Party: Tim Vollmer, Tim Gastineau-Hills, John Lieberth, Stephen Sheehan, Adrian Spragg and very briefly Joshua Hill — T2′s photos | T1′s photos | Adrian’s photos For a week the weather forecasts had been steadily worsening, so that by the time we left we were pretty well guaranteed rain on every day of the walk. We made our… [Read more…]
June 11, 2011 by Tim Vollmer
Party: Tim Vollmer, Michelle Vollmer, Sky Reidy, Angie Bulic, Glenn Woerndle, Naomi Norris, Chee Wong and Nikita Rybak — photos I’d spent more than a month trying to find out what Michelle wanted to do for her birthday, so when she eventually asked for an easy overnight bushwalk I figured it was finally my chance to… [Read more…]
May 28, 2011 by Tim Vollmer
Party: Tim Vollmer, Nigel Butler, Mary Merlo, Lisa Jonas – photos I’d been itching for an overnight trip for a while, and a conversation with Rocky got me thinking about the Wild Dogs, so I decided to organise a trip to check out a few of the places on Dunphy’s sketch map that had intrigued me. A… [Read more…]
Party: Bjorn, Emma With a short cowardly email, the adventurous Easter plans of the Fat Canyoners Club dissipated late on Friday night, a mere seven hours before the train was to take me up into the Mountains. There was a no call to check I’d received the notice of the pikers desertion, with a fleeting … [Read more…]
October 2, 2010 by Tim Vollmer
Despite deteriorating whether forecasts, which increasingly promised showers for the long weekend, I was determined to head out on the PBT having missed it the last two years. The PBT, or President’s Bludge Trip, is an annual tradition of the Sydney Uni Bushwalkers, dating back to the early 70′s. This year it lacked the patronage… [Read more…]
September 4, 2010 by Tim Vollmer
Party: Tim Vollmer, Kosta Seiler, Mariacristina (Mary) Merlo, Tracey Bullivant, John Lieberth, Floor (Fleur) Frings – photos With the weatherman promising heavy rain and strong winds, it was only the hardiest of souls who dared make the early morning trek out to Newnes ready to set off and explore the Red Rocks. Suboir president Bjorn… [Read more…]
August 14, 2010 by Tim Vollmer
Party: Tim Vollmer, Michelle Vollmer, Melissa Freer, Katy Harrington, Guy Tannenbaum, Matt Kempf, Tanja Roeske and Sandra Schrenk - photos Michelle had been nagging me to organise another easy overnight trip after Orange Bluff and given it was my birthday over the weekend I thought it was a perfect time to oblige. It didn’t take much… [Read more…]
July 24, 2010 by Tim Vollmer
Party: Peter Raines, Tim Vollmer, Kate Lord, Mitch Isaacs, Jo Boyd, Mariacristina Merlo, Lisa Jonas, John Pillans, Nigel Butler – photos Donkey Mountain had been one of those trips I’d talked about but somehow never got around to doing. Not because it was hard, or hard to get to – if anything it seemed a little too easy to access… [Read more…]
June 5, 2010 by Tim Vollmer
Party: Tim Vollmer, Michelle Vollmer, Tim Gastineau-Hills, Joshua Hill, Melissa Freer, Marta Bello, Joe Parkin and Michael Rose — photos It’s not every day you get to see a UFO on the way to a trip, but as we sped towards Kanangra Walls — about an hour before sunrise — we experienced exactly that, with a… [Read more…]
May 22, 2010 by Tim Vollmer
Party: Tim Vollmer, Phil Davey, Damian O’Connor, Ian Wallace, Julian van Wel, Steve Hony – photos Despite being only a few hours walk from Katoomba, and about an hour off one of the busiest tourist bushwalks in the Blue Mountains, Cedar Creek is an incredible spot that has been barely touched by man. Just south of… [Read more…]
December 12, 2009 by Tim Vollmer
Party: Tim Vollmer, Tim Gastineau-Hills, Nigel Butler, Michael Rose, Hemant Nisar – photos After a wild week where the final numbers swung around between two and more than ten, five of us finally made the Friday night journey down to the Budawangs, about 40kms inland from Ulladulla. In true bushwalking style, carpooling with a group of people… [Read more…]
June 27, 2009 by Tim Vollmer
Party: Annie Cote, Diana Godess, Mila Moutinho, Sky Reidy, Tim Vollmer, Tom Tramby Despite steadily improving weather forecasts, the last week saw the party halve in size with work, family, illness and general softness meaning just six intrepid explorers set out on along Narrowneck on Saturday morning. A smooth start to the day, with everyone… [Read more…]
May 22, 2009 by Tim Vollmer
Friday, 22 May 2009 - Party: Tim ‘Wombat’ Vollmer, Joshua ‘Rocky’ Hill, Huey – photos After several days of rain, flooding up north and promises of more rain to come, two foolhardy souls decided to push ahead with a three day stroll out from Kanangra. The drive out on Friday morning started with light drizzle, slowly… [Read more…]
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