The rest of the Juggler Weekend

Posted on October 24, 2021 by marilyn

BLUE MOUNTAINS – 24 October 2021
As we couldn’t do the planned canyons (due to not being able to travel out of our region), Rod had planned Juggler as a replacement, which we did, but didn’t have a plan for Sunday.  So, we sat around John’s kitchen table and tossed around some ideas for an “easy yet interesting” day and came up with a trip down Victoria Brook.  John wasn’t coming but had done it recently so gave us an idea of what to look out for. Continue reading →

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Lockdown is over – well, almost!

Posted on October 23, 2021 by marilyn

BLUE MOUNTAINS – 23 October 2021
Whilst we could travel to the Blue Mountains, anyone from Greater Sydney (Central Coast, Sydney, Wollongong and Blue Mountains) were not allowed to go further afield into Regional NSW.  And, what do you know, the trip scheduled for this weekend was in Regional NSW.  So, we came up with a Plan B. Continue reading →

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Not as unfit as I thought I was!

Posted on October 16, 2021 by marilyn

WYONG CREEK – 3 October 2021
So, we’re still in lock-down, it’s been 90+ days as at today’s date and I haven’t done a single bit of exercise, so on the 1st October, I decided to start walking.  Trish and Heather said they were doing a walk in Wyong Creek and would I like to come, so I jumped at the offer, was this what I needed to get back some motivation to stay fit? Continue reading →

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Blogworthy adventure with B&T

Posted on October 15, 2021 by marilyn

MACMASTERS BEACH – 15 October 2021
What started out as a bit of a doddle around Macmasters Beach soon turned into a blogworthy adventure with Trish and Brad when we went off track in the middle of a storm. Continue reading →

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100+ days of Lockdown – the end is in sight

Posted on October 9, 2021 by marilyn

NARARA – 9 October 2021
All during the past 100+ days of  lockdown a group of enthusiastic MSS canyoners had gotten together via Zoom to talk about all things canyoning (knots, anchors, canyoning in NZ etc).  With the end of lockdown imminent David Mason threw out the idea of a bounce trip to Ranon (not yet on the calendar).  So, a practice day was set up to fine tune mechanical ascending skills, specifically crossing re-belays. Continue reading →

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