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bushwalking Posted onJuly 8, 2012April 15, 2024

Mount Solitary (via the back door)

Party: Bjorn Sturmberg, Tim (T2) Vollmer and Tom Morris For a kilometre or more the rocky knife-edge continued, cliffs of different sizes…

bushwalking Posted onJuly 1, 2012April 15, 2024

Three heads are better than one

Party: Tim Vollmer, Angie Bulic and Joshua Hill — Rocky’s photos | T2’s photos Winter is a wonderful time to be…

canyoning, caving Posted onJune 23, 2012April 15, 2024

Bungonia SCA — A bit of this and a bit of that…

Party: Sky Reidy, Todd Harford, Mariacristina (Mary) Merlo, Ulla Heikkila, Amanda Walasik, Jeremy Rossy, Tony Ruzek, Julie Huang and Victoria Benz — Todd’s photos | Mary’s photos…

bushwalking Posted onJune 9, 2012April 15, 2024

Searching the Wollemi for Aboriginal art

Party: Tim “keep up or die” Vollmer, Pete “packhorse” Ridgeway, Sky “$2.5k” Reidy, Mary “midnight run” Merlo, Joshua “bear” Hill, Melissa…

bushwalking Posted onJune 2, 2012April 15, 2024

Return to Donkey Mountain

Party: Tim (T2) Vollmer, Michelle Vollmer, Ulla Heikkila, Christian Wilson, Jeremie Rossy, Carola Benzing, Monica Wong, Annie Cote, Barry Vincent and Peggy Huang — photos by…

general discussion Posted onMay 31, 2012April 15, 2024

Action needed to stop hunting in National Parks

For more than 80 years bushwalkers have been at the forefront of conserving Australia’s most precious wild places. Whether scrounging…

canyoning Posted onMay 28, 2012April 15, 2024

A chilly trip through Dalpura Canyon

Party: Tim (T2) Vollmer, Tony Ruzek, Scott Moores and Matt Holland — photos It was just three days before winter. As I…

nude Posted onMay 9, 2012November 22, 2017

A nude day walk in the Blue Mountains

The weather forecast had been spectacular all week — clear blue skies and above-average temperatures — but the reality as…

technical tips Posted onMay 5, 2012November 22, 2017

Do you need to retire carabiners that have been dropped

This is a controversial topic that comes up every so often and which, due to the often singular importance of…

bushwalking Posted onMay 5, 2012April 15, 2024

Exploring the lower Grose River and Linden Ridge

Party: Tim (T2) Vollmer, Mary Merlo and Grant Billen — T2′s photos | Mary’s photos If you mention the Grose River to most…

rock climbing Posted onApril 25, 2012April 15, 2024

Wolgan Valley Climbing (or how Bjorn again almost died…)

It would take more than Anzac day falling in the middle of the week this year to deny us a…

bushwalking Posted onApril 23, 2012April 15, 2024

Empire Pass and the North Lawson waterfalls

Party: Tim Vollmer, Terence Nhan, Dyson, Uriah and Amani — T2′s photos As we drove up the mountains, through constant drizzle, it…

technical tips Posted onApril 19, 2012October 6, 2020

Purcell Prusik (an extendable cowstail safety line)

This is a neat way of making an extendable safety line that I picked up off a friend of a…

reviews Posted onApril 18, 2012November 8, 2019

Book review: Canyons Near Sydney (5th edition)

Canyons near Sydney (5th Edition)Author: Rick JamiesonCost: $16.50 from CanyonGear.com.au UPDATED REVIEW: January 2019 A lot has changed since I…

reviews Posted onApril 16, 2012December 16, 2019

Review: Edelrid Canyon 9mm static floating rope

UPDATE: If you are looking to buy a rope for canyoning, have a read of our detailed post discussing what…

canyoning Posted onApril 7, 2012April 15, 2024

A secret canyon and abseiling Boars Head

Party: Tim (T2) Vollmer, Sky Reidy, Adrian Spragg, Tony Ruzek, Chee (Sarah) Wong, Peggy Huang, Bjorn Sturmberg, Emma Spencer and Tui Swinnen…

bushwalking Posted onMarch 31, 2012April 15, 2024

Kangaroo Valley and Drawing Room Rocks

Party: Tim Vollmer, Mariacristina (Mary) Merlo and Ulla Heikkilä Pulling in to the Bendeela campground, it looked like the trip had…

bushwalking Posted onMarch 16, 2012April 15, 2024

A secret waterhole near Faulconbridge

Party: Tim Vollmer, Michelle Vollmer, Terence Nhan, Yumi Hong, Anne-Françoise de Taillandier, Linda Diab, Peggy Huang — T2′s photos I love bushwalking sketch maps. They come from a…

reviews Posted onMarch 4, 2012April 15, 2024

Review: 5.10 Canyoneer 2

UPDATE: Five Ten is no longer producing specialist canyoning footwear, and has discontinued a number of shoes including the Canyoneer…

nude Posted onFebruary 27, 2012April 15, 2024

Why Don’t We Do It In The Road: nude

Driving into Mt Wilson, it felt like we’d gone through a time warp. As we drove along the road we…

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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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