Tasmanian Central Highlands Circuit

Tasmanian Central Highlands Circuit

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…

Narrow neck long day hike/scramble/bushbash

Narrow neck long day hike/scramble/bushbash

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…

Castle head abseils

Castle head abseils

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…

Winter Kanangra Canyoning Weekend

Winter Kanangra Canyoning Weekend

With canyon season “over”, we were keen to get out to Kanangra and tick off some of the easier canyons out there. With the canyons being much more open and thus warmer than the slot canyons in the rest of the Blue Mountains, they are much more suitable for a brisk June weekend. We each…