Banks Canyon - 9 December 2006

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Party - Rik Deveridge, Dave Noble

We visited this canyon later in the afternoon after earlier visiting Hole in the Wall Canyon. It is quite different in character to Hole in the Wall Canyon - with most of the canyon being in the upper cliffline - the Banks Wall formation of the Narrabeen group of sandstones. This section of canyon is a long and sustained constriction that is consistently quite narrow and very dark in places.

Above - canyon formation

Above - Rik rigging up the rope for a very short abseil in the upper constriction

Above - canyon formation

Above - Rik rigging up the rope for a very short abseil in the upper constriction

Bungleboori Creek - North Branch

After completing Banks Canyon - we found ourselves once more in Bungleboori Creek. It is a very pleasant walk/wade/swim upstream past Hole in The Wall Canyon junction to a suitable exit point.

Above - I almost trod on this Tiger Snake resting on the sandbank

Above - A curious eel swims around Rik

Above - canyon formation

Above - Rik in the canyon

Above - canyon formation

Above - Rik back at the junction of Hole in the Wall Canyon

Above - canyon formation

The next day, we were joined by others and visited the lower constriction of Bowens Creek North Branch

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