Category Archives: Bushwalking

The “Red Centre” truly is Red!

WEST MACDONNELL RANGES NP – 7 – 17 August 2019 For years I’d looked at Meg McK’s trips to the West MacDonnell Ranges (in the Northern Territory west of Alice Springs) and for one reason or another could never go … Continue reading

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Do you think we should take a rope?

MORTON NATIONAL PARK – 13 & 14 July 2019 Tail Race Creek > Shoalhaven River > unnamed spur > unnamed side creek > Water Race Creek “Do you think we should take a rope” – that’s Murray questioning me as … Continue reading

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Walking in the Wollemi isn’t a piece of cake

WOLLEMI WILDERNESS – 29 & 30 June 2019 Putty Road > Kooroo Creek > Tinda Creek > Culoul Creek > Culoul Range Fire Trail I’ve always admired those early bushwalkers who explored the Colo/Wollemi Wilderness without a GPS to back … Continue reading

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Colo Madness – another IYDM trip.

COLO WILDERNESS – 15 & 16 June 2019 We had heard about an unpublished abseil trip which ended at the Colo River.  Not many people had done it before, probably because it was a full day just to get to … Continue reading

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Return to Sugee Bag Creek #2 – more unfinished business?

DHARUG NATIONAL PARK – 8 – 10 June 2019 I first started exploring this area in 2015, looking for a “grassy meadow” campsite in the headwaters of Sugee Bag Creek.  Didn’t find one on that occasion, nor on the 3 … Continue reading

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