Bungonia Gorge Weekend

Bungonia Gorge Weekend

Press on Regardless! It’s the SUBW motto, but sometimes, it’s good to wait for better weather… On the weekend of 22 – 23 Feb I organized a trip to Bungonia Gorge. I had planned to run the trip in January, but the temperatures on that weekend were forecast to be in the high 30s up towards 40C. So I…

Danae Brook with exit via the Spires

Danae Brook with exit via the Spires

  Views through Danae (Photo by Stephen Sheehan) Danae Brook is one of Kanangra’s most iconic slot canyons and well known for being a long, challenging, yet spectacular trip. There are several exit options, but arguably the most interesting one involves scrambling up and over Thurat Spires. With my…

Benighted in Claustral

Benighted in Claustral

We were up for an adventshaaaaaaaa ( “wickeeeeeed!”, “epiiiiiiiic!”). So we met up at North Richmond as usual, drove up to the Claustral car park and started walking – 17 minutes behind schedule as the German pointed out. This actually turned out to be good timing because a few meters down the track we had a beautiful view across the mountains with a really colourful sunset. We continued…