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 Nee and their baby – Jasper.
We set off from the Golden Stairs and were soon walking along the Federal Pass Track to the Ruined Castle. The across the saddle an up onto the peak. Continue reading
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 this walk there had been a big storm. The Audley Causeway was even closed for a while. So I set off from Waterfall.
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 visit a few places that I was unfamiliar with. The only downside was a bit of road walking in the middle and an indifferent weather forecast.
I recently had some correspondence with Ross Wyborn, a resident of Canada, but also a former very active Sydney Bushwalker and mountaineer back in the 1960’s. He had got in touch with me in order to try and locate an old climbing friend. He was successful in this. But I also asked him about the trip he did down Du Faurs Creek back in the 1960’s – which was the first recorded trip through Clatterteeth Canyon as far as I know.
Ross was kind enough to send me a scan from his journal in which he had recorded trips from that era. He also has allowed me to publish it here. I think it is very interesting. Continue reading
I’ve started a new project, to photograph the birds along the Cooks River, close to where I live.
I ride to work along the cycle track next to the river and I often see birds. With daylight saving, it is not too difficult to wander back down to the river before it gets dark with a camera and long lens. Continue reading
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 the Bullawarring Track to The Kingfisher Pool where we had a rest, and then kept going to the Goanna Track to the Pipeline and then the short distance to Kingdom Come. Continue reading
Christoph was visiting from Germany and was keen for a ride. The ride out along the Cooks River to Botany Bay and then to Kurnell and then back is an easy ride and quite scenic.
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 Sydney Harbour National Park, some tiny pockets of rainforest, some historic forts, wildflowers and wildlife in abundance.
Sydney Harbour
It is easy to find notes and maps for this walk online. The Walking Coastal Sydney website is particularly good. Continue reading
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 are you? The author was Rupert Prellor. It has been re-published here without permission.
Walking Club Types
The newcomer to the club is often at a loss to gain the upper hand in conversation with other members because he has not had several years in which to make an impressive list of mountain ascents. He has not yet had the experience in the skilful embellishment of the truth that so distinguishes the conversation of the better known members of the Club. If he can recognise the many diverse and interesting types of people that make up the Club, then he can discern the opponent’s weakness and lead the conversation gradually into the path that he himself thinks it ought to go. Continue reading
With a lot of national parks close to Sydney closed due to bushfires there were not a lot of options left for a day in the bush. One place I had never walked was the coast near La Perouse. I was joined on the walk by Chuin Nee and little Jasper.
The walk starts off through some attractive forest as it makes it way to Henry Head. This headland has some interesting old fortifications – some slowly being smothered by scrub. Continue reading
