‘Bungleboori Canyons’

‘Bungleboori Canyons’

Contrary to the title of this trip, we never even glimpsed or set foot within any of the Bungleboori catchment! Day 1 Noone had signed up for Thursday of the trip so I headed off on my own to check out a cool cave that I’d seen whilst exiting Arethusa Canyon earlier in the week. I started…

Stanwell Park via Metropolitan Tunnel and part of Wodi Wodi Track

Stanwell Park via Metropolitan Tunnel and part of Wodi Wodi Track

Again, a full turnout for a nice walk on a nice day (with one unfortunate late withdrawal due to a sports injury). We met up together (mostly) at Central Station for the 1 hour train trip to Helensburgh, with Zeyu getting on at Redfern, Cathie at Sutherland, and Hiswaty caught up with us at Helensburgh. We then…

A canyon in the Illawarra

A canyon in the Illawarra

This proved easier than we had anticipated from the sparse descriptions available online, but still a spectacular trip. The day before we had run a beginners canyoning trip through the lower, tourist section of Macquarie Rivulet, and this trip followed the rest of the Rivulet, from the top of the Illawarra Escarpment at 600m to where we had started the beginner trip at around 200m. We did…

Beginners Canyoning: Macquarie Rivulet

Beginners Canyoning: Macquarie Rivulet

Eighteen people on a beginners canyoning trip sounds pretty demanding, but in fact we only had 11 beginners, with four old lags who volunteered to show people the ropes plus three people who knew the ropes but came along for the ride. Many thanks to one of those, Peter Baxter, who brought some superb camera gear and volunteered to be trip photographer. Some of…

Manly – Balmoral -Taronga

Manly – Balmoral -Taronga

Another walk with a cast of thousands, demonstrating that there are eager people out there wanting to go on walks…. We met together at Circular Quay and set off on the half hour ferry ride to Manly, encountering a bit of a swell crossing the heads. Anne met up with us on the Manly Wharf. From there…