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 […]