Category Archives: Blue Mountains

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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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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Canyoning at Newnes

Posted on March 12, 2012 by Dave Noble

Sarah had organised a weekend of canyoning at Newnes and with a good weather forecast (at last!!!) it was easy to decide to join the party. As well as Sarah, there was James, Dan, Kate and Rob and Disco joined … Continue reading →

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Tiger Snake Canyon

Posted on February 27, 2012 by Dave Noble

We visited this canyon on a wet day. Despite the continual rain – we had a great time. The canyon was very beautiful – and some water was flowing! Here are a few photos from the day –

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Canyons Near Deep Pass

Posted on February 27, 2012 by Dave Noble

Last weekend I was in a big group that camped at Deep Pass Clearing in Wollemi National Park. The purpose of the gathering was to celebrate the birthdays of James and Sarah. During both days, many in the group visited … Continue reading →

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