Newnes Canyons

Newnes Canyons

After weeks of baking dry conditions, a little rain fell on Thursday and Friday and this brought welcome relief to the parched mountains and set the stage for perfect weather conditions for this very popular trip! Indeed, it was a company of some 15 people who made their way down the Wolgan Valley on Friday evening and setup a camp some distance away from the busy main Newnes campground. The stage…

Devil’s Pinch and Pipeline canyons

We went to Devil’s Pinch (sat) and Pipeline canyons (sun) in Wolgan Valley over the weekend (Jan 11-12). NB. Pipeline track is noted as closed on the NPWS website (needs to be re-routed on the Glen Davis side) but I called them before going and it is open for access on the southern side. However, you…

Dawes Creek

Dawes Creek

The Wentworth Creek takes a very meandering route through rugged terrain down to meet the Grose river north of Faulconbridge. There are several ridges that run out from the towns on the plateau, with firetrails running at least part of the way along most of them. This area doesn’t seem to get visited much given how close to transport it is, I guess it falls between the cracks of being much harder walking than the byzantine network of old tourist tracks on the southern side of the highway, yet not as picturesque as say the Kowmung. In any…

Wollangambe and Ranon Brook/Ranon Canyons

Wollangambe and Ranon Brook/Ranon Canyons

This was going to be a trip down the Colo River from Crawford’s Lookout to near Canoe Ck. However, after posting the trip on SUBW, Alexa wondered if the Coloul Range Fire Trail was actually open and not it wasn’t (that was our starting point), Grant called to tell me that the water levels at this time of year are low and the distances would make it a bit of a push for two days (next time I’ll make it a three day trip), and T2 emailed with low water information as well. Thank you!…