Category Archives: Bushwalking

North Head Walk – 9 November 2017

After a nice ferry ride to the Zoo, the day before, I thought that another ferry trip would be pleasant. So I caught the ferry to Manly and then set out to walk around North Head. From  the Ferry terminal, … Continue reading

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Curra Moors Walk – 7 November 2017

This was a very pleasant photo walk with David Hufton along the Curra Moors Track in Royal National Park. Quite a few wildflowers were out on the Moors and also the sea was  rough along the coast – nice conditions … Continue reading

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Gundungura and Nelly’s Glen Maps

In an earlier post I indicted that the Gundungura Guide book could be downloaded from my website. Now, from the same page, you can download copies of the Gundungura Sketch Map. This map was produced by members of Sydney University … Continue reading

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Woronora River Walk – 2 November 2017

This was a pleasant and interesting walk largely in Heathcote National Park with Digi Dave. Digi wanted to visit Kingdom Come on the Woronora River and he suggested we start from Waterfall, and that way we could visit an interesting … Continue reading

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Vale – Graham Wootton

I was recently sad to hear about the passing of a fellow bushwalker – Graham Wootton. In some ways, Graham’s early days in bushwalking paralleled my own. He was a foundation member of my old bushwalking club – The Springwood … Continue reading

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Nature Along Wolli Creek – 31 October 2017

It was time for another walk along the Two Valleys Track at Wolli Creek. I started at Bexley North and walked down to Turrella. Along the way I encounter a reasonable amount of Nature. Not that many birds – it … Continue reading

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Gundungura Guide – Now Online

When I was starting bushwalking one of my treasured possessions was a small guidebook – The Gundungura Guide. It was produced after a lot of research by members of SURC – Sydney University Rover Crew. This guidebook covered a large … Continue reading

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Colo River Walk 28 – 29 October 2017

Wendy had organised a walk for the weekend. Martin, Steffy and myself were keen to join her. Now all we had to do was to work out where to go. Steffy had suggested a walk along the lower part of … Continue reading

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Canoe Creek – Colo River – Photo Walk 23-24 October 2017

David Hufton invited me to join him on a walk to the Colo River via Canoe Creek. It had been a fair few years since my last visit to this area that I was pleased to be able to go … Continue reading

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“Wayfaring in Wollemi” – New Book

I was very please to attend the launch of a new book by Andy Macqueen called “Wayfaring in Wollemi”. The book was launched at Mt Tomah Botanic Gardens on 22 October. It tells the stories of 28 people – explorers, … Continue reading

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