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…]
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…]
September 4, 2011 by Tim Vollmer
Party: Tim Vollmer, Tim Gastineau-Hills, Mitch Isaacs (for the easy part), and about 80 other bushwalkers (again for the easy part only!) — T2′s photos | T1′s photos With an unseasonably hot sun bearing down through the crisp spring sky, about 80 bushwalkers joined in a chorus of “The People’s Flag” — an old socialist classic… [Read more…]
September 3, 2011 by Tim Vollmer
Party: Tim, Michelle, Dyson, Uriah and Amani Vollmer, Leah Charlson, Natascha Rohr and Meredith Thomas Challenging bushwalks that take you to far away places can be wonderful, but it is amazing how much beauty can still be found close to suburbia, tucked just a short stroll away from the hustle and bustle. My aim was to head to… [Read more…]
August 28, 2011 by Tim Vollmer
Party: Tim Vollmer, Peggy Huang, Sarah Chan, Diana Ocampo, Daniel Arnesson, Jiri and Cat Svec, Chee Wong, Lilian Donoso, Chantal Bronkhorst, Melanie Luxem and Andrew Randall — T2′s photos I remember collapsing onto hands and knees — fighting back the urge to vomit as the adrenaline surged through my body — before composing myself and pulling out… [Read more…]
Party: Rocky (Joshua Hill), my existential and physical pain, and some other guys… I would like to give my perspective on the apparent controversy of me (Joshua) walking out alone from Squatting Rock Gap, to Yerranderie. First off I would like to clear up the issue of me “blacking out…on the decent”. This was not the… [Read more…]
June 26, 2011 by Tim Vollmer
Party: Tim Gastineau-Hills, Tracey Bullivant, Tim Vollmer, Stephen Sheehan, Pete Raines, Nigel Butler, Joshua Hill, Mary Merlo — photos When you think about the ways a canyoning trip can go horribly wrong, your mind normally goes to things like thunderstorms, snake bites, rock falls or rope jams. But for all those potential disasters, there is… [Read more…]
June 19, 2011 by Tim Gastineau-Hills
Party: Tim (T1), Tracey I cast the mind back to January 2010 and the birth of the Fat Canyoners Club, from “the deranged ramblings of a multi-day canyoning trip” in Bungleboori Creek North Branch. Despite not quite meeting the ahhh… profile of a Fat Canyoner, I was happy to accept honorary membership of this exclusive… [Read more…]
June 5, 2011 by Tim Gastineau-Hills
Party: Tim (T1), Tracey What is mysterious about Mystery Mountain? Is it something about the imposing rocky head, 370m above Newnes and the Wolgan River? Is it the interesting collection of pagodas, which you can scramble up fairly easily, but only to spot a taller one nearby? Well, it’s none of those and all of… [Read more…]
June 5, 2011 by Tim Vollmer
Party: Tim Vollmer, Bjorn Sturmberg, Stephen Sheehan, Adrian Spragg, Peggy Huang, Lilian Donoso — photos When I was first grabbed by the idea of exploring all the passes of Narrowneck I knew of just eight. By the end of this trip a dozen had been completed, at least another two uncovered and few areas on this… [Read more…]
Party: Kosta, Mary, Mel, Peggy, Scott, Sky – Mary’s photos After leaving Sydney during some misty weather, this turned out to be a beautiful day up in the Blue Mountains. The original plan was to do two abseiling trips down Malaita Point and Wall, but we decided to replace Malaita Point with a Boars Head Rock… [Read more…]
May 19, 2011 by Tim Gastineau-Hills
Party: Tim Gastineau-Hills, Fiona Knox, Stacey Ly Here’s a change from the norm – a trip that’s not a bushwalk, not a canyon, and only a bit bushy! This is very civilised, easy cycling in scenic, subalpine northeast Victoria. Just perfect for an FCC trip. When an old friend of mine [a keen canyoner and… [Read more…]
Party: Bjorn Sturmberg, Tim Vollmer, Tim Gastineau-Hills, Joshua Hill, Pete Raines, Kosta Seiler – photos Joshua, T2, T1 Pierces, T1 Bridal After weeks if not months of bad weather we got a sunny mild Sunday that had us in high, if somewhat nervous spirits as we headed down the track at 9:30am to ‘the base jumpers… [Read more…]
January 23, 2011 by Tim Vollmer
Party: Tim Vollmer, Bjorn Sturmberg, Tim Gastineau-Hills, Saul Richardson, Kosta Seiler and Sky Reidy - photos UPDATE: Since doing this trip I have been contacted by Graeme Holbeach, who did the first ascent of Rock Pile Pass in 1988, to tell me the pass we did is not the true Rock Pile. We will do the real… [Read more…]
October 25, 2010 by Tim Gastineau-Hills
Party: Tim “T1″ Gastineau-Hills, Kosta Seiler Kosta and I were at Newnes overnight, after an epic trip with Joshua through Devils Pinch Canyon. The plan today was to duck up onto Newnes Plateau and check out River Caves, a reconnaissance mission before the second beginners abseiling and canyoning weekend. Some careful navigation through the state… [Read more…]
Party: Bahereh, Chait, Mike, Kosta With Fiona bailing out due to too much Saturday night action, the four of us met up on the train to Wentworth Falls where we started our walk. The first leg of our trip was following down Jamison Creek all the way from the station to the magnificent Wentworth Falls… [Read more…]
August 23, 2010 by Tim Vollmer
Party: Tim Vollmer – photos Lindeman Pass has been at the back of my mind for a while, and I’d become keener to walk it since finally picking up Jim Smith’s excellent book about a track which lay almost forgotten for much of the past century thanks to short-sighted politics, xenophobia, and penny pinching. I… [Read more…]
July 18, 2010 by Tim Vollmer
Party: Tim Vollmer, Joshua Hill, Bjorn Sturmberg, Felix Lawrence, Camille Paoletti - photos Despite a long-time desire to spend a bit of time knocking over the passes of Narrow Neck – which are steeped in more bushwalking history than just about anywhere else in Australia – my trips always seem to overlook the area and involve more remote… [Read more…]
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