Winter Magic – Katoomba

Posted on June 27, 2016 by marilyn

thumbnailWHORE’S BED CANYON & DEVIL’S HOLE, KATOOMBA – JUNE 25, 2016
A half-day canyon and a longish abseil at Devil’s Hole wouldn’t usually be blog worthy,  but snow the day before at Katoomba and the forecast of near zero temperatures sounded like an adventure, so, Trish, Greg, Rod and I rugged up and headed to the Blue Mountains (aka hills in most other countries). Continue reading →

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Caving with Bailey and David

Posted on June 20, 2016 by marilyn

David coming through a holeJENOLAN CAVES – JUNE 18 & 19, 2016
Bailey has wanted to go caving with me for some time now, so I booked David and Bailey on a MSS trip to Jenolan Caves.  It’s always touch and go when you take people into their first wild cave, it’s nothing like a tourist cave! Continue reading →

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It’s winter – there aren’t supposed to be snakes around

Posted on June 16, 2016 by marilyn

A little bit slopey on the way down to the creekMOGO AREA – JUNE 12 2016
I didn’t bother to put on gaiters because it was winter, snakes aren’t supposed to be out, at least that’s the urban myth.  I was walking along, luckily looking down and there it was, had to be 6 foot long (curled up) and was as thick as my wrist – maybe even thicker! Up until this point, the trip wasn’t even blog-worthy, but now it was!   Continue reading →

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10 Caves in 4 days – I’m officially stuffed!

Posted on June 13, 2016 by marilyn

thumbnailYARRANGOBILLY – JUNE 2016
When the Yarrangobilly trip went on the MSS calendar, it was too good an opportunity to pass up. MSS had (figuratively) put its hand up to guide pre-conference caving trips at Yarrangobilly (“Yagby”) for the ISS Conference in 2017 (which will be held in Sydney).  Beth thought it was a good idea to re-familiarise herself with the Yagby Caves. Continue reading →

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We wish you were with us Nat

Posted on May 26, 2016 by marilyn

me on the 2nd pitch. Photo: Julie BMIRROR BALL ABSEIL – MAY 2016
Julie B, Aine G and I had intended going out to the Mirror Ball abseil to scatter some of Natalie’s ashes.  She had already been blasted out of a cannon at IronFest, scattered by acrobats at the Canberra Folk Festival, sprinkled in Fergies and MidWinter canyons and buried under a hundred tree seedlings.  Mirror Ball was the last abseil that Nat did (with Julie and Aine) before she found out she had cancer. Continue reading →

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