Category Archives: Bushwalking

Bushwalking, canyoning and caving, all in one day

Posted on March 20, 2016 by marilyn

DEEP PASS, THE SLOT & CAVING – MARCH 2016 I had mentioned to a friend (that I went to school with in the dark ages) that I would maybe take him canyoning one day. None of the people I went to school … Continue reading →

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Ethereal Canyon – who thinks up these names!

Posted on March 19, 2016 by marilyn

NEWNES FORREST – ETHEREAL CANYON – MARCH 2016 Back in October, when we were walking out from the Mini Western Arthurs along an old dis-used fire trail, Trish N and I both looked up a creek on the left and … Continue reading →

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Seven days in NZ with 8 people I hardly knew, this could go one of two ways

Posted on February 14, 2016 by marilyn

NEW ZEALAND – THE HEAPHY TRACK – FEBRUARY 2016 I had caved with David S a couple of times and he knew I was a bushwalker so when he was making plans to go over to NZ in February and … Continue reading →

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Yeah, there’s been a bit of rain, but we should be ok!

Posted on January 27, 2016 by marilyn

COLO WILDERNESS – ANGOWARA CREEK – JANUARY 2016 Drip Rock Fire Trail > Angowara Creek > Colo River > Clews Cave > Drip Rock Fire Trail I had read about a trip years ago to the bottom section of Angowara … Continue reading →

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In search of Oliver’s pass & campsite

Posted on December 28, 2015 by marilyn

On a recent walk to the Mini Western Arthurs in October, we’d walked downstream from our (almost perfect) grassy campsite, to take a look at a spot marked on Oliver’s map with a “C”, denoting “campsite”. We were thwarted by … Continue reading →