It’s been many years since I’d heard of and driven by Macquarie Pass Rivulet. Over time, more and more stories about the scenery and adventures within the rivulet have convinced me of the need to complete it. Finally I have. Most canyon purists would not classify this as a canyon and they would be mostly correct. It has…
From the moment the trip went up on the walks programme a few weeks ago, interest in this trip was huge. 35 people had signed up for this trip before I marked the trip as full and more people emailed me after that wanting to be added to the waiting list. The limit is really around 20. Unfortunately in…
We met up at Boars Rock at 08.00 on a warm, windless but overcast Sunday morning wearing close to the full range of Suboir T-shirts colours. The straightforward abseil behind Boars Rock soon had us at the justly famous slot, where we discovered we had left the bolt plates in the car! However, there are enough ring bolts there and we soon had a safety line rigged and Adrian out at the end of the traverse to set up the two-stage abseil down the slot. This was…
The Coast Walk is is a 30 km hike (includes a few detours) meandering along the spectacular coastline of The Royal National Park south of Sydney. We chose to start at 06:00 am from Otford Station in order to catch the twilight and sunrise over the Australian East Coast. We were rewarded with mild conditions and cloudy views. The skies…
We set out along the Asgard Swamp fire trail around 11am, heading for Thor Head. After a quick visit to the coal seam cave, for which some clever people had brought head torches without any prompting, we enjoyed a lovely lunch on the cliffs overlooking the Grose valley. After lunch we took the scenic route along Asgard Head towards the car, and explored Pyramid Rock overlooking the swamp. Although we…
The weather forecast for Sunday was not promising – Max 9 and winds gusting to 60kmh – a march of folly indeed. Despite this, nine brave souls arrived outside the Main Quad to share cars. At that point there was no wind at all in Sydney, and in fact it turned out to be a nice day in the mountains – bright and sunny, reaching a tropical 12 degrees at one point, and nothing like those windspeeds. Clear Sunday…
We had one person having to drop out due to an unfinished assignment, but there were no “no-shows”. After most of us met up at Central Station we set off, collecting Sophie at Strathfield, Conrad at Parramatta, with Andrew and Zachary waiting for us at Katoomba Station. At Katoomba we were greeted with a crisp clear Blue Mountains day, and after a stop off at the Hatters’ Café for some coffee for some (and thus helping the local economy), we did the road bash to Echo Point. There were…
What does one do when you are thinking about a weekend walk, but really can’t decide where you want to go? Have a Magical Mystery Walk, that’s what! So I put it out there, hoping someone at SUBW would be game enough to come along, and sure enough, a few folk were… It turned out to be the coldest day of this year so far with a max of only 9C predicted. But no…