Category Archives: Canyoning

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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Koala rescue and another epic

Hartley’s Mistake & Bigfoot – 10 & 11 December 2016 Three times I had unsuccessfully tried to do the Hartley’s Mistake and Bigfoot combo (you have to camp in Deanes Creek to do both canyons) and finally I was going … Continue reading

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Old favourite canyons

Geronimo and Yileen Canyons – 12 & 13 November 2016 After 4 trips down Geronimo Canyon and 2 to Yileen, a return to both wouldn’t really be blog-worthy, but given that the last time I was in Geronimo was 2010 … Continue reading

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