I’d better do the Western Arthurs before I get much older

Posted on March 14, 2010 by marilyn

A small climb up on Day 4WESTERN ARTHURS, TASMANIA – FEBRUARY 2010
I’d heard a bit about the Western Arthurs … “fantastic”, “magic trip”, words like that.  I’m not sure I remember whose idea it was, could have been any of us, Peter C, Jeff B or me but I thought if ever I was going to do the trip it had better be now, I wasn’t getting any younger.  Jeff said that he’d be my “support” on the trip, if I really wanted to do it.  But if we did, we’d need to take a tent good enough to withstand all that Tasmania could throw at us, our bomb proof MSR Olympus, weighing in at a massive 3k!  Continue reading →

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Morong Deep #3 – what are the odds of us finishing this trip?

Posted on January 27, 2010 by marilyn

Steve at the climb downMORONG DEEP – JANUARY 2010
Morong Creek Fire Trail > Morong Creek > Morong Deep (Kowmung River) > Megalith Spur & Ridge > Morong Creek Fire Trail
So, here we were again, another Oz Day LWE, will it be third time lucky?  The Repeat Offenders, me, Steve C, Jeff B, Len S, plus Simon R and Tamara C (both experienced bush walkers).  Jenny couldn’t join us, she’d had a fall and had sustained a head injury just a few weeks earlier, so Jen, this trip’s for you! Continue reading →

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Ettrema Gorge – April 2009

Posted on April 4, 2009 by marilyn

DSC00572Quiera Clearing > Jingles Pass > Ettrema Gorge > Transportation Spur
Ettrema Gorge, a creek which runs through Morton National Park, on its way to the Shoalhaven River … for those “in the know”, this is the ultimate in places to bushwalk, crystal clear pools, towering bluffs, and pockets of rainforest.
And we were here for four days over Easter, life doesn’t get much better than that.  Continue reading →

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Morong Deep #2 – we can do the section we missed last time?

Posted on January 27, 2009 by marilyn

Steve & Jen in the rapidsMORONG DEEP – JANUARY 2009
Morong Falls Fire Trail > Morong Creek > Kowmung River (Morong Deep) >Megalith Ridge
After we finished our Morong Adventure last year, we decided that we’d have to go back and complete the trip,  we’d already done the Kowmung  River Ford to Morong Creek (and a little ways beyond) section, so we weren’t going to do that section this time and we’d just drop down into the river at Morong Creek and do the section that we’d missed.  At least, that was the plan, didn’t quite work out that way. Continue reading →

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Ten days on the Travers Sabine route

Posted on February 27, 2008 by marilyn

NZ wildflowersNEW ZEALAND – TRAVERS SABINE ROUTE – FEBRUARY 2008
Peter C put this trip on the BWOC calendar and as I’d been on another trip with him to NZ I thought it would be a great opportunity, and he’s so good at organising everything, virtually all I’d have to do is book my flight and turn up on the day!  In the end Jeff B, Ross W, Mark M, Rob McC and Viv also signed up which made a great party.   Continue reading →

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