March 25 - 28 (Easter) - Northern Blue Mountains Canyoning

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Over Easter we visited four nice canyons

Friday

Party - Dave Forbes, Rik Deveridge, Lisa Foster, Dave Noble

Above - Rik setting up the rope for a short abseil

Above - Rik taking a photo in a tunnel section

Above - Canyon formation

Saturday

Party - Dave Forbes, Rik Deveridge, Lisa Foster, Dave Noble

Above - Rik and Lisa in the beautiful creek before the canyon begins

Above - Lisa on the first abseil, while below Rik is climbing up to the belay for the second pitch

Above - Lisa and Dave below the second abseil

Above - Lisa and Dave continue down the canyon

Above - Another abseil!

Above - Rik clears a hole to abseil through on the fourth pitch

Above - Rik looks around for a belay point for the fifth abseil

Above - Looking down the canyon

Above - Dave below the sixth abseil. We later find we can climb down this drop via a tunnel behind the boulder.

Above - Rik on the seventh (and second last) abseil

Sunday

Party - Rik Deveridge, Lisa Foster, David J Noble, Andrew Valja, David W Noble

Above- Andrew pulls down the rope on the second abseil

Above - Rik on the fifth abseil

Above - Andrew taking a photo looking down the sixth pitch.

Above - The canyon continues - and how! Looking down the seventh and eighth abseils

Above - Lisa pulls down the rope on the eighth abseil

Above - Rik on the ninth abseil

Above - Lisa pulling down the rope on the tenth abseil

Monday

Party - Dave Forbes, Rik Deveridge, Lisa Foster, Dave Noble

Ril on the second abseil - its a long way down

Above - Dave on the second abseil

Above - Rik in the canyon

Above - canyon formation

Above - Rik on the third abseil

Above - Rik on the third abseil

Above - Lisa, Dave and Rik in the canyon preparing the rope for the fourth pitch

Above - canyon formation

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