How do you know you’re an optimist?

Posted on May 14, 2017 by marilyn

SPRING CREEK – Kings Tableland – May 13 & 14, 2017
You know you’re an optimist when someone says “nah nothing there” and still you go looking for a canyon!  Following on from the great abseil trip down Blue Drum Creek on Kings Tableland, I got to thinking “there’s got to be some other multi pitch abseils in the area” (apart from Waterfall/Camp Cave Creek).   Continue reading →

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Wild Women on Ropes

Posted on May 9, 2017 by marilyn

BLUE DRUM CREEK – Kings Tableland –  7 May, 2017
The pre-trip rider from the leader stated the trip was “quite challenging … involves a few hairy scrambles … some tricky abseils … challenging scramble to exit”, so, it was with some trepidation that I turned up at the meeting place at 8.00am.  I was so ambivalent that I even considered calling in sick, it didn’t help that I was slightly hung-over and had eaten the equivalent of a four course banquet the night before. Continue reading →

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In search of Watagan “canyons”

Posted on April 25, 2017 by marilyn

WATAGAN MOUNTAINS – Unnamed side creek of Gap Creek – 25 April 2017
Pretty much everyone up this way knows about the mini canyon section of Gap Creek, but sometime ago, the late Dug Floyd posted a comment on FB that there were other “canyons” in the Watagans.  So, with a free day, I put together an exploratory trip to check out a likely looking side creek. Continue reading →

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Small, Squeezy and Vertical – caving at Glenrock

Posted on April 23, 2017 by marilyn

CAVING – GLENROCK STATION – 21 – 23 April, 2017
Caving expeditions to Glenrock Station happen infrequently, and access is highly regulated by the land owners.  So far 150+ caves and potential caves have been discovered, most of them vertical. Continue reading →

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Kites over Kosci

Posted on April 17, 2017 by marilyn

KOSCIUSZKO NATIONAL PARK – 14 – 17 April 2017
Thredbo > Crackenback > Mt Kosciuszko > Wilkinson Valley > Strzelecki Creek > Charlottes Pass > Rawson’s Pass > Thredbo
This was a David S Adventure over the Easter long weekend.  Many years ago, Johan V came up with the idea, going up to the top of Kosci and flying kites each day, and it became a regular event on the MSS calendar for a few years.  And so with only a little encouragement, David agreed to run the trip this Easter. Continue reading →

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