IYDM #7 trip – Crikey Mate

Posted on December 29, 2021 by marilyn

NEWNES PLATEAU – 28 – 30 December 2021
The last time I went out to the Bubble Bath area of the Plateau, I figured Crikey Canyon might be a bit too much for me to take on.  After all, it was a 3 hour walk just to get to the camp cave, there’s no way that I’d be able to do the walk in and out and the canyon over a two day weekend.  But then Jim C said he was going to do Crikey over 3 days (along with 2 other canyons) and I decided that, as unfit as I am, I could probably go and just do Crikey. Continue reading →

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Wotta day

Posted on December 19, 2021 by marilyn

BLUE MOUNAINS NP – 19 December 2021
After three days of outdoor activities, wasn’t sure I’d be up for a full (or almost full) day, but amazingly I managed to do the canyon, and I did the exit canyon too (and not take the early exit out).  Yep, slow going up the hill at the end of the day but that’s normal.  Perhaps I will be fit enough to do three days of canyoning at the end of the month! Continue reading →

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Up Sh#t Creek

Posted on December 17, 2021 by marilyn

WOLLANGAMBE – 16 -17 December 2021
Some years ago, Jeff, Trish and I did our epic trip down the Wollangambe River from The Centre of the Universe down to the Wollangambe 1 Entry track.  Since then, I’ve had in mind to go back and camp on the bank of the Wollangambe at the end of an interesting looking unnamed creek.  We’d passed this campsite on the epic trip.  The plan was to walk all the way down this creek and see what the canyon sections were like. Continue reading →

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Hiding in plain sight

Posted on December 8, 2021 by marilyn

GREAT NORTH WALK – SORT OF – 8 December 2021
This was a stunning walk, but treacherous, we probably should all have been wearing helmets, but for goodness sake it was a simple creek walk.  Mind you in this instance a helmet probably wouldn’t have helped.  But, I’m getting ahead of myself here. Continue reading →

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Magical Sea Caves

Posted on December 4, 2021 by marilyn

EAST COAST OF NSW – 4 December 2021
Exploring sea caves isn’t easy, the tides have to be just right (low king tide); the low tide has to fall during daylight hours; and the seas need to be calm.  Add to that the fact that most people that I know work and so to go with the, the low king tide has to fall on a Saturday or Sunday, what are the odds of that?  There’s no fun for me in solo explorations. Continue reading →

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