Fifteen Days on the Bibbulmun Track, WA

Posted on October 14, 2006 by marilyn

Photo: John L'EBIBBULMUN TRACK, WA – SEPT/OCT 2006
Walpole > Frankland River > Giants > Rame Head > Peaceful Bay > Denmark > Nullaki > West Cape Howe > Shelly Beach > Torbay > Hidden Valley > Albany
John L’E had always wanted to do the Bibbulmun (or parts thereof) and I was a willing convert!   Continue reading →

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Can you chew your way through lawyer vine?

Posted on April 1, 2006 by marilyn

EXPLORATORY MULTI PITCH ABSEIL – CAMP CAVE CREEK – APRIL 2006
(AKA Waterfall Creek).  This was a Lindsay B idea and Peter T and I thought it was worth a shot, it was on the Kings Tableland so we could go up there for just the day.  There were a scant two lines of information on this canyon in the guide book, so it was well and truly exploratory.  We took 2 vehicles and did a long car shuffle, but we’d appreciate it at the end of the day. And yes, if you need to, I reckon a person could chew their way through it, wouldn’t be tasty though. Continue reading →

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To Gell (Hell) & Back – abandoned at the airstrip!

Posted on January 26, 2006 by marilyn

Denison RangesTASMANIA – DENISON RANGES TO KING WILLIAM RANGES – JANUARY 2006
This trip was a repeat of the same trip that the leader Peter G had done a couple of years previously with Geoff S.  It’s a walk that is written up in the John Chapman book on great walks in Tasmania.  Continue reading →

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Waterfall Way … a six-day walk in the Otways

Posted on January 3, 2004 by marilyn

OTWAYS NATIONAL PARK – DEC/JAN 2004
Six day walks, covering 110k using 7 year old track notes of the Geelong Bushwalking Club and the Otways & Shipwreck Coast map.  We had a support vehicle (thanks Bob) which was supposed to meet up with us each night so we didn’t have to lug around our overnight gear – luxury! But as it turned out, we ended up taking our own vehicles from campsite to campsite (plans change!). Continue reading →

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How you can cram a 5 day Main Range Walk into 3 days

Posted on December 15, 2001 by marilyn

Seaman's HutMT KOSCIUSZKO NATIONAL PARK – DECEMBER 2001
Thredbo > Mueller’s Pass > Mt Townsend > The Sentinel > Watsons Crags > Blue Lake > Charlottes Pass > Mt Kosciuszko > Thredbo
Right from the beginning, we should have known that this would be No Ordinary Trip.

 

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