Category Archives: Canyoning

Famous last words “probably not as big a day as C—r Canyon”

Canyoning – Newnes Valley, Looking Glass Canyon 18 January 2017 John G put Looking Glass plus a “mystery” canyon on the MSS calendar last November.  I’d always wanted to do Looking Glass but had never gotten around to it and … Continue reading

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Maybe I’m getting too old for 12 hour days!

Puzzle & Yarramun Creek (North Branch) Canyons – 29 January 2017 I suppose I should have asked more questions … and looked at the weather forecast for Sunday, it turned out to be a very long (12 hours), hot day, … Continue reading

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A hidden gem

Newnes Plateau – 1st January 2017 Ever since I’d read Rod’s trip report in the MSS magazine about a canyon on the Newnes plateau, I’d wanted to do it.  So I paired it with Death Trap (also on my wish … Continue reading

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Death Trap* – Another canyon off the wish list

Death Trap (aka Sheepdip) 31 December 2016 Death Trap* is one of those canyons that has only gained popularity in the last year or so, even though I knew about it, there were so many other canyons on the Newnes … Continue reading

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Working off the Christmas feast!

Yileen – 27 December 2016 MSS has a tradition of liloing the Wollangambe on Boxing Day so I decided to support the Club by joining in, plus Jeff B and I wanted to do Yileen Canyon again so I scheduled that … Continue reading

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