by | Oct 27, 2012
Butterbox, Empress, Geronimo & Horseshoe Canyons It was a very sunny Saturday morning when I met Mary and Adrian at Leura. Not long after Ulla and Matt rocked off the train. I had been waiting for it seemed years (actually, only 11 months) to go down Butterbox Canyon, and this weekend was the perfect time for it. We excitedly drove out to the end of Mt Hay Road, only stopping shortly to give a couple of walkers a lift out to Lockleys Pylon. Heading down…
by | Oct 20, 2012
The later start time was great for a weekend sleep in, however, the trade-off was the crowded spaces and long lines. Additional bus services from Bondi Junction train station to Bondi Beach was running on the day, however, this could not keep up with the demand. The queue was about 30 m long. A few of us chose to do the 3km journey to Bondi beach by foot. It took…
by | Oct 14, 2012
We gathered everyone together at Woy Woy Station and set out in the three cars (with just enough seats for everyone), for the 20 minute drive to the Little Beach Car Park, the start of the walk. Then a car shuffle was made, leaving my car at Killcare Beach. The walk took us initially towards Little Beach, and then branched off to become the Bouddi Coast Track. Starting in…
by | Oct 13, 2012
Although I ran this walk as “Explore Mt Jellore” I was tempted to rename this trip report “Jellore, The Hard Way”! It was a lovely blue morning after a cold snap had dumped 15cms of snow in the Blue Mountains the day before , which would have certainly affected our walking location in the Southern Highlands. So with…
by | Oct 8, 2012
EDIT: FYI, the canyon called Penrose Gully in this trip report should actually be named “Crooked Crevice”, which is the name it was given by the first descent party. There’s no better inspiration for revisiting a canyon than the chance to show it to someone new, and be able to rediscover it through their eyes. I’d organised…
by | Oct 7, 2012
With extensive trackwork affecting much of the Cityrail network over the weekend, I was pleasantly surprised with the turnout for this trip. The first challenge of course being to navigate through the ‘rabbit warren’ of Central Station and find the bus stop for the South Coast line. With this…
by | Oct 4, 2012
Dargans Creek Canyon is one of those easy day trips that had been left on the back-burner for ages: too short to be worth spending a full day on; a far enough drive to make it an slightly impractical half day; and no abseils, so no good for teaching beginners rope work. I’d been to the area as a kid — nearly 20 years ago I worked out — and leaped off the water jump into the lower dam (a somewhat terrifying rite of passage for local kids for decades). I’d even…
by | Oct 2, 2012
The “PBT” is the SUBW President’s Bludge Trip to the Kowmung River on the October long weekend. The first PBT was in 1974 and they have been held every October long weekend since. This year, club president, Chantal, organised the walk to Hatchers Hollow, a large grassy flat near the river and its junction with Red Cliff Creek. A dozen…
by | Sep 26, 2012
Q Station at Manly has the reputation of being one of Australia’s most haunted sites. From 1830s to 1984 the Quarantine station was used to process migrant ships suspected of carrying passengers and crew with contagious disease. This trip was attended by a variety of people from first timers to the very experienced. Many night…
by | Sep 23, 2012
Everyone turned up at Circular Quay (not a single piker!), and off we went by ferry across to Taronga Athol Wharf. On the way Scott pointed out Fort Denison and I explained that it had been built in the 1830s to keep out the Russians. Essi from Finland (Russia’s next door neighbour) found it interesting that the Russians would want to come here! Once at Athol Wharf we set off along the path to the HMAS Sydney memorial at Bradley’s Head. Here we…
