Browsing Category Adventures
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Adventures 6
Jellybean Pool: the Bondi of the Blue Mountains
Don’t be put off by the huge crowds that can gather here on a hot afternoon: Jellybean Pool, near Glenbrook in the Blue Mountains National Park, is a ...
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Adventures 0
Full Traverse: Climbing Out of the Grose Valley
What do you get when you combine a 12km walk, 1km bush-bash up a steep slope and a 270m multi-pitch climb up Bunny Bucket Buttress? The Full Traverse of ...
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The Moment 0
Back-burnt scribbly gums, Cowan
A ghostly stand of scribbly gums stand stark against a blackened, back-burnt landscape. Emerging from a gorgeous but steep creek gully, John, Garry and I arrived at the outskirts of ...
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Adventures 2
Into the Cathedral: Lower Bowens Creek North Canyon
Find out why the Blue Mountains is a canyoning mecca… With a few friends, I jumped into my first ever canyon this year. And now I’m a convert: ...
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The Moment 2
Rock Warbler, Karloo Pools
I had just finished the steep descent from Heathcote Station to Karloo Pools when a solitary, playful rock warbler flitted out and landed a few feet away – ...
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Adventures 5
Wrenched into space: an induction to multi-pitch climbing (Part 1)
With a flick, I managed to free our abseil ropes from a wedge between a small ridge of rock spires and the cliff face. Tension released, the ropes, ...
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Adventures 1
Recall of the Wild
I’ve loved being outdoors for as long as I can remember but it hasn’t been a constant thing. The biggest catalyst was an overnight hike into the Snowy ...
