Party: Tim Vollmer, Mariacristina (Mary) Merlo and Ulla Heikkilä – T2′s photos | Mary’s photos | Pulling in to the Bendeela campground, it looked like the trip had started off poorly. The scene was reminiscent of a refugee camp, with what seemed like hundreds of people – complete with cars, caravans, tents, tarps, and camp chairs – packed into a paddock… [Read more…]
March 16, 2012
by Tim Vollmer
Party: Tim Vollmer, Michelle Vollmer, Terence Nhan, Yumi Hong, Anne-Françoise de Taillandier, Linda Diab, Peggy Huang — T2′s photos I love bushwalking sketch maps. They come from a time before GPS and mobile phone when information was passed from person to person, and recorded in a much more human manner. Often they aren’t precise, in fact many aren’t designed to be, rather they… [Read more…]
February 27, 2012
by Tim Vollmer
Driving into Mt Wilson, it felt like we’d gone through a time warp. As we drove along the road we passed antique cars from the 1920′s while dirty, depression era people casually strolled along carrying century-old tools. A roadside stall sold fruit from stacks of wooden boxes. We actually seemed more out of place than… [Read more…]
February 25, 2012
by Tim Vollmer
Party: Tim Vollmer, Bjorn Sturmberg, Emma Spencer, Adrian Spragg, Todd Harford and Deanpaul Russell — T2′s photos | Adrian’s photos | Todd’s photos | It was about 4am as we drove into Glen Davis, pulling up at the campground in town and throwing down our sleeping bags under the verandah for a few hours of much… [Read more…]
February 16, 2012
by Tim Vollmer
Party: Tim Vollmer, Astley Friend and Diego – T2′s photos | This summer has been such a washout that I’ve pretty much resorted to planning day trips with just a couple days notice when the weather forecast looks promising enough. This trip actually took that to the extreme, with the decision just a day before, but it… [Read more…]
February 5, 2012
by Tim Vollmer
Party: Tim Vollmer, Stephen Sheehan, Todd Harford, Saul Richardson, Ulla Heikkilä, Joshua Hill, Drew Morcom, Kosta Seiler — Joshua’s photos | Todd’s photos Like most of summer, the week before this had been packed full of rain. So much so that the Colo River — which drains most of the canyon country — had hit about six… [Read more…]
January 18, 2012
by Tim Vollmer
Party: Tim Vollmer, Kosta Seiler, Adrian Spragg and Mike Arrell — T2′s photos | Kosta’s photos | Adrian’s photos The Blue Mountains are home to a huge number of diverse and spectacular canyons, with many dozens coming complete with detailed trip notes, easy access, tracks, good anchors and in some cases even sign posts or log… [Read more…]
January 12, 2012
by Tim Vollmer
Party: Tim and Michelle Vollmer, Leah Charlson, Naser Ghobadzadeh, Colombina Schaeffer, Jana Fromm, Naomi Rellum, Yumi Hong, Terence Nhan, Murray Booth, Adrian Dries (and friends) A steady stream tumbling over a waterfall into a large, deep pool which is skirted by a beautiful sandy beach and towered over by cliffs on one side. From the first glimpse you get… [Read more…]
Party: Kosta, Sky, T2 and Todd — Todd’s photos It was supposed to be a trip with six people but late the night before, one girl had to drop out because she injured herself during the attempt to climb a wall. So once again, it is not the canyoning that is getting us injured. So early… [Read more…]
December 31, 2011
by Tim Vollmer
Party: Tim Vollmer, Joshua Hill, Drew Morcom, Stephen Sharwood, Tom Murtagh, and Jiri and Cat Svec — T2′s photos | Joshua’s Nightmare and NYE Driving towards Newnes early on New Year’s Eve it hardly felt like we were escaping civilisation, with a steady stream of vehicles racing past on the dirt road. I was already a little nervous… [Read more…]
December 18, 2011
by Tim Vollmer
Like all the greatest ideas, this one arrived over a cold beer. We were sitting in the garden of The Alex at Leura, having finished our trip through Fortress Canyon and visit to Dark’s Cave in quick time, having arrived just after 4pm. The weather, which had thankfully been much better than the forecast of showers, was… [Read more…]
December 18, 2011
by Tim Vollmer
Party: Tim Vollmer, Kosta Seiler, Sierra Classen, Todd Harford, Saul Richardson, Damian O’Connor, Phil Davey, Ross Davey and Barnaby Heaton – photos There was a chill in the air at Leura as we stood around waiting for the train to bring the last of the group. All week the weather forecast had been miserable, with… [Read more…]
December 15, 2011
by Tim Vollmer
Party: Tim ‘T2′ Vollmer, Tim ‘T1′ Gastineau-Hills, Lilian Donoso, Aleisha Kahn, Bron MacRaild and Maria Vamvouklis – T2′s photos | T1′s photos With heavy rain pounding down, temperatures barely out of the single digits and warnings of thunderstorms, we begrudgingly made the call to cancel the trip, figuring it was turning more into an epic than a simple beginner trip.… [Read more…]
December 3, 2011
by Tim Vollmer
Party: Tim Vollmer, Kosta Seiler, Sky Reidy, Todd Harford, Joshua Hill and Drew Morcom Night canyoning is a truly unique activity. The darkness completely changes the experience, making even the most familiar places seem alien. Add to that the millions of glow worms illuminating the rock walls, countless more stars twinkling in the sky above, the… [Read more…]
November 28, 2011
by Tim Vollmer
Party: Tim Vollmer and Joshua Hill — Rocky’s photos Despite a rainy week in the mountains the weather had completely cleared by Monday, offering us a spectacular sunny day which was the perfect weather for a fun morning splashing about in a short but beautiful canyon. Thanks to a change of roles at work, and… [Read more…]
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