Dunphy Kowmung Adventure 26 September - 6 October 2014
Stage 2 - Jenolan Caves to Dingo Dell
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Above - a new walker joins the party
Above - It is two year old Jasper
Above - Alex M and John M on the spur from Jenolan Caves. We had
lunch at the top near the Kanangra Walls Road.
Above - Chuin Nee and Alex M on an open ridge near Mt Budthingeroo
Above - Jasper and John
Above - Alex and Sierra lead the way down to the Hollanders River
Above - wombat on farm country - Hollanders River. We skirted the
farm country - keeping within Kanangra Boyd National Park.
Above - Budthingeroo Ravine
Day 4 - Hollanders River to Dingo Dell
Above - A very nice campsite just above Budthingeroo Creek
Above - Alex M, Warwick and John M walking down Budthingeroo Ck
Above - At the junction with the Hollanders River. Is the gum tree
at the back the same one photographed by Myles Dunphy in 1914?
Perhaps.
Above - Delightful walking along the Hollanders River
Above - Like Myles and Bert, we crossed the river many times.
Above - And we also passed many limestone bluffs
Above - Alex and Sierra explore a limestone cave
Above - More nice river walking
Above - More limestone bluffs
Above - Jasper likes the river
Above - the huge bluffs of Chardon Canyon. We skirt the canyon with
a high sidle.
Above - Alex looking down at the Kowmung River. It starts where the
Hollanders joins the Tuglow River.
Above - Tuglow Falls - the spectacular last part of the Tuglow River
Above - Tuglow Falls
Above - Looking into Chardon Canyon
Above - Tuglow Falls
Above - Tuglow Falls
We then followed a ridge for a short distance and dropped down to
the Kowmung River near Tuglow Caves. After a battle with some
nettles, we gained the Tuglow Caves Track and walked along a fire
road to Dingo Dell.
Above - At the end of stage 2 - Keith Muir (Colong Foundation
Director), with Warwick, John M and Alex M.
Continue to Stage 3
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