Author Archives: Dave Noble

Autumn at Mt Tomah Botanic Gardens

Posted on May 1, 2012 by Dave Noble

I had never been to these gardens before! Despite travelling past the gate many times, and having once worked at the Botanic Gardens at Sydney, I never had the opportunity to visit this more alpine garden until now. My good … Continue reading →

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Mountain Biking – The Old Great North Road

Posted on May 1, 2012 by Dave Noble

The Old Great North Road is a great venue for mountain biking. Chris and Clare invited me to join them for a ride starting at Wisemans Ferry. We rode up the old road for 13 km to where it meets … Continue reading →

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Anzac Day Climbing – at Nortons Basin

Posted on April 30, 2012 by Dave Noble

I have climbed at Nortons Basin before and found it a reasonable crag. Two of the cliffs are set high above the Nepean River with Nortons Basin – a large pool below. On Anzac Day – I joined Stu, Enmoore, … Continue reading →

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Blue Gum Swamp Creek – Walk

Posted on April 22, 2012 by Dave Noble

A nice walk with bushwalking friends and lots of children. Tara had organised a BBQ at her place at Springwood and after it, on the Sunday, a lot of us went for a walk heading out from White Cross Road … Continue reading →

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Red Rocks Walk

Posted on April 17, 2012 by Dave Noble

A bushwalker friend, Dave, was on a short visit from his work overseas and had organised a walk for SUBW to the Red Rocks near Newnes. This is one of my favourite bushwalking places. Easy to get to, great views, … Continue reading →

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Easter Blue Breaks Walk

Posted on April 13, 2012 by Dave Noble

During Easter I joined Rob and Martin and spent 6 very enjoyable days on a bushwalk in the Blue Breaks. Our goal was to traverse the Bimlow Tableland. I had been on two walks last year where that was a … Continue reading →

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Coxs River – Packrafting trip

Posted on April 2, 2012 by Dave Noble

The Coxs River is an ideal river for a packrafting trip. Its too difficult to access via canoe or kayak as the easiest exit place involves a 15km bushwalk. It can be visited by lilo. I have done two lilo … Continue reading →

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Some more canyoning – Northern Blue Mountains

Posted on April 2, 2012 by Dave Noble

Its good to do an overnight canyoning trip. Often more remote canyons can be linked together and a lot of canyoning can be done in the available time. On this trip we planned to visit four canyons. Two with our … Continue reading →

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Canyoning Videos

Posted on March 27, 2012 by Dave Noble

I have recently uploaded some of my canyoning videos to YouTube. One is from a nice trip through Claustral Canyon filmed in December 2007 when there was a fair amount of water flowing through the canyon. This was filmed about … Continue reading →

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SUBW New Members Day at Lane Cove National Park

Posted on March 18, 2012 by Dave Noble

Peggy, helped by Helen and Terence, organised a Welcome Day for new members of SUBW. It was held at a nice spot in Lane Cove National Park. On the day, we had quite bad weather. The morning was quite wet … Continue reading →

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