Deanes Creek & Searching for The Folly #2

Posted on February 27, 2016 by marilyn

Heather on walking the logDEANES CREEK – DECEMBER 2015
Tiger Snake Carpark > unnamed ridge > unnamed side creek > Deanes Creek > unnamed side creek > Deanes Creek > Tiger Snake exit track
A year or so ago, John L’E and I had done a recce of Deanes Creek as an overnight walk.  It was a great walk and we had a lot of fun but it wasn’t the full walk … we had to go back.  Continue reading →

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Seven days in NZ with 8 people I hardly knew, this could go one of two ways

Posted on February 14, 2016 by marilyn

The beach with the Sea CavesNEW ZEALAND – THE HEAPHY TRACK – FEBRUARY 2016
I had caved with David S a couple of times and he knew I was a bushwalker so when he was making plans to go over to NZ in February and walk the Heaphy Track (80k) he asked me if I’d be interested. Straight away I said “yes”, didn’t even need to think about it! Continue reading →

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Yeah, there’s been a bit of rain, but we should be ok!

Posted on January 27, 2016 by marilyn

Jeff in the ColoCOLO WILDERNESS – ANGOWARA CREEK – JANUARY 2016
Drip Rock Fire Trail > Angowara Creek > Colo River > Clews Cave > Drip Rock Fire Trail
I had read about a trip years ago to the bottom section of Angowara Creek which had lovely large flat slabs of rock that made the creek walking easy, it had been on my bucket list for years and with 3 days at our disposal, seemed like the right time to do it.  Continue reading →

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In Search of The Folly #1

Posted on January 2, 2016 by marilyn

Trish NThis is an unpublished canyon, I can’t say where it is, and  wont give out its name, but it received a bit of attention when a certain person published a You Tube video of finding it.   I thought, “how hard can it be” to triangulate on where it should be given the hints in the video.  Well, seems it’s actually quite hard! Continue reading →

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Wheengee-Whungee Canyon – my benchmark

Posted on December 31, 2015 by marilyn

Capture00WHUNGEE-WHEENGEE CANYON – DECEMBER 2015
Ordinarily, this wouldn’t rate a post, I’ve done it maybe five other times, the first time back in 2001, there are more videos and reports of it on the net than most other canyons, it’s really special and my images certainly don’t do it justice.  So, I guess the reason for this post is (a) I did it with people I really like and (b) it’s now my “benchmark”. Continue reading →

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