Party: Tim Vollmer, Tim Gastineau-Hills, Joshua Hill, Jack Gough, Mariacristina (Mary) Merlo, Diana María Ocampo, Adrian Spragg and Stephanie Spragg — Joshua’s photos | T1′s photos | T2′s photos By late winter it’s hard not to get a bit antsy for some canyoning, but it is still far too cold for anything involving swims or… [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…]
November 6, 2010 by Tim Vollmer
Party: Tim Vollmer (T2), Tim Gastineau-Hills (T1), Kosta Seiler, Mariacristina (Mary) Merlo, Denis (Boris) Alexandrov and Stephanie Spragg — Juggler photos, Grand photos and yet more photos As we pulled into the carpark at Zig Zag the thermometer on the car said it was just six degrees outside, while the thick fog and constant light drizzle… [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…]
September 25, 2010 by Tim Vollmer
Party: Tim Vollmer, Tim Gastineau-Hills, Joshua Hill, Kosta Seiler, Mike Gray, Melissa Freer, Louisa Vaupel, Peter Brotherhood, Angie Bulic, Fiona Knox, Saul Richardson, Charlotte Greig, Tamsin Lillie, Joe Parkin, Annie Cote, Henry Backman, Carina Lucchinelli, Guy Tannenbaum, Jarrett Cohen, Katie Hendry and oh-so-briefly Nigel Butler – a selection of everyone’s photos Missing gear, two injured… [Read more…]
September 20, 2010 by Tim Vollmer
Party: Wombat, Alfred, Rocky – photos With a huge number of people keen to come on our beginners canyoning weekend, I thought it might be wise to actually do some preparation for once. With Monday off work I figured I’d head out to the Newnes Plateau, check out the possible camp sites, look for some good… [Read more…]
May 8, 2010 by Tim Gastineau-Hills
Party: Tim “T1″ Gastineau-Hills, Dale Cotton, David Kyle, Glen Charlier With Dale visiting from the States – who in just a few short weeks has already seen some of the best Blue Mountains canyons – the hastily-made plan was to see a very different region and canyon. Plus, pack in a few caves and be… [Read more…]
April 18, 2010 by Tim Vollmer
Party: Tim Vollmer, Michelle Vollmer and Tim Gastineau-Hills – photos Michelle had made it through her first canyon, Fortress, without trouble a couple months earlier, so I was keen to find another easy canyon for her to hone her newfound abseiling skills on. She agreed to Yileen, thanks to the short walk in and relatively easy… [Read more…]
March 28, 2010 by Tim Vollmer
Party: Tim Vollmer (T2), Tim Gastineau-Hills (T1), Nigel Butler, Katerina Rnic, Nicole Van Malder, Sebastien Decerf – photos Thankfully Gaping Gill is the shortest canyon in the Claustral system, so despite our lazy start time of 9am, which was blown out of the water when T1′s Nokia mistakenly set his clock back for daylight saving,… [Read more…]
November 28, 2009 by Tim Vollmer
Party: Tim ‘Wombat’ Vollmer, Joshua ‘Rocky’ Hill, Marta Mojžíšová, Roger Austin – photos With bushfires keeping much of the Blue Mountains and Wollemi closed, we thought an exploratory walk was in order to ensure we stayed clear of the hoards. Thanks to some feedback from some kindly canyoners, our trip became less exploratory with handy… [Read more…]
October 16, 2009 by Tim Vollmer
Party: Tim ‘Alfred’ Gastineau-Hills, Tim ‘Wombat’ Vollmer, Joshua ‘Rocky’ Hill and Andy Fulton – photos We made the long trek down to Bungonia after work on Thursday night, gathering in the campground and setting up tents by about 10pm before setting off on our first cave. For Joshua and I it was our first time… [Read more…]
May 18, 2009 by Tim Vollmer
Monday, 18 May 2009 - Party: Tim ‘Wombat’ Vollmer and Joshua ‘Rocky’ Hill With a Monday free from work, we decided it was the perfect chance to squeeze in a trip to Newnes on a day where we could pretty much be guaranteed the place to ourselves, giving plenty of time to investigate the wonderful tunnel… [Read more…]
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