by | Dec 18, 2011
A small number of us also decided to use our spare time in the afternoon to do a nude trip through Empress Canyon. I know it has been done before by club members (I know of night trips), but has anyone done a brazen daylight streak on a weekend in summer before? It was great fun: http://fatcanyoners.org/2011/12/18/nude-canyoning/ I hope everyone has a great Christmas and New Year and I look forward to walking and canyoning with plenty of you next year!
by | Dec 15, 2011
G’day folks, I’ve put together a trip report with some photos of our trip through Hat Hill Creek this week. This canyon is amazingly underrated. Considering how easy it is to get to and to do, I’d highly recommend it to people. An easy half day, short walk, no abseils, nice cool swims. If you’re looking for a quiet spot to spend a hot summer day (if we end up getting some!) keep this in mind.
by | Dec 1, 2011
Short version for those of you not keen to read long stories: We left Sydney on the 22nd of December, we spent 10 days down the Kosi doing 2 multidays walks and a half day walk and we survived: nasty weather with heaps of rain, cold, wind and 2 super nasty hail storms, a couple of interesting off track sections (were we really meant to go that way?!?!), an “interesting” conversation with a wild pig hunter, deadly smelly self-walking socks (mine), a pair of crappy new model volleys – what a failure, nasty scrub (our legs still thank us for that), a sunburn, 3 brown snakes, heaps of annoying march flies and aggressive ants, tropical temperatures in Derschkos hut, and NYE with only ONE glass of wine each and half bottle of port to be shared among 3 (bloody Joe didn’t bring a thing!!!!) The good bits: absolutely stunning country, and that was worth all the above.
by | Nov 28, 2011
The half-day Monday canyon really worked well for me, so I’m definitely planning on doing some more easy canyons on Monday’s every couple weeks over summer. Let me know if you are interested in joining me and if you have any preferences on dates / canyons and I will see what I can arrange.
by | Nov 13, 2011
The above company of walkers met on the Friday evening and drove together to Newnes. On Saturday morning the group woke to the sound of birds and morning views of sandstone cliffs on all sides. Over a breakfast cup of tea we looked at maps and decided on the route we would take into the Red Rocks.
by | Oct 30, 2011
Trip Report – Royal National Park: Otford to Burning Palms Beach via Figure of 8 Pools Date: Sunday 30 October 2011 Party: Ben Pullicin, Naser Ghobadzadeh, Cathy Stansbury, Mei Zhu Chen, Lisa Fogarty, Katrina Veale, Elizabeth Wale, Parastoo Saharkhiz, Bruce Stafford, Peggy Huang
by | Oct 23, 2011
We decided on an ambitious double — Heart Attack and Surefire Canyons — which while physically next to each other meant we’d have a long, hard day ahead of us, with plenty of walking and a requirement for some reasonable route-finding.
by | Oct 3, 2011
There were some spectacular views. Some spots offered views that were so awesome we decided to stay for a while and engage in some random activities there. Mary ran a Pilates class, she claimed that these exercises are actually what she teaches, but speculation soon grew that she made these moves up-just to make us all look silly. We also found some good spots to do star jumps (T2 would be proud). And finally, some *flying owlings*; it’s the new owling (just as owling was the new planking), you heard it first on SUBW-A.
by | Sep 29, 2011
We started out on Saturday morning from Kanangra Walls in thick mist. The mist continued along Gingra Range and we eventually dropped below it as we descended to the Kowmung River via Roots Ridge. We arrived at the river around 11am and after a bit of photo-pfaffing we climbed up to Mt Fell on Scotts Main Range for lunch. Our plan was to head towards Lacy’s Tableland and then Bimlow Tableland. So we continued north along Scotts Main and then descended through some scrub to Butchers Creek.
by | Sep 25, 2011
A decision was made then to wait it out at least until the next Sydney- bound train came in half an hour, and if the rain had not let up, to abandon the walk and go to Brooklyn for a coffe and morning tea before returning to Sydney.
