I thought the Totem Pole would have been bigger

Posted on February 13, 2026 by marilyn

TASMANIA – CAPE HAUY – 13 February 2026
Perhaps it wasn’t smart booking a walk up to the edge of a cliff on black Friday (what could go wrong?) … but it turned out that nothing bad happened – other than walking up and down a gazillion steps! Continue reading →

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Next level day walk!

Posted on February 12, 2026 by marilyn

TASMANIA – CAPE RAOUL – 12 February 2026
A year ago, I did the Three Capes multi day walk with Beth.  The last day had a side-trip to Cape Hauy – an 8k bounce trip that you could by-pass.  I decided to give it a miss (an 18k day had the potential to escalate into “survival” mode).  I determined that if I came back to Tassi I’d do Cape Hauy as a day trip.  So, I’m back in Tassi and have booked in to do Cape Hauy, but then I though “what about Cape Roaul, it’s supposed to be pretty spectacular”. Continue reading →

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Lessons to be learned

Posted on February 12, 2026 by marilyn

MOUNTAIN LAGOON – January 31 – February 1, 2026
The first weekend in February, John G puts on a special trip to celebrate his birthday.  This year he’s turning 60, so he had planned an overnight walk.  The destination was on my wish list so I quickly booked in, as did two of my bushwalking friends, Heather and Jeff, we’d be returning to a campsite that we’d stumbled upon 5 years ago. Continue reading →

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Looks like there’s an environmental warrior out there!

Posted on January 11, 2026 by marilyn

CENTRAL COAST – 11 January 2026
Taking advantage of a cool-ish day (after a heatwave), I suggested to Trish M that I show her were Mooney Cave and the Romanesque pools were in the Somersby area. We were brainstorming a social event.  Trish’s partner Peter joined us for what would only be a two hour walk.   Not even half blog-worthy right? Continue reading →

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Car to Car – 11+ hours

Posted on January 6, 2026 by marilyn

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BLUE MOUNTAINS NP – 6 January 2026
The first canyon I did was in February 1997, Grand Canyon.  I cannot count how many canyons I’ve done since.  Thinking I should wind down, I shared with a friend, Andrew, that I’d always wanted to do Cesspit (more on the name later), but I wasn’t sure that I had it in me anymore.  Andrew was very supportive and as it was still on my wish list, he made it happen. Continue reading →

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