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Scrubby, Slippery, Nightmarish! 28 April 2025 The gully looked promising on paper… but we got into snags straight away! The proposed entry was possible without a nuisance abseil and getting wet. So we followed the cliffline but could not find anything until the end of the creek… The descent was slippery and steep: we snugged against the cliff and eventually came level with a small creek. It had looked scrubby from the top and it did not disappoint! We made […]
XXXXX 5 December 2024 This creek had been on my wish list for a long time. The upper section is nice and enclosed by cliffs. I was curious about the lower section… A few 100 metres in and the creek opened up, inviting the sun and the vegetation. There were a few interesting sections but nothing outstanding. In any case it was the right place to be on a hot sunny day!
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 […]
A NICE GULLY 7 June 2023 This was a last minute trip to explore a gully in the Blue Mountains. A ledge and a hand line led us down to a gully which sheltered a nice rainforest. After exploring the gully and its mostly dry waterfalls we made our way downstream until we were stopped by a pool of water which, sensibly, none of us wanted to cross – this will be a summer project. We found an exit up […]
