Originally this trip was set to be a triple canyon day, doing Alcatraz, Twister, and Rocky Creek. However, with the unfortunate cancellation of my Upper South Bowens trip a few days prior and this being Georgia and Ben’s first time down a canyon, I thought it better that we go to a proper abseiling canyon, and on the plus side it meant a shorter drive. So, on…
Helensburgh to Stanwell Park Beach WEDNESDAY 30/9/2026 This walk was an easy fairly short day trip on a weekday in the middle of the mid-semester break. Our members got on the train at various stations along the South Coast Line, with Aidan meeting us at Helensburgh Station. At Helensburgh…
I’d been thinking about this trip for a few months, and eventually found a good weekend, before the weather gets too much hotter to make bushbashing more unbearable. The idea was to follow the known route down Wall’s pass to Cedar creek, camp in a known camp cave, and then follow Cedar creek downstream before climbing a ridge up to the base of Mount Solitary, following the cliff base around to Korowall ridge, and the ascending the ridge via a known pass. With advice…
The troop was bound up the mountain on the first train of the morning to meet at Wentworth Falls at 6:10AM. For two of us, this was all too familiar having been here at the same time ahead of the previous fortnight’s foray into the Carmarthen Labyrinth. This time, we would be heading down Ranon Canyon, taking the Mistake Ravine entry to save time. An hour…
Perhaps with the exception of freezefest (where most today seem to do dry canyons anyway), canyoning in winter seems to be rather unpopular. Just 10 days from the official end of winter, our party of 4 decided to enjoy the rather warm winters day with a trip through Claustral. At 6:20AM…
After running a rather unsuccessful narrow neck passes trip in June, where we were bushbashing through very dense scrub for a dishearteningly long time only to discover that we couldn’t ascend the pass we were looking for, I knew I had to come back for redemption. So, me and Ben (who was also very keen for narrow neck pt.2) picked a weekend, and I asked a few people if they’d be interested, eventually settling the night before on a group of 3; me, Ben and Kevin. Bushbashing hell…
Budawangs Adventure Paul (Trip Leader), Adrian, Zhan, Elias, Fabio, Marty This trip was conceived like so many before over a few beers at a pub in Katoomba. Paul had unfinished business with the fabled Darri Pass in the Budawangs and both of us were keen to go back to Donjon Mountain, the scene of one of our best ever trips. A plan…
When planning this hike, I was looking for a good challenging, long distance hike in the Blue Mountains. Looking into Narrow Neck, a massive sandstone peninsula separating Jamison and Megalong valleys, I found out about the Narrow Neck passes, 13ish bushbashing/scrambling routes that (one would think) lead from the top of Narrow Neck to the valley below. After doing…
Potentially the two most popular Tasmanian alpine walks, the Overland Track and the Walls of Jerusalem Circuit, sit within 30km of each other so it is quite surprising that linking the two up is somewhat rare. This piqued our interest; surely there was a way and we wanted to do it. Thus, this…
Another day with our new leaders, where we did a series of abseils down Castle Head towards Ruined Castle. We did 6 dry abseils, with beginners getting valuable experience through some tricky abseils and new leaders having some practice rigging and anchor managing. The day was quite dramatic and hence warrants a trip report. We got…
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