Category Archives: NSW

Teddys Hut

Monday 4/09/2017 Cascade Trail Carpark – Teddys Hut

Kosciuszko National Park, NSW

Ngarigo country

Participants: Stephen Davies (Photos), Sue Davies (Report)

This day trip can be done in summer or winter (on skis or snow shoes). It follows the Cascade trail and then the Thredbo River on a scenic trip to an historic Snowy Mountains drovers hut.

Wild brumbies are often seen in this area. The easiest access to the trailhead is to drive past the Thredbo ski resort to the Cascade Trail car park below Dead Horse Gap.

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Starlight Trail – Wattle Ridge – Troys Creek – Emmets Flat

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Sunday 28/05/2017 Wattle Ridge – Troys Creek – Emmets Flat

Starlight Trail, Nattai National Park, NSW

Gundungurra country

Participants: Penny Ackery, Mel Ardern (Leader), Stephen Davies (Photos), Sue Davies (Report), Ron Hutchings, Max McLean

This walk is accessed via Wattle Ridge Road from the small township of Hilltop. It is a circuit partly off track with some scrambling, bushbashing and track negotiation required. There is a picturesque lookout above the valley of Troys Creek and some impressive sandstone cliffs with bellbird songs in the background along the valley floor.

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Yarramummun Fire Trail – Boolijah Creek – Ettrema Wilderness

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30/04/2017 Yarramummun Fire Trail – Boolijah Creek

Ettrema Wilderness, NSW

Participants: Stephen Davies (Photos), Sue Davies (Report)

Steve and I had decided a return trip to Boolijah Creek was in order as we had really enjoyed it when we did it four years ago. Time seemed to have dulled our memories of how tough it was!

The start of the walk is located on a small side track off the Yarramunmun Fire Trail, which is accessed via the Nerriga road. Apart from a stroll in along the fire trail the walk is completely off track with no defined path. The clamber down the creek gives good views of cascades and waterfalls, the most pleasant being the large pool at the lowest section of the creek reached on the walk. Continue reading →

Long Gully – Byangee Mountain

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23/04/2017 – 25/04/2017 Long Gully – Byangee Mountain return

Morton National Park, NSW

Yuin country

Distance: 29km Total Ascent: 1400m Total Descent: 1400m Time: 10 hours

Participants: Beth Davies, Stephen Davies (Photos), Sue Davies (Report), Cristina O’Gorman, Darren Masey

The old folks (Steve and Sue) took the young ones (Beth, Cristina and Darren) on an overnight adventure, including Cristina who had never been camping before. We arrived at Long Gully campground on Sunday afternoon and set up camp ahead of the young ones who arrived to the luxury of tents erected, sleeping bags out and dinner ready. The campground was the most crowded we had seen it as after all it was a long weekend. After the day trippers left, however, we had a peaceful evening and enjoyed a campfire on a clear calm warm evening.

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Southern Alps – Mt Stilwell – Upper Snowy River – Blue Lake – Albina Pass – Perisher Valley

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2/08/2016 – 6/08/2016 Southern Alps Lodge – Charlotte Pass

Kosciuszko National Park, NSW

Ngarigo country

Distance: 78km Total Ascent: 3150m Total Descent: 3150m Time: 25 hours

Participants: Stephen Davies (Photos), Sue Davies (Report, Photos)

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Dead Horse Gap – Mount Townsend – Rams Head

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4/9/2016 – 7/9/2016 Dead Horse Gap – Mount Townsend – Rams Head

Kosciuszko National Park, NSW

Ngarigo country

Distance: 41km Total Ascent: 2470m Total Descent: 2470m

Time: 20 hours Track Info

Participant: Stephen Davies (Report, Photos)

After watching the weather for a few days, a good part of this week appeared promising. So Sunday afternoon saw me departing Dead Horse Gap just after 2:00pm with the aim of camping at the top of the ridge just north of South Rams Head. Maybe I could get really lucky and catch some Aurora Australis as last night had produced a good display in the Northern Hemisphere and it was expected to linger.

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Dead Horse Gap – South Rams Head – Thredbo Ridge – Mt Kosciuszko

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10/8/2016 – 16/8/2016 Dead Horse Gap to Mount Kosciuszko return, Rams Heads and Horse Flat area

Kosciuszko National Park

Ngarigo country

Distance: 75km Total Ascent: 4770m Total Descent: 4770m

Time: 42 hours Track Info

Participants: Damien Aggio (Leader), George Copeland (3 days), Stephen Davies (Report, Photos), Michael Mieczkowski (4 days)
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Charlotte Pass – Rawsons Pass – Carruthers Peak – Watsons Crags – Mt Guthrie

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11/9/2016 – 16/9/2016 Day trips out of Southern Alps Lodge, Charlotte Pass

Kosciuszko National Park, NSW

Ngarigo country

Distance: 71km Total Ascent: 4100m Total Descent: 4100m Time: 28 hours Track Info

Participants: Angela Barton, Margaret Bat, Jopie Bodegraven, Derrick Brown, George Copeland (12/9-16/9), Helen Cromb, Karen Darby, Stephen Davies (Report, Photos), Trish Elmore, Bill Filson, Jaclyn Fletcher, Bill Fordyce, Geoff Kelly, Tim Hager, John Hardy, Neil Hichson, Gina Hopkins, Bob Horder, Ian & Caroline Houghton, Kathy Husselbee, Tracey Johnson, Sheila McDowall, Merilynl Metzenthen, Bill Metzenthen, Tony Murphy, Gordon Newell, Maggie Pavlou, Colin Ridley (Leader), Marianne Watt, Robert Webber, David Whittle, Peter Whittle, Graeme Wood, Rhonda Wood

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