Party: Trang, Kshitij, Nicol, Karen, Albert, Peggy – Albert’s photos of Malaita Point / Albert’s photos of Boars Head / Kshitij’s photos of Malaita Point In April I ran a two day trip with the aim of abseiling Malaita Point, Malaita Wall and Boars Head. But before I begin recounting my trip, I want to share with … Continue reading »
Party: Lilian, Albert, Peggy – Albert Chetcuti’s photos If you have done the Ruined Castle walk and looked north towards Narrow Neck you would have noticed a predominate headland reaching out from the eastern cliff line of the Neck. Known as Castle Head, this forms some of the western cliff surrounding the spectacular Jamison Valley. The … Continue reading »
Party: Karen, Terry, Eva, Silvia, Albert, Peggy – Albert Chetcuti’s photos What better way to spend Good Friday than up to the mountains. After an action packed morning of other activities — including flipping on a giant trampoline — we drove up to the Blue Mountains. After putting on our wetsuits and gearing up we headed … Continue reading »
Party: Sky Reidy, Ulla Heikkilä, Monica Wong, Chee Wong, Elissa James and Peter DeBartolo — Mon’s photos Ulla, Mon and I were looking for a fun and easy trip and settled on Castle Head. It had been proposed as a potential night abseil, so it seemed prudent to do a daylight reconnaissance first. Out went … Continue reading »
Party: Tim Vollmer, Jeremie Rossy, Joshua Hill, Tom Begić and Pete Harvey I’m not one for “ticking off canyons” — that sort of conquest mentality really rubs me the wrong way — but I am someone who notices lingering gaps on my maps; those places that I’ve wanted to go for a long time, but for … Continue reading »
Party: Karen, Terry, Tony P, Silvia, Eva, Peggy, Albert, Lilian, Cathy and Chee – Albert’s photos When my friend Karen left Australia for a year to study in Japan, I organised a farewell trip for her to Paradise Pool. This was so she could have a last experience of the beautiful Australian bush before she left the … Continue reading »
Party: Tim Vollmer, Mary Merlo, Lilian Castillo, Tom Begić, Chee Wong, Andres Albornoz and Emma Spencer Good canyoning weather has been in short supply recently. So when the forecast started offering a window of warmer sunny days I decided to grab hold of one, even if it was a work day. Mary had also been really keen to squeeze … Continue reading »
Party: Adrian Spragg, Mariacristina (Mary) Merlo, Helen Margherita Smith and Kosta Seiler Last year’s week of canyoning in the Coorongooba Labyrinth was the highlight of 2012 for me and I was so looking forward to getting back to the region this year on T2’s planned six day trip. Mary and I had three days of canyoning out of … Continue reading »
Party: Tim Vollmer, Mary Merlo, Todd Harford, Michael Arrell, Dave Lee, Adrian Spragg, Emma Spencer, Bjorn Sturmburg (with Nicole and Oli as base-camp support crew) So when Sydney has its hottest day ever (global warming anyone…), where better to be than a canyon, right? Except when that canyon requires you to climb several hundred metres up an … Continue reading »
Party: Kosta, Chee, Chris, Oliver, Josephine, Enrique, Luke, Stephanie, Andres, George, Ekaterina Normally I try to run a beginner canyoning weekend towards the beginning of the season. However, this year it got pushed back further and further until I finally decided to take literally the last weekend of 2012 to make it happen. Going in … Continue reading »
Party: Tim Vollmer, Joshua Hill, Kosta Seiler, Jeremie Rossy and Dave ‘Fritz’ Lee — photos A couple years back, as I abseiled down beside the massive 150m waterfall at the start of Kanangra Main, I remember looking across to the other side at the dark, ominous slot. I didn’t know anything about the route, or what … Continue reading »
Party: Sky Reidy, Ulla Heikkil, Monica Wang and Peggy Huang – Monica’s photos Individually Jugglers, Grand and Empress Canyons all have their merits but in combination these three pack a punch! After a somewhat chaotic start, which involved picking up ropes at North Richmond (kindly lent by Todd Harford), buying three trays of mangos and driving … Continue reading »
