Buramin Canyon and Thunder Gorge - 7 - 8 Feb 2009
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Party - Chuin Nee Ooi, John Robens, Su Li Sin, David Forbes, Alan
Pryke, Megan Pryke, Rik Deveridge, Mark Jessop, Dave Noble
Buramin Canyon - 7 February 2009
A hot weekend was forecast - in fact it was forecast to be the hottest
conditions in NSW of any place on the planet! So it was a good time to
spend two days down some cool canyons. Rik was keen to visit Buramin
Canyon (Explorers Brook) - and 8 of us joined him. It had been a long
time since I had been in Explorers Brook - probably over 30 years - and
it was good to visit this nice creek again.
Above - In very hot conditions we walk along the firetrail past Mt
Banks. Here we look down into the Grose Valley
Above - Dracophylum in the creek
Above - we entered the creek fairly high up - and it has some nice (but
short) sections of canyon. Here Mark and Su Li enjoy the cool water.
Above - Some faint aboriginal hand stencils are just visible in this
cave. They were spotted by Rik and Mark.
Above - Mark in the canyon
Above - the party on a long wade
Above - John shows off a large yabbie to Chuin Nee and Su Li. There
were lots of yabbies in the creek - many of them large.
Above - canyon formation
Above - canyon formation
Above - Digi Dave watches the rest of the party scramble down a small
waterfall
Above - this section of gorge had a floor of basalt rocks
Above - the main section of canyon began with this waterfall
Above - Looking down the waterfall - lots of arches
Above - it was a tricky scramble to get down the first part
Above - Rik setting up the rope for the second of two short abseil
Above - Rik watching Chuin Nee on the second abseil
Above - Digi Dave watching and Rik swimming as Su Li abseils
Above - canyon formation
Above - canyon formation
Above - Megan and Mark in the canyon. Mark is at the top of a short
waterjump.
Above - Megan looking back up after the waterjump and swim
Above - in the canyon
Above - at the junction with King George Brook - downstream is more
canyon and a rough gorge.
Above - Mark wonders how to get off this boulder
Above - Chuin Nee shows the way to go
Above - Mark watches Chuin Nee on this scramble
Above - downstream - slow going in this rough gorge - but it is a very
spectacular place.
Above - Not far downstream we found a small campcave where we spent the
night.
Continue to Day 2- where we continue downstream
and then up Thunder
Gorge
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