cultural figures such as Percy Grainger and conservationists like Myles Dunphy were among the best known participants. In recent decades there has been renewed interest in the practice, especially where it involves skinny dipping in wild places. SUBW’s nude…
Helensburgh-Burning Palms-Figure 8-Otford Walk 2/3/2025 This walk had some interesting turnarounds: weather being the opposite of what was forecast, a previously easy track now getting overgrown, leeches spooking some people, and myself forgetting to bring something important. Read on….
My friend from Schofields really misses Kosciuszko and wants a trip there. While he couldn’t make it at the end I’ve found the perfect long weekend with time to get there and back comfortably. It’s when a clinical placement ends and another one starts- back to back with 3 days to stretch. Inside my…
One of the best-loved bush adventures near Sydney is a lilo drift down the Wollangambe River. On hot summer weekends the gorge is full of groups paddling pool toys down the river between the sandstone cliffs, jumping from rock ledges, or giggling as they drag unicorns and flamingos between boulders into the next long pool. But all…
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