Easter - Canyoning in the Numietta - Coorongooba Area

Day 2 - 15 April 2006

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Canyon 4

Digital Dave and Rik  heading off into this narrow looking canyon





Above - Rik on a high ledge watches Claire in a narrow section



Above - John and Claire in the canyon



Above - Claire squeezes through



Above - Rik in a very dark and narrow section of the canyon



Above - Rik in a very dark and narrow section of the canyon



Above - canyon formation



Above - Claire on a short abseil



Above - Rik bridging to avoid a swim or deep wade



Above - On the way to the next canyon we went through this fine basalt crater

Canyon 5

This canyon was very long and started out dry with several sections of tunnel. Lower down the canyon was much wetter with a series of abseils.



Above - Digital Dave taking a photo of Rik in the canyon



Above - Looking ahead to a tunnel section



Above - Rik grabbing a pack at the end of one of the tunnel sections. We had to squeeze out of this small hole



Above - canyon formation



Above - John abseils down



Above - Digital Dave abseils down



Above - Rik setting up the rope for the first of the next two abseils



Above - John and Claire in the lower section



Above - canyon formation



Above - canyon formation



Above - On the way to the next canyon - John and Rik in a nice sunny cave

Canyon 6

This was a very short canyon (in two sections) - that led into the next major canyon



Above - Digital Dave in the canyon

Canyon 7

This canyon was quite short but was really grand and spectacular.



Above - canyon formation



Above - Claire and Rik in the canyon



Above - canyon formation

Canyon 8

We used this one as an exit route to head back towards our campsite



Above - Digital Dave and John wading up through the canyon



Above - Rik in the canyon



Above - We climbed out at this point of the canyon



Above - Looking back into the slot below

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