Dalpura Canyon and Jinki Ridge – 3 February 2022

Bob and myself were heading up the mountains for a day of canyoning. However the weather was not the best – a little wet and quite cool. So Dalpura Canyon sounded like a good canyon to visit, and that would mean we could also check out the pagodas at the end of the Jinki Ridge.

We were lucky, we had virtually no rain while we were out.

Bob parked his car on the Bell Road and we were soon walking down the track to the canyon. It didn’t take long to reach the creek and walk downstream to the start of the canyon. We then abseiled in.

This abseil takes you into a very beautiful grotto.

Unlike the canyoning trip of the week before, I had packed a camera with a memory card and also my tripod, so I spent a bit of time photographing the canyon. It has several nice sections.

Once through the canyon, we climbed up the exit on the Jinki Ridge side and left the track short way up and walked out along Jinki Ridge towards the Grose Valley. This was easy to do and very pleasant, with interesting rock formations and great views.

At the end of the ridge, we stopped for lunch. It was also a great place for views. We could look down at the end of Dalpura Canyon where it flows into the Grose Valley. And we could look up and down the Grose Valley.

On the far side of the valley was Thor Head.

Here we are looking down the Grose Valley –

And now looking upstream –

We then walked back along the ridge and turned off along another ridge that was ashore way upstream (In Dalpura Creek). It ended with the nice pagoda which we could easily climb.

And then we walked back to the Bell Road. A nice day out.