A day out on Tarpin Tops

Shane and Trish in the rapidsDINGO TOPS FOREST PARK – FEBRUARY 2013
Shane had heard about Little Run Creek and wanted to check it out, so Helen T, Trish M and I joined him on this expedition, only took us a day but it was a big one. Continue reading

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Jenolan Caves – Mammoth – August 2012

My third trip to Jenolan Caves to experience “Adventure Caving”, I got a group together of BWOC members, many of whom had not caved before.  We went to Mammoth Cave, and did the usual route through, with all the squeezes and tunnels that Mammoth has to offer.  We went all the way down to the “river”, lots of fun! Continue reading

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Benighted on the Grose

GROSE RIVER – JUNE 2012
Mt Hay > Shaw Creek > Byles Pass > Grose River > exit Lockley’s Pylon
I had read about Mary Byles Pass and a walk she and a friend had done in the early 1900s, I figured if they could do it in 2 days then surely we could!  Although it was exploratory, it should be a walk in the Park, right? Continue reading

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Kanangra can be challenging, particularly for a novice bushwalker

100 MAN CAVE & GINGRA RANGE – JUNE 2012
Kanangra Walls > Mt Cloudmaker > TiWilla Plateau > 100 Man Cave > Campagnoni Pass > Willa Butress > Kowmung > Orange Bluff > Brumby Spur > Gingra Track > Kanangra Walls.
Len S had put this three day walk on the BWOC calendar mainly because I’d convinced him it was a good walk, neither of us had been to 100 Man Cave before, and he loves Kanangra.  He ended up with 11 other people that wanted to do the walk, many of whom were first time walkers.  The group was a bit larger than what I’d recommend for walking in Kanangra, but Len was sure everything would be fine. Continue reading

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The Pondage with a metre of water, you don’t see that often

Woolpack Rocks from Blue Rocks passPANTONEYS CROWN – APRIL 2012
Baal Bone Gap > Baal Bone Point > Crown Creek > Pantoneys Crown > Crown Creek > Hughes Defile > Blue Rocks Pass > The Pondage > McLeans Pass > Baal Bone Gap
This walk didn’t have much about it that warranted a blog post, except for what we found at The Pondage.  Continue reading

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