Category Archives: Canyoning

Dalpura Canyon – 2 December 2012

Dalpura was the first of two canyons we visited on Sunday. The weather forecast was for a fair bit of rain and we thought it wise not to commit to a long canyon. Stu and Enmoore had invited me to … Continue reading

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Surefire and Galah Canyons – 20-21 October 2012

It was time to visit two classic South Wolgan canyons. Dan was bringing a group up from Canberra and Rik and Rob were keen to come along too. We met at Barcoo Swamp campsite on saturday morning and there decided … Continue reading

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The Birthday Canyoning Weekend – 6-7 October 2012

A few of us had recently had birthdays and we normally head out into the bush to celebrate. This year, with a few babies in the group, we set up a fixed camp in the headwaters of a dry canyon … Continue reading

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More Gardens of Stone National Park Canyoning

Last weekend I went on what was more or less a repeat of a trip I did in late May to some canyons in the Gardens of Stone National Park. Some friends hadn’t been to these canyons and given the … Continue reading

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Winter Canyoning Exploration

A friend, Rik, was keen for a winter canyoning trip. Not content on visiting familiar canyons – he wanted to head out to a remote part of the Greater Blue Mountains and explore for something new. A few years ago, … Continue reading

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A Dry Canyon

The Northern Blue Mountains, and in particular the western side, has a multitude of dry canyons which make good outings all times of  the year. Some of the dry canyons have pools of water and you may get your feet … Continue reading

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Canyoning in the Gardens of Stone

Late May was a good time to join Dave and Nicole, together with Mitch, Chantal and Tom from SUBW for some canyons in the Gardens of Stone National Park. Many of the canyons in the Gardens of Stone are dry … Continue reading

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Some more canyoning – Northern Blue Mountains

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

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

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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