Category Archives: Bushwalking

Carnarvon Gorge

Posted on August 6, 2022 by marilyn

CARNARVON GORGE, QLD – 6 August 2022 A trip to Carnarvon Gorge wouldn’t ordinarily be blog-worthy, it’s a tourist destination that Jim and I decided to visit on the way home.  However, the fact that I walked the whole gorge … Continue reading →

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A Recce trip to Mount Etna

Posted on August 4, 2022 by marilyn

MOUNT ETNA NATIONAL PARK – 24 July – 4 August 2022 I was hoping for a few weeks in a better climate than what I’d left behind on the Central Coast.  Surely it would be warmer up around Rockhampton, right?  … Continue reading →

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Caving Expedition in Western Australia – Week #2

Posted on July 10, 2022 by marilyn

KIMBERLEY REGION – 4 – 10 July 2022 – So, last week we found a number of large caves that needed surveying; only the surveyors are in camp now, everyone else has gone back to Kununurra.  The weather is still … Continue reading →

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Caving Expedition in Western Australia – Week #1

Posted on July 3, 2022 by marilyn

KIMBERLEY REGION – 27 June to 2 July – I was honoured to be accepted on an ISS cave surveying expedition to the Kimberley Region, specifically to the Ningbing Ranges.  The first ISS surveying trip was in 2009 and they’ve … Continue reading →

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Picture Canyon – the best canyon in the Budawangs

Posted on June 12, 2022 by marilyn

THE BUDAWANGS – 11 & 12 June 2022 Every once in a while you lead a trip when nothing goes according to plan, but at the end of the weekend, you realise that what you did was meant to happen.  … Continue reading →

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