Category Archives: Bushwalking

A Recce trip to Mount Etna

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

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

FAR NORTH WEST OF WA – 27 June to 2 July – I was honoured to be accepted on an ISS cave surveying expedition to the far NW region of WA.  The first ISS surveying trip was in 2009 and … Continue reading

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Picture Canyon – the best canyon in the Budawangs

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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Mary Jane canyon recce

BLUE MOUNTAINS – 10 June 2022 As many of my friends know, I’ve been wanting to clean up some plastic items in this canyon for some time, but the job needs more people than I have access to in MSS … Continue reading

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