NEW ZEALAND – FEBRUARY 2007
Muddy Creek > Shelter Rock Hut > Dart Hut > Dart Glacier & Cascade Saddle > Daley’s Flat Hut > Chinaman’s Bluff.
We took a couple of days off at Glenorchy after the Routeburn/Greenstone track, washing clothes and organising more food (and checking out the possum beanies) Continue reading
BIBBULMUN TRACK, WA – SEPT/OCT 2006
Walpole > Frankland River > Giants > Rame Head > Peaceful Bay > Denmark > Nullaki > West Cape Howe > Shelly Beach > Torbay > Hidden Valley > Albany
John L’E had always wanted to do the Bibbulmun (or parts thereof) and I was a willing convert! Continue reading
EXPLORATORY MULTI PITCH ABSEIL – CAMP CAVE CREEK – APRIL 2006
(AKA Waterfall Creek). This was a Lindsay B idea and Peter T and I thought it was worth a shot, it was on the Kings Tableland so we could go up there for just the day. There were a scant two lines of information on this canyon in the guide book, so it was well and truly exploratory. We took 2 vehicles and did a long car shuffle, but we’d appreciate it at the end of the day. And yes, if you need to, I reckon a person could chew their way through it, wouldn’t be tasty though. Continue reading
TASMANIA – DENISON RANGES TO KING WILLIAM RANGES – JANUARY 2006
This trip was a repeat of the same trip that the leader Peter G had done a couple of years previously with Geoff S. It’s a walk that is written up in the John Chapman book on great walks in Tasmania. Continue reading
OTWAYS NATIONAL PARK – DEC/JAN 2004
Six day walks, covering 110k using 7 year old track notes of the Geelong Bushwalking Club and the Otways & Shipwreck Coast map. We had a support vehicle (thanks Bob) which was supposed to meet up with us each night so we didn’t have to lug around our overnight gear – luxury! But as it turned out, we ended up taking our own vehicles from campsite to campsite (plans change!). Continue reading