We’ve been planning to do this canyon for a while and every weekend, bad rain forecasts push things away. We’ve got Aidan and his friends (Noah and Jayden), me Vincent Adam, and Murray our beginner looking to try out the more technical canyons. The main challenge with organising a trip down this canyon is the climbing exit, needing someone to lead climb and someone to lead belay. On Friday…
The Twister & Rocky Creek canyons are two absolutely beautiful canyons that make for a perfect day trip from Sydney. Both canyons are ideal for first-time canyoners who have previous bushwalking experience. The two canyons consisted of somewhat steep drops into water and sliding down rockface. Our initial…
Claustral Canyon is often recognised as the best canyon in Australia, known for its sheer beauty through its numerous sections. While it’s not technically difficult, all abseils are short, and none of the scrambles would go out of a seasoned bushwalker’s comfort level, the canyon sections are long and wayfinding can be tricky, meaning that it’s not for beginners. OzUltimate describes…
Three of us decided to do Yileen on a Friday, ticking off the box. It’s been rainy forecasts through the entire week and luckily we’ve got a nice gap of clear weather on Fri morning to get this done (plus Yileen being a relatively dry canyon). The name Yileen is an Aboriginal word meaning “dream”, “to dream” or “a dream”. We drove…
Our first canyon in 2026 went to Whungee, one that we’ve been looking to try for quite a bit. It’s a scenic canyon with nice constrictions, swims and duck unders. Much of the difficulty comes from the fact that it’s a bit longer than other Mt Wilson canyons and is a full-day undertaking, and other than that, there’s nothing in the canyon that’s technical. Watch my…
I am yet to head off to Mt Wilson without an array of goodies from the German bakery in Wentworth Falls and I am yet to not be in there while SUBW canyoners are looking for me, I suppose being such an important part of a canyoning trip, this marks the start of the trip and thus its inclusion in this trip report. Sorry all…
The second New Zealand trip of the club involves a short 4-day multi-day walk through Gillespie Pass, on the east side of Mt Aspiring National Park. These days my interest in road trips has died down and all I’m interested in is venturing into random places, wild camping and disappearing for a few days, which New Zealand is the perfect place for. Preparation for…
A camp saved from the fate of cancellation, but revived to the passion of its participants Three of us, Brian (leader), Dixin and I, gathered at Central station for the 8:55AM train to Katoomba, where a shiny Mariyung D set picked up our group, heading for Katoomba. Ryan, who accidently boarded a wrong train, managed to catch up by boarding our train at Parramatta station. We arrived…
Day 1: Grand Canyon at night One day, I was scrolling through the commercial canyoning operators around Blue Mountains, and got this cool trip idea of doing Grand Canyon at night. The canyon is lined with glowworms, a spectacular sight that’s still easily accessible. With a group of 4, we parked at the start of Grand Canyon walking track, starting just after 8 pm. There was…
Another weekend of canyoning. We had some thunderstorm forecasts for the day, but were fortunately able to get a ~3hrs window of perfect sunny weather. With a bit of refining, we’ve got a group of 4 with one beginner (Seb Hastrop). We got to Wentworth Falls Station where Adam drove us to the trail head, saving about an hour of suburban road bash from Blackheath Station. Quick run…
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