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…
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…
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…
As the coldness sinks in and the canyoning season comes to an end, I thought it’d be a great time for us to start training up new canyoning co-leaders. Leadership training within our club has been far and few between, and it’s important to have them run regularly to avoid the same downturn as we’ve had years before. The idea…
NOTE: The Eastern Ascent of Sublime Point is now impossible, due to a landslide that has turned the bottom section into a sheer 10m cliff. Wentworth Falls to Gladstone Pass 11am on a rainy Sunday morning, our crew of 9 assembled at Wentworth Falls station. The first leg of our route headed down the paths alongside Jamison Creek, before setting a respectable pace along sections of the Undercliff Track, Overcliff Track, and the Grand Cliff Top walk around to Inspiration Point, where we stopped for lunch before cruising around Inspiration Point, chatting to a friendly neighbourhood Lyrebird, then heading down to the top of Gladstone Pass, where the real hike began! Wentworth Falls from Undercliff Track Gladstone Pass: The descent down Gladstone Pass is rated ‘Grade 5’, and — unlike some trips where that gets bandied about (cough cough Lyrebird Gully) — actually deserves it. It’s a…
From the start, this was a very ambitious trip. In planning this trip, I wanted to do a day hike in the Blue Mountains which was fairly challenging, and passed through some amazing scenery. The 34km, 2100 elevation gain Mount Solitary loop hike instantly stood out to me. Following the…
This trip was created as a replacement for Vyom’s original Lyrid meteor shower trip to Hanging rock. I was really looking forward to this trip, so when he cancelled the trip due to a cloudy forecast, I created this trip in the hopes that maybe it wouldn’t be as cloudy as the forecast suggested (unfortunately I was wrong). Out of…
The trip started at Glenbrook Station where we all met around 9:15 AM. I confirmed the numbers and gave an intro and safety briefing about the trip to the group. After the briefing, we made our way to the bathrooms near the start of the jelly bean pool track. We started the walk onto the jelly bean pool track to hike through the Glenbrook gorge. As we…
I normally dont write trip report but this trip deserves one 😀 (I will use point form coz my English is bad) BLUF: Good weather, Good View, Good Glowworms, Good Waterfall, Good Food, Good Beer, Good People, Good Vibe Fun trip – Weather is wild in Sydney (Hail, Thunderstorm, Flood etc), surprisingly, not in Blackheath nor Hazelbrook. Lucky us….
We’ve been planning to do this canyon for a while and every weekend, bad rain forecasts push things away. We’ve got Aidan and his friends (Noah and Jayden), me Vincent Adam, and Murray our beginner looking to try out the more technical canyons. The main challenge with organising a trip down this canyon is the climbing exit, needing someone to lead climb and someone to lead belay. On Friday…
The Twister & Rocky Creek canyons are two absolutely beautiful canyons that make for a perfect day trip from Sydney. Both canyons are ideal for first-time canyoners who have previous bushwalking experience. The two canyons consisted of somewhat steep drops into water and sliding down rockface. Our initial…
Claustral Canyon is often recognised as the best canyon in Australia, known for its sheer beauty through its numerous sections. While it’s not technically difficult, all abseils are short, and none of the scrambles would go out of a seasoned bushwalker’s comfort level, the canyon sections are long and wayfinding can be tricky, meaning that it’s not for beginners. OzUltimate describes…
Three of us decided to do Yileen on a Friday, ticking off the box. It’s been rainy forecasts through the entire week and luckily we’ve got a nice gap of clear weather on Fri morning to get this done (plus Yileen being a relatively dry canyon). The name Yileen is an Aboriginal word meaning “dream”, “to dream” or “a dream”. We drove…
Our first canyon in 2026 went to Whungee, one that we’ve been looking to try for quite a bit. It’s a scenic canyon with nice constrictions, swims and duck unders. Much of the difficulty comes from the fact that it’s a bit longer than other Mt Wilson canyons and is a full-day undertaking, and other than that, there’s nothing in the canyon that’s technical. Watch my…
I am yet to head off to Mt Wilson without an array of goodies from the German bakery in Wentworth Falls and I am yet to not be in there while SUBW canyoners are looking for me, I suppose being such an important part of a canyoning trip, this marks the start of the trip and thus its inclusion in this trip report. Sorry all…
Attendees Abseiling and camping Ashley Burke Kejia (Villa) Zhou Allison Xu Fabian Hugel Shriya Salligram Shuren (Cherry) Wang Ryan Clarke Isabel Noakes Fangyi (Julie) He Camping Only Paul Moulston Neha Moulston Grace Huang Hugo Marchant Yupeng (Harry) Lu Junee Lee Turned up Independently Jo Boyd Joe Brischetto Roger Lembit Robert Hynes Peggy Huang Stephen Zaman Julian and Zac Zaman (children) Photos Google Drive: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/18smAHR-IqwfW5t4k59DgW2qm9r4Bwe7G?usp=drive_link Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1BnWqXVTaF/ Trip Report The Christmas Dinner Walk is an annual SUBW tradition dating back to the 1970s. I have…
A camp saved from the fate of cancellation, but revived to the passion of its participants Three of us, Brian (leader), Dixin and I, gathered at Central station for the 8:55AM train to Katoomba, where a shiny Mariyung D set picked up our group, heading for Katoomba. Ryan, who accidently boarded a wrong train, managed to catch up by boarding our train at Parramatta station. We arrived…
Day 1: Grand Canyon at night One day, I was scrolling through the commercial canyoning operators around Blue Mountains, and got this cool trip idea of doing Grand Canyon at night. The canyon is lined with glowworms, a spectacular sight that’s still easily accessible. With a group of 4, we parked at the start of Grand Canyon walking track, starting just after 8 pm. There was…
Another weekend of canyoning. We had some thunderstorm forecasts for the day, but were fortunately able to get a ~3hrs window of perfect sunny weather. With a bit of refining, we’ve got a group of 4 with one beginner (Seb Hastrop). We got to Wentworth Falls Station where Adam drove us to the trail head, saving about an hour of suburban road bash from Blackheath Station. Quick run…
Three of our committee members have decided to try out a short canyon on a quiet Monday morning. With some morning miscommunication, Vincent, our Walks Secretary, was on the train an hour early. He was found sitting in a train at Parramatta while I was still crossing Parramatta Rd at Homebush to get to my bus stop. Vincent’s train…