For the first time this year, an abseiling induction is being held in suburban Sydney. It’s not a particularly interesting trip, but I thought I would leave this trip report for the reference of future trip leaders (and beginners looking to join one of these). Vincent and I have run two of the same sessions in the same location. For most…
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We set off for long gully campground just after 7:30am from the Bhundoo Bush Cottages which was our basecamp for the budfest weekend. After a brief examination of the map to make sure we were on the correct track because the Byangee Walls track also departs in the same vicinity we set off. We slowly started gaining elevation of a few hundred metres on the Kalianna Ridge trail which then continues as the castle walking trail once it hits the cliffline. From here…
Sometimes persistence pays! And some mountains demand that you “get it right” in order to climb them. And this was very much the case with The Castle, in the wild and rugged Budawang mountains on the mid South Coast. It might be only 820m in height but has 700m of that to climb up, and is regarded as one of the harder mountains in NSW to tackle. On two…
Most of met up at Central Station, and proceeded to Loftus, picking up Hiswaty along the way, and Cathie waiting at Loftus. Normally there is a gap of almost 20 minutes between the arrival of the train at Loftus, and the departure of the tram to National Park. This time the train was a few minutes late which whittled away at the time gap but we still thought that there was time to get a coffee at the cafe at Loftus and still get the tram. The cafe…
We had a leisurely Sunday start, leaving from the locked gate on Glenraphael Drive at 11.00. NPWS have erected a big sign to Castle Head about 700m further down the road, and we turned off, reaching Castle Head trig at 3km. The track continues less than 100m to the first anchor, a solid set of chains on four bolts. The first…
Everyone in the group were quick learners and abseiled correctly using a variety of descenders myself, Tony, April, Ted were using hydrobots while Savannah & Peter were using rappel racks. Just as we about to finish our last set of abseils on the 3 metre slab a small commercial group from the Australian School of Mountaineering came down so we negotiated with the guide which abseiling walls we would use to allow them to train their clients who were on a half day abseiling trip. We moved…
I took a punt on this Sunday being OK weather-wise even though there was a forecast if showers at some time. I was worried that maybe no one would join this walk, but 5 eventually did and got rewarded for it. And indeed I woke up to leaden skies and continual rain that morning. It didn’t…
Walls Lookout accessed from the Pierces Pass Picnic Area is one of the most exciting vantage points into the Grose Valley. The sheer size and beauty of the cliffs make it an incredible location, and an even more exciting abseil! https://goo.gl/maps/p5V3LEB1dH62 We were lucky enough to have on our trip Peter Baxter who is an IRATA level 3 (Industrial rope access supervisor) so it was a great opportunity for skill development. We stepped…
The Sydney University Bushwalkers (SUBW) are a bushwalking (hiking) club based at the University of Sydney but open to all. We are a way for people to come together for bushwalking, canyoning, skiing and social events. Many of our bushwalks are in the Blue Mountains and other national parks near Sydney.
