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Dargans Creek Canyon and some Bushfire Watching – 5 December 2019

With bushfires raging in the Blue Mountains it was not surprising that most canyons were closed. A warmed day was forecast, so Bob and myself decided to visit Dargans Creek Canyon, one of the few that was not closed. On … Continue reading

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Dry Canyon Weekend – 13 – 15 June 2015

We had two birthdays to celebrate – Jasper’s and Digi Dave’s, so we headed up to the Blue Mountains and out into Wollemi National Park to set up camp at the head of the Dry Canyon. There is a nice … Continue reading

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Fungi at Mt Wilson and Mt Tomah – 28 May 2015

I was up the mountains with Digi Dave. The day before we had gone to Coachwood Glen to photograph the amazing fungi there. After that we had gone to the Family Hotel at Katoomba for dinner and then camped near … Continue reading

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Blue Mountains Weekend 25-26 October 2014

Su Li wanted to take her cousin Michelle down a canyon, and she chose Empress Canyon at the head of the Valley of the Waters at Wentworth Falls. I had travelled up the mountains with John, Chuin Nee and their … Continue reading

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Sunset and Sunrise at Katoomba 10-11 October 2014

A group of us were heading up to the mountains for a birthday celebration weekend at Deep Pass. Some of us went up on Friday afternoon to photograph the sunset at Katoomba. We camped the night on Narrow Neck, so … Continue reading

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Dog Face Gully – 1 August 2014

I had read about this pass many years ago. Father Frank Bendeich had written an account of its first ascent in The Waysider, the magazine of the Catholic Bushwalking Club of Sydney (No 131, July/Aug 1975). According to the article, … Continue reading

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Red Rocks Walk (and more) – 21-24 February 2014

This weekend was Albert’s birthday walk to the Red Rocks. I went up the mountains early with Digi Dave and we later met up with Roger and Jeremy at Katoomba. Before this we had been out to Narrow Neck to … Continue reading

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Kings Tableland Weekend 7-10 February 2014

Don, with his daughter Elata were celebrating birthdays at a party at Ingar – a nice picnic and camping area in Blue Mountains National Park that is accessed via a fire trail from the Kings Tableland Road out from Wentworth … Continue reading

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Mt Solitary Walk 23-24 November 2013

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 … Continue reading

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Upper Blue Mountains Lookouts 26-28 September 2013

Digi Dave and myself were heading up the mountains for a party weekend at Deep Pass. We decided to head up a little early to give us time to visit some of the lookouts of the Upper Mountains to look … Continue reading

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