Yardleys Cave and Houris Kitchen - 14 September 2017

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Party - Bob, Dave



Above - The Grose Gorge



Above - Bob on the track near Lockleys Pylon



Above - Cliffs near Mt Hay





Above - Aboriginal sharpening grooves - right on the track



Above - Bob reading the logbook in Yardleys Cave





Above - Record of an early visit by Arthur Yardley, Harry Whitehouse and others





Above - More old notes in a glass jar



Above - View from outside the cave of Tom Williams' pass on Butterbox Point that provides a convenient exit from Mt Hay Canyon



Above - The Grose Gorge





Above - Looking into Walford Gully



Above - Short section of canyon in the west branch (the only branch we visited)



Above - One of two tunnels in the branch



Above - Bob in the canyon



Above - Orchid - Dendrobium striolatum





Above - Snow!



Above - Aboriginal sharpening grooves

After walking out, we then headed to Dr Darks Cave and visited Houris Kitchen - the ledge above Govetts Creek, upstream of the creek near Dr Darks Cave.



Above - Bob on the ledge



Above - Carne Walls





Above - Medusa Falls





Above - Houris Kitchen





Above - Blackwall Glen





Above - Bob inspects a stone arrangement









Above - We tried to scramble up this gully but were blocked by a waterfall low down.

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