“Don’t worry, you’ll be fine!”

Posted on August 25, 2026 by marilyn

CAVING, NSW – 25 August 2026
For the past few years, I’ve been part of a group of experienced cavers (in no way am I that experienced) who advise on a specific cave area.  After our last meeting, we were sitting around deciding what cave we should visit to check out things (like the gate) and see if it was showing any wear and tear.  The one they picked sounded like there was a squeeze, and as no one had been in the cave for a while, we weren’t sure that it was navigable. Continue reading →

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What if …?

Posted on August 9, 2026 by marilyn

FOOD FOR THOUGHT – 9 August 2026
On a recent trip to Wombeyan Caves, we came upon a couple of disused quarries.  One was a limestone quarry (probably used to make cement), and the other was a marble quarry. I’d not seen cross sections of caves before.  When underground, I don’t imagine how much rock is between me and the surface. At the marble quarry, in a cross section there was a “hole” which started me thinking … Continue reading →

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Caving – brass monkey weather

Posted on August 9, 2026 by marilyn

WOMBEYAN CAVES – 7-9 August 2026
I probably shouldn’t have gone on this trip, but with only four of us registered, I didn’t want to let the team down by dropping out.  Heather and I had rented a cabin for the weekend (it’s cold at Wombeyan this time of year), for some reason I had visions of an electric blanket on the bed … I probably should have read the fine print on the booking confirmation.  Continue reading →

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The Thin Red Line

Posted on July 30, 2026 by marilyn

YENGO NATIONAL PARK – 30 July 2026
Jeff decided that he needed to go back to the scene of the lost phone as it was really, really annoying (aka a pain in the arse) to set up a new phone with no available data as he hadn’t backed up his phone.  Lesson to us all – back up your phone.  So, I offered to go back to the ridge with him to follow his Saturday route, a last-ditch effort to find the phone. Continue reading →

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The Thin Blue Line

Posted on July 26, 2026 by marilyn

YENGO NATIONAL PARK – 25-26 July 2026
This trip could also be called “looking for a needle in a haystack“!  It’s been many years since I came up with an “overnight adventure” … off track, a bit of navigation involved and somewhere where we hadn’t been before. So, I decided that I should get back to planning adventures … it was a trip that was a good idea at the time, but then almost everything went to s**t.  Continue reading →

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