My First Dig – Weekend #1

Posted on May 17, 2025 by marilyn

CENTRAL WEST – 16-17 May 2025
So, what’s a “dig”.  It’s when you find a small potential cave and after examination, you determine that if you dig out some dirt or a few rocks, the cave might “go”.  Back in the 70s and 80s this was a great pastime for cavers, but these days a dig can only occur on private property and with the approval of the landowner.  We’d come across a potential dig and this weekend Rod, John, Trish and I were going to check it out. Continue reading →

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The Lost City

Posted on May 16, 2025 by marilyn

BLUE MOUNTAINS – 16 May 2025
I’ve known about the Lost City area of the Gardens of Stone NP for many years now but never visited it.  NPs have now taken this area and created a tourist destination with a good walking track and parking.  Trish and I had a couple of hours on our way to Oberon so thought we’d check it out (and cross another walk off my wish list). Continue reading →

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The 200 Man Cave

Posted on May 11, 2025 by marilyn

WOLLEMI NP – 10-11 May 2025
In Kanangra there’s the 100 Man Cave and the 1,000 Man Cave, both overnight walk venues regularly appearing on bushwalking club calendars.  So, when I was looking around for a cave/overhang for us to shelter in with a wet weekend forecasted, a cave that reportedly could accommodate 200 men sounded perfect.  All I can say is that I’m thankful that only four of us were on this walk, if there had been 5, we would have been stuffed. Continue reading →

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All Trails – a love hate relationship

Posted on May 4, 2025 by marilyn

WHEENY CREEK – May 4, 2025
Most people I bushwalk with these days use an app to get details of walks, sometimes downloading the actual track.  One of the popular apps is AllTrails.  AllTrails irritates the shit out of me, they post the tracks and next thing you know everyone, and their mother (or dog) is out there Instagramming.  However, on this rare occasion I was happy to see a very well-defined track to our destination thanks I’m sure to All Trails. Continue reading →

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How NOT to …

Posted on April 21, 2025 by marilyn

BORENORE & GLENROCK – April 2025
I love the HowNOT2 social media posts – mainly focusing on how not to kill yourself when doing ropework.  When I coordinated some Introduction to Caving weekends for MSS to introduce those who haven’t caved before to caving, I felt like I was doing all the things the HowNOT2 crew would definitely say was a bad idea.  I didn’t kill anyone, but I may have scared the s#*t out of them! Continue reading →

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