In my characteristic last minute email to the budding Great Uncle George goers, I reined in expectations with “I’ve never done this canyon before, so I don’t know what to expect really. It may be great, it may suck.”. This was met with a last minute drop out, but there were still 4 of us keen to see what we would find. Great Uncle…
I had been wanting to do this section of the Great North Walk ever since I finished the previous section back in January 2023. After some planning, I decided to pull together a solid 27 km single-day trek from Somersby to Yarramalong. The main logistical challenge was setting up a car shuffle across both ends of the route. Fortunately, after…
Since a number of years ago, I had wanted to tackle Russells Needle which Paul Griffiths recommended as a challenging day hike. Under a crew of four, we set off just after 9am, walking down the fire trail and quickly arriving at the start of Slott Way. Beyond the creek, the track quickly disappeared, leaving only a faint footpad despite Tom Brennan’s track notes describing blue markers. We battled…
I was really looking forward to this trip. Yileen has been on my radar for a long time. It’s a brilliant half-day canyon located on the south side of Bell’s Line of Road. The weather was looking a bit grey, with one or two misty millilitres of rain in the morning forecast. Not the…
Originally this trip was set to be a triple canyon day, doing Alcatraz, Twister, and Rocky Creek. However, with the unfortunate cancellation of my Upper South Bowens trip a few days prior and this being Georgia and Ben’s first time down a canyon, I thought it better that we go to a proper abseiling canyon, and on the plus side it meant a shorter drive. So, on…
Macquarie Pass is a fun bit of “canyon” which is more like a nice creekwalk with a few fun jumps and slides. To its credit, there are some abseils that drop into slots but these slots are shortlived. Still, it makes for a good day out and serves as a great introduction to canyoning for first-time-canyoner Sultan. I picked…
Helensburgh to Stanwell Park Beach WEDNESDAY 30/9/2026 This walk was an easy fairly short day trip on a weekday in the middle of the mid-semester break. Our members got on the train at various stations along the South Coast Line, with Aidan meeting us at Helensburgh Station. At Helensburgh…
The troop was bound up the mountain on the first train of the morning to meet at Wentworth Falls at 6:10AM. For two of us, this was all too familiar having been here at the same time ahead of the previous fortnight’s foray into the Carmarthen Labyrinth. This time, we would be heading down Ranon Canyon, taking the Mistake Ravine entry to save time. An hour…
Perhaps with the exception of freezefest (where most today seem to do dry canyons anyway), canyoning in winter seems to be rather unpopular. Just 10 days from the official end of winter, our party of 4 decided to enjoy the rather warm winters day with a trip through Claustral. At 6:20AM…
After running a rather unsuccessful narrow neck passes trip in June, where we were bushbashing through very dense scrub for a dishearteningly long time only to discover that we couldn’t ascend the pass we were looking for, I knew I had to come back for redemption. So, me and Ben (who was also very keen for narrow neck pt.2) picked a weekend, and I asked a few people if they’d be interested, eventually settling the night before on a group of 3; me, Ben and Kevin. Bushbashing hell…
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…
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…
For those who don’t know, Rogaining is an adventure sport similar to orienteering, where teams of 2-5 people navigate over a course to reach as many checkpoints as possible in a set timeframe, using a map and compass. Checkpoints are worth different amounts of points depending on how difficult they are to reach, so a lot of strategy is involved in planning an achievable and efficient route to get as many points as possible. Adding to…
Umina – Pearl Beach – Patonga Walk 26/4/26 (I just noticed the symmetry of the date!). Fine weather and a pleasantly warm day made for a nice walk along this route which can be difficult to do in hot weather. It was a very pleasant walk on a day in the middle of a long weekend holiday. Ten of…
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…
20260402 Cool trip with cool people. Grade 5 – 30km The Coast Track Otford to Bundeena, Sunrise @ Eagle Rock + Helensburgh Glow Worm Tunnel. (01:30 – 12:00) Too lazy and tired to type, check the photos below. Cr: Winnie Cr: Winnie Cr: Winnie Selfie (Start of the Trip) Selfie (Middle of the Trip) Selfie (During Sunrise) Happy Team (without Aaron)