On 14/2/15 we planned to do Castle Head and Malaita Wall, we did neither of these abseils today, but still all had a very good time. We met up at Scenic World at 9am. We were on location for the Mailaita Wall abseil and Chee had done Castle Head a few times. The group made a decision on the spot that Malaita Wall was a more appealing option at this time. We were…
This trip had it all. Sweltering heat, thunder, rain, cool mist, snakes, an allergic reaction, great canyons, campfires and lots of abseiling. But first and foremost, the risks and dangers of what we do was slammed home as soon as we got back to mobile phone coverage after the trip because there came the shock news that on this same weekend on another SUBW trip, Helen Smith, a long time SUBW member, fell while en route to a canyon and was badly injured. All our…
Some more good weather luck on this walk. Although rain had been forecast for the morning, in fact it had past over overnight so we had a clear day for the walk. Maddie and I arrived at Central, got the train there and collected Tony and his niece and nephew David and Suan. When we…
The weather forecast wasn’t looking too good in the days leading up to the walk, and the predicted conditions of ‘consistent rain all day’ turned out to be highly accurate. Two people dropped out, leaving four adventurous souls to join me at Wentworth Falls, unperturbed by my early morning SMS-warning to them that they should ‘expect to get wet’. As the…
Eight of us met at Medlow Bath on a perfect, sunny morning to explore Hat Hill Creek and it’s canyons, following Tom Brennan’s excellent track notes. After some messing about we headed down the hill at 10.10, reaching the creek about 15m later. A few minutes walking down a not-too-scrubby creek brought us to the first constriction, which starts with a slide into a short swim. The constriction…
After Saturday night dinner at the Royal Hotel in Oberon, we camped at the sparsely populated Boyd River Campground and set the alarm for Sunday 4.00am. It was 5.30 before we headed north along the Mount Thurat Firetrail. Across the Kanangra Ck fords, and up past a marker cairn onto Thurat Broad Ridge before we turned east and descended to our target gully. Dave Noble’s…
The Christmas Dinner Walk, a SUBW tradition that pre-dates even the PBT, has in recent years become the largest annual gathering of SUBWarians on the club calendar. This year was no exception, with over 35 people participating in the trip in one way or another. Some came primarily to learn to abseil and do the beginners’ canyon on the Saturday morning. Some came…
Hey guys, can’t believe this. It’s been going on in my head for the last week, and yes I had to leave it till last minute:( My holidays starts in 2 hours (providing, I manage to catch my flight). So, just briefly …. OK, arriving in 4 different cars (couple lone rangers, couple cars packed to the rafters), plus minus same time. The weather…
It was yet another lucky break with the weather, being a mild sunny day sandwiched between two very hot days. One complication though was the lack of trains to Circular Quay that weekend because of trackwork. A couple of people didn’t show up (apart from Javan who had to withdraw sick); whether they got confused with the replacement buses I just don’t know. Anyway eight…
The walk got to an interesting start as, although almost everyone got to Cowan Station at the start time, my train was a little late and I texted Mariana to tell people to wait for me on the opposite platform. The I got a call from Heloisa to say that she had been delayed by the interminable trackwork at Erskineville, and was on the following train. As some…