Category Archives: Bushwalking

Blue Mountains Weekend – 21-22 December 2013

Posted on December 25, 2013 by Dave Noble

I spent a nice weekend up the Blue Mountains. Mosty walking with John and his son Jasper, and Keith. Chuin Nee (Jasper’s mum) was climbing nearby at the time with Chris an Susie, friends on a holiday from Germany. The … Continue reading →

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SUBW Christmas Walk to the Coxs River – 14-15 December 2013

Posted on December 17, 2013 by Dave Noble

This is the time of year for bushwalkers from SUBW and friends to head down from Megalong Valley via the Six Foot Track to the Coxs River. The club heads down to a nice sheltered campsite that is close to … Continue reading →

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Spondonicals Revisited

Posted on December 9, 2013 by Dave Noble

In an earlier posting I wrote about spondonicals – a very useful and now rare item of bushwalking equipment. I recently received an interesting email from Jochen, a bushwalker from the Blue Mountains, who is considering manufacturing them. See my … Continue reading →

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Wentworth Falls Walk – 1 Dec 2013

Posted on December 4, 2013 by Dave Noble

On the first day of December, I went for a walk around the Valley of the Water Area of Wentworth Falls. I started out by myself down the Charles Darwin Walk and soon arrived at Wentworth Falls, then went up … Continue reading →

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Mt Solitary Walk 23-24 November 2013

Posted on December 4, 2013 by Dave Noble

A group of us set out to walk out to Mt Solitary and camp on top for the weekend. This is always a worthwhile trip. In the party, besides myself, were Su Li, Brent, Keith and also John and Chuin … Continue reading →

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Uloola Falls – 16 November 2013

Posted on November 18, 2013 by Dave Noble

After a few recent trips to Uloola Falls in Royal National Park – I was keen to return to photograph the falls in higher water and in subdued light. It had been raining a bit, and on the night before … Continue reading →

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Loftus to Bundeena Walk – 10 November 2013

Posted on November 12, 2013 by Dave Noble

I had never walked from Loftus to Bundeena before. It seemed a very logical route to walk. At each end there are good public transport connections. There seemed to be tracks going most of the way, and those tracks would … Continue reading →

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Kingdom Come Walk – 2-3 November 2013

Posted on November 9, 2013 by Dave Noble

Roger wanted to take his young son Jeremy out on an overnight bush walk. We considered a few suggestions and decided on walk in the Heathcote area to Kingdom Come. We went by train to Waterfall and then walked along … Continue reading →

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Manly to Milsons Point Walk – 26 October 2013

Posted on October 31, 2013 by Dave Noble

This was a great daywalk along a beautiful part of the foreshores of Sydney Harbour. It offers a mixture of walking situations – urban walking near Manly and at the other end near Milsons Point, coastal heath along sections of … Continue reading →

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Walking Club Types

Posted on October 29, 2013 by Dave Noble

This article was originally published in “Rucksack Ramblings” – the official organ of the Rucksack Club, Sydney  (volume 1 No 6) – published around 1952. I think it is as applicable now as it was then. Which type of walker … Continue reading →

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