Over summer, whenever there has been rain or the forecast for the weekend ahead looks ominous there is an inevitable…
Author: T2
There are two universal truths about the Australian bush: it is breathtaking beautiful and potentially deadly. Whether snakes, spiders, bushfires,…
One of the few pieces of gear that is absolutely necessary on every trip is a topographic map. On many…
UPDATE: I originally wrote this review in 2012, just after purchasing the Optimus Crux Lite stove. For the past five…
Party: T2, Bron, Patrick, Murray Each time I drive through the Capertee Valley, heading to the canyons around Glen Davis,…
Graham Wootton, an active member of the Sydney University Bushwalkers in the 1960s and early ‘70s, recently scanned some of…
When massive bushfires raced through parts of the Blue Mountains last month, wilderness areas on the Newnes Plateau and in…
Party: Tim Vollmer, Tom Morris, Kate Christianson and Tony Ruzek — photos It had been almost four years since I’d visited…
After a failed attempt to get to Mt Wilson to help with the bushfire cleanup — when a bout of…
Party: Tim ‘T2’ Vollmer, Bjorn Sturmberg and Tom Murtagh It was just after 7am when I pulled into Leura to pick…
FreezeFest was much bigger this year, with quite a few trips taking place over the weekend, so each canyon has been…
Party: T2, Joshua, Drew, Peggy, Albert, Emma, Tom, Shaun, Helen, Grant, Mike, Andres, Fritz, Sky, Mon, Ulla, Nicola, Prab, Kshitij, Ian,…
Party: Tim Vollmer, Michelle Vollmer, Joan Chan, Leah Cave, Andres Albornoz and Hannah Thiele — T2’s photos The weather forecast wasn’t great. In fact,…
Party: Tim Vollmer, Grant Billen, Sam Chorazy, Ulla Heikkilä, Andres Albornoz and Naser Ghobadzadeh — T2’s photos The June long…
Wet canyons can be extremely cold places, especially when they are more technical and require lots of time spent pulling…
For the last year or two I’ve been on the hunt for the perfect canyoning shoe. Seeking out the right…
Party: Christian Wilson, Michael Kennedy, Michael Arrell and Tim Vollmer — Christian’s photos | T2’s photos – Trip report by Christian Wilson: Russells Needle. Google it…
The proposal to raise Warragamba Dam is like a political zombie — a bad idea that despite being buried almost…
Party: Tim Vollmer, Jeremie Rossy, Joshua Hill, Tom Begić and Pete Harvey I’m not one for “ticking off canyons” — that…
Party: Tim, May, Joshua, Mike, Jeremy, Leah, Martin and Emily With the sun baking down on our naked flesh, it…