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abseiling, canyoning Posted onMarch 31, 2023March 31, 2023

Baiyambora Gorge (SEQ QLD, Australia)

Party: Matthew (Matt) Tobolov, Shawn Rea and I Boycotting Summer Falls, I ended up spending part of my morning in…

canyoning Posted onOctober 30, 2022November 3, 2022

My First Weekend in SEQ’s Border Ranges

(well sort of my first) Before excepting a new position in Brisbane, I’d done a bit of research and identified…

bushwalking Posted onNovember 17, 2020April 15, 2024

Public access to spectacular Blue Mountains lookout threatened

In the lower Blue Mountains there’s a spectacular lookout that has somehow remained a mostly locals-only spot, despite offering panoramic…

canyoning Posted onAugust 4, 2020April 15, 2024

Saving Grace Canyon

(Written by myself. Edited by Owen) Party: Owen Minstler, Michael Blair, Nhân (Grace) Thái and IPhotos: Taken by a mix…

general discussion Posted onJune 29, 2020June 30, 2022

More than ever, nature needs a helping hand

It’s been a heartbreaking 12 months. Unprecedented bushfires burnt through much of the state — including the overwhelming majority of…

canyoning Posted onJune 22, 2020June 24, 2020

Two Tunnels

Party: Anna, James and I[This is an edited version of the original] I decided to explore two relatively remote creeks, it…

technical tips Posted onMay 30, 2020June 4, 2020

Viewing the Free GeoPDFs from SixMaps in Google Earth

Being locked up in hotel quarantine for two weeks gave me a decent amount of time to re-familiarise myself with…

bushwalking Posted onMay 27, 2020April 15, 2024

Vuelta al Cerró Huemul (El Chaltén, Argentina)

(AKA: The Huemul Circuit)(Originally posted here)Party: Mum, Dad and I Contents: Prelude Day 1 (Sun): El Chaltén to Laguna Túnel…

canyoning Posted onMay 23, 2020June 4, 2020

La Barrosa: a Partial Descent (Bajos del Toro, Costa Rica)

(Originally posted here)(Follow up media release here) Party : Daniele Rocchi & Scott Trescott (The Toros), Felix Ossig-Bonanno & Fernando…

bushwalking Posted onMay 23, 2020June 4, 2020

Circuito Dientes de Navarino (Magallanes, Chile)

(Originally published here) Party: Mum, Dad, Sis and I Dividing the island [of Isla Navarino] in two unequal halves, the craggy Cordón de los Dientes (with…

bushwalking Posted onFebruary 26, 2020

Traversing the Winburndale Range

After being pretty hopeless at publishing trip reports in recent years, I’ve decided to finalise a few from particularly memorable…

bushwalking Posted onFebruary 24, 2020February 27, 2020

An amble around Mt Airly

Party: T2 and Em Mt Airly is one of those places I’ve driven past, looked out at from distant peaks,…

canyoning Posted onFebruary 23, 2020

Centennial Glen Canyon (The Grotto)

Party: T2, Bron, Steph, Em, Gill One of the perks of living in the Blue Mountains is the ability to…

canyoning Posted onDecember 9, 2019December 9, 2019

Cañón Bonsai (Turrialba, Costa Rica)

Photos here : https://eclecticcats.wordpress.com/2019/11/26/canon-bonsai-turrialba-costa-rica/ After a lazy day on the Río Pejebaye (fish-bay in the indigenous language) with Desiree, we…

canyoning Posted onDecember 9, 2019December 9, 2019

Río Seco (Bajos del Toro, Costa Rica)

Río Seco (Bajos del Toro, Costa Rica) Photos here : https://eclecticcats.wordpress.com/2019/11/20/rio-seco-bajos-del-toro-costa-rica/ Too much water, and not enough rope… Party: Fernando…

canyoning Posted onDecember 9, 2019December 9, 2019

Nonequito (Turrialba, Costa Rica)

Photos here : https://eclecticcats.wordpress.com/2019/12/07/nonequito-turrialba-costa-rica/ Out of all the cañoning routes in Costa Rica, Nonequito must be the one I’ve spent…

canyoning Posted onDecember 9, 2019December 9, 2019

Ciudad Esmeralda (Ciudad Quesada, Costa Rica)

Party : Fernando y yo. After meeting up with Scott, and grabbing a rope, we headed to the old bridge…

canyoning Posted onNovember 26, 2019November 26, 2019

Cañón Sitio Mata (Turrialba, Costa Rica)

Party (11): Pipo, Rebecca, Fernando Freire Tirado, Erick Farinas, Fernanda, Jess Villalba, Meilyn Mange, Mónica Gutiérrez, Nacho, Victor Ayular y…

canyoneering Posted onNovember 24, 2019November 25, 2019

Cañóns Juan Viñas y Chirraca (Turrialba, Costa Rica)

Party: Fernando Freire Tirado, Danny Calderón Ballestero y yo. I woke a second time when Fernando’s alarm sounded. I could…

Uncategorized Posted onOctober 26, 2019April 15, 2024

Volcano Boarding (Nicaragua)

The volcano boarding on Sierra Negro was pioneered by an Australian (though a local told me their fathers had done…

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The Fat Canyoners acknowledge the traditional custodians of the land we have the privilege of bushwalking and canyoning on. We take great pride knowing that we live on country that sustains the oldest continuous culture on earth and thank the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people for their ongoing role as custodians of this land. Read more...

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