Monthly:November 2024
Multi-Agency VR Practice 30 November 2024 Today’s training was a treat! The Blue Mountains SES Vertical Rescue team and BSAR had a joint training session with Blue Mountains Police Rescue and the NSW Ambulance’s Special Operations Team (SOT). Police Rescue demonstrated the use of what they called a game changer in their operations: the battery-powered personnel winch! The winch can be installed on the rope or at the anchor. This model can take the 8 mm lightweight rope. The range […]
A Peaceful Rainforest 23 November 2024 Another creek exploration on a hot day! Not knowing what to expect, we carried the abseiling gear… A bit of navigation and a bit of contouring and we arrived to a spur overlooking a tributary. We walked across the compulsory swamp and looked for an access to the creek: there were none! We then searched for an anchor and found a lonely gum tree. Accessing the base of the tree took some effort but […]
Rainforest Magic 17 November 2024 The beauty of the Linden area is slowly growing in me. This walk promised rainforest and a pleasant creek so I signed up, secretly hoping for a waterfall… We followed a ridge and eventually found a way through the numerous small clifflines down to a tributary of Linden creek. This was a typical rainforest creek in a coachwood forest setting including some lonely turpentine trees. It was easy to follow but alas, no waterfall! We […]
Secret Wild Swimming Spots 10 November 2024 Not one secret swimming hole spot but at least four! The water is divine, the cliff setting unforgettable but there is a catch! Three kilometres of bush-bashing, plenty of vines and scrub, cliff negotiating and a 350 m ascent including a steep 150 m ascent complete with a thick layer of lawyer vine! It took us three hours or so to reach a small creek and by that time, it was getting hot! […]
Numantia Falls: Leech Paradise? 8 November 2024 Victory Track is one of the many tracks under the Blue Mountains Council control that is affected by a “partial temporary closure” since 2022. Temporary: lasting for only a limited period of time; not permanent (Oxford Languages). What are the odds that next year at the same time. the track will still be temporary closed? I was on a mission to find a waterfall in the area so we had to get creative […]
Warrimoo Lookouts 6 November 2024 The mid and lower mountains are so different from the Upper Mountains: lots of rocks and many large trees! This short walk is following the cliffline at the end of Greens Road Fire Trail. Great views of Martins Lookout, Bunyan Lookout, Lost World Lookout and Glenbrook Creek. Perfect walk for a forecasted hot day!
