30/11/12
Party: Steph H, Neil H, Bas, Hester & Duncan.
Exams are over and it’s finally my first canyoning trip of the season! This canyon was quite dark and narrow but with the most amazing formations. Dad organised for me to go with his Bush walking group “Coastal Mountain Walkers” as a visitor.
Grade: 1 (easy), no abseils, wetsuits needed.
Track Notes:
Grade: 1 (easy), no abseils, wetsuits needed.
Track Notes:
We started to the left of the Mt Wilson’s Fire Station at 9am and followed the fire trail until the track entrance, which was an inconspicuous exit off to the right about 15 minutes down. From there there was a small track, of which towards the end we left. We bush bashed down the rest of the way to the entrance of the canyon where we then put on our wetsuits and jumped into the icy cold water! It was a shock to the system but shortly after the wetsuits kept us warm.
From there we walked and swam down the first stretch of the canyon until we reached the best part with some long swims through the dark canyon. We had lunch about midday, saw plenty of yabbies and plenty of blue tongue lizards on the way, and returned to the car before 4pm.
All in all a fabulous day and great re-introduction to the canyons of the Blue Mountains.
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| Steph, Neil & Duncan |
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| Neil & Steph in a narrow and deep swim |
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| Who's got who? A little yabbie |
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| Hester, Steph, Neil & Duncan |
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