I went down to the Cooks River to see what the king high tide would be like. The water level was very high indeed – and over the banks in places.
I took my camera along a took a few photos of the river, but I was concentrating on the birds. I went to the Boat Harbour, where there always seem to be plant of birds, and sure enough there were lots of gulls, ducks and cormorants. No pelicans this time. Continue reading
Our annual remote canyoning trip went this year to some of our favourite canyons deep in the Wollemi Wilderness.
The party was Rik, Rob, John, Dan and myself
We began with a long walk in to a campsite in the scrub close to our canyons. Getting water was a problem – the creeks nearby were all quite dry, but eventually some small pools were found. The round trip from the campsite to water and back was several hours! On subsequent days, we would carry a fair bit of water up from the canyons we were visiting and cart it back to camp. Continue reading
Time once again for our Christmas Light Bike Ride. The ride was organised by Audrey and was mainly along the Cooks River Cycleway.
We started from Dulwich Hill, where we had dinner and waited for it to get dark. Continue reading
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.
Minnehaha Falls
The first place we visited was Minnehaha Falls at Katoomba. I had visited this place a few times when I was very young, and remembered it as being a nice place. Continue reading
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 a swimming hole and some great rapids. Continue reading
This was a prelude trip before going down to the Coxs River for the SUBW Christmas trip.
The Grand Canyon is a very pretty and spectacular canyon that is also relatively easy and accessible.
Eleven of us (Martin, Su Li, Brent, Chris, Suzie, Burnsie, John M, Enmoore, Rik, Rob and myself) set off from the carpark on Evans Lookout Road, Blackheath and soon arrived at the abseil. Continue reading
Last weekend a few of us headed out for a weekend of canyoning in the Northern Blue Mountains. In the party besides myself were John, Jasper, Keith, Enmoore and Roscoe.
On Saturday, we headed out into Gardens of Stone National Park and visited a nice easy canyon. We walked in with full packs, and dumped the packs on the tops above the canyon, and then descended into the canyon. Continue reading
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 earlier posting for their history, but suffice to say that they have not been made since around the 1970’s.
Spondonicals or “Spondonicles” or “billy grips” or “Paddy’s Fingers” have long handles which make them particularly useful for getting a billy on and off a fire.
To test the market, Jochen has placed a survey online. If you are after a brand new pair of spondonicals, then why not visit his site and complete the survey?
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 to the carpark to meet up with Rik and Wendy.
On the last Friday in November it is traditional for Critical Mass to ride over Sydney Harbour Bridge.
The rides start from near the fountain in Hyde Park. The there is a loop through the city, past Hyde Park again and then along the Cahill Expressway and onto the Bridge. Continue reading
