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canyoning Posted onDecember 27, 2015December 11, 2017

Exploratory canyoning north of Glen Davis

Party: Felix, T2, Bron, Kshitij, Joshua, Kosta In recent years the period around New Years has been an opportunity for…

canyoning Posted onDecember 25, 2015November 22, 2017

A Claustral Christmas

Party: Mum, Dad, Me, Gumbshoe, Bugs, Kristian, Allie, Denis Written in alternating sentences by myself and Kristian We met up…

canyoning Posted onDecember 17, 2015November 22, 2017

Remoteish Newnes Canyoning

Party: David and Felix The two SUBW Newnes canyoning trips got merged into one so it ended up being four…

canyoning Posted onNovember 14, 2015November 16, 2017

Galah & Contradiction Canyons almost in a day

Party:  Leo Garnac, Felix Ossig-Bonanno, Tony Ruzek, Pierrette Michaux, Adrian Spragg Leo collected Adrian from Redfern Friday at 3pm …..…

bushwalking Posted onSeptember 13, 2015November 22, 2017

Nine Passes on Narrow Neck

Party: Yumi, Owen, Nuria and Felix (photos by Owen, Nuria and Felix) SUBW trip details: I had never really done much…

bushwalking Posted onAugust 29, 2015November 22, 2017

Medlow Meanderings

Party: Lauren, Michael, Claire, Tony, Yang, Anqi, Li-Jia and Felix (Photos: Yang and Felix) Lauren, Michael and I overnighted at…

bushwalking Posted onAugust 23, 2015December 17, 2017

Aboriginal Art / Engraving Walk in Ku-ring-gai Chase NP

Party: Katy, Lilian, Andrew,  YiLing, Zhan and Felix (photos by Felix) SUBW trip details Credit: Many thanks to Trevor Leaman…

bushwalking Posted onAugust 21, 2015April 15, 2024

Beating the weather on the Red Rocks

Date: 21-23/08/2015 Party: Ankit, Dave, Grant, Marty, Peter, Kosta The weather forecast wasn’t very promising with both the Bureau as…

bushwalking Posted onAugust 8, 2015April 15, 2024

Bagging the Wild Dog Mountains

Party: Adam, Ankit, Felix, Lilian, Rebecca, Kosta After we needed only 46 emails to sort out our car pooling and…

bushwalking Posted onJune 6, 2015April 15, 2024

A Gambol to Gospers

Party: Martyn Frappell, Felix Ossig-Bonanno, Peter Ridgeway, Damon Ward, Lauren O’Neill, Adrian Spragg, (Kristian Sturmberg) Martyn had dreamed of visiting…

canyoning Posted onDecember 21, 2014November 15, 2017

Danae Brook and Thurat Spires in a day

Party:  Adrian Spragg, Ian Houghton, Kimberly Spragg, Brendan Emery Adrian had planned Danae Brook and Thurat Spires back in March when he…

abseiling Posted onJuly 13, 2014April 15, 2024

Boars Head full moon abseil

Party: Sky Reidy, Kristian Sturmberg, Tim Vollmer, Monica Wong, Peggy Huang, Jon Urrejola, Stephen Sheehan, Kshitij Sahni, Helen Smith, Jeremie…

nude Posted onJune 24, 2014March 2, 2021

Nude Bushwalking: Going Bare to Nature

Earlier this year we were contacted by Victoria Ong, a young journalist in the final semester of a Master of Media…

bushwalking Posted onMay 14, 2014November 21, 2017

Three Peaks reconnaissance

Party: Jeremy Platt, Tom Morris and Bjorn Sturmberg A little while ago Tom and Jeremy got together and decided to…

technical tips Posted onApril 15, 2014April 15, 2024

What should be included in a canyoning first aid kit

Most people agree that a first aid kit should be taken on every trip you do in the bush. However,…

reviews Posted onApril 11, 2014November 17, 2017

Review: Mont Moondance 2 — a lightweight and versatile two person tent

A few years ago I needed to buy a new tent. This ended up being quite a time consuming task…

historical Posted onMarch 18, 2014March 5, 2018

Bushwalking and canyoning in the 1960s

Graham Wootton, an active member of the Sydney University Bushwalkers in the 1960s and early ‘70s, recently scanned some of…

canyoning Posted onMarch 16, 2014January 20, 2024

Corkscrew and Upper Bowens Creek South

Party:  Helen Margherita Smith, Kimberly Spragg and Adrian Spragg I had forgotten how beautiful Upper Bowens Creek South was until I…

nude Posted onMarch 9, 2014April 15, 2024

Nude bushwalk in the lower Blue Mountains

Party: T2, May, Sierra, Tully, Kristian, Sean, Gary, Ray, Natalie, Daniel, Chris, Sam, Siang, Tim, Awen and Jason Meet at 9:30am…

bushwalking Posted onMarch 2, 2014November 15, 2017

The Island and Clews Cave

Party: Emma Spencer and Tim Vollmer My first trip with the Sydney University Bushwalkers (SUBW) was an overnight amble to…

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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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