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A walk with our friends from FASS in weather perfect for walking, along the coast track. A lot of it burned out by the recent fires. We saw more whales than we have ever seen before and the whales breaching and flapping their tales as well. It's the
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An overnight with John and Penny and a couple of bushwalks, Bridal Falls and the most notable being the Megalong Valley walk to Mermaid cave and a trail
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On Sunday I joined four others with the Sydney Bush Club for this 17Km walk, in very warm weather. We hurtled along Kangaroo Creek, arriving at Robertson Roundabout 1 hour earlier than expected and the pace didn't lessen en route to Uloola Falls, where we stopped abruptly. The
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I'll reprint here the walk report by John Dando, our day leader. We commenced this iconic walk down the Cascades until we reached the bottom of the Bridal Veil Falls. Then we joined the Federal Pass (which was opened on the 3.11.1900.) & continued down the
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Today I joined 9 members of the Upper Blue Mountains Bushwalking Club (UBMBWC) at Lawson. The Terrace walk went through a lot of waterfalls and the distances between them presented many hazards and challenges. However, the weather was perfect and our Leader John D, was brilliant. As well as having
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Today we are in Blackheath and John and myself joined the Sydney Bushwalking Club to walk from Medlow Baths to Radiata Plateau via the narrow ledges of the Megalong Valley. The walk is not yet official and there are several awkward gorge crossings and much bush bashing, but in cool,
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With a couple of friends we walked from the visitor centre at Kurnell, Cook's landing place, to Cape Baily lighthouse, and return. This was the reverse direction of the walk from Cronulla a week or so ago. The walk time took three hours plus 15 minute stop at
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Mary and myself joined 10 members of the Sydney Bush Club at Cronulla station and set out towards Kurnell via Boat Harbour. Mary left us, as planned after an hour.We passed by the morning Surf Life saving boat practice. At Boat Harbour I was put on a concrete pad
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This weekend we stayed with cousin John and Penny in Blackheath, while joining our New Horizons band on tour and staying in Leura. One performance was cancelled as the conductor fell and broke her femur, one evening, which slowed her down a bit. During that interval, John took Mary and
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A cooler day and a morning walk with five others, to several rock pools and waterfalls from Hazelbrook, in the Lower Blue Mountains. It was under tree cover , damp but I only got one leech! Ergggg! The leader--Tracy, brought a delicious fruit cake to share--probably to entice us
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One of the Sydney Bush Club walks--11 of us set off for this 13 Km walk over two ridges, passing a large monitor lizard, Jerusalem Bay with views of the Hawkesbury Bridges, to Brooklyn dam with a lovely lily pond display, thence to the pub at Brooklyn and train
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The Sydney Bush walking Club organised a city walk, including a visit here. We were shown around by a volunteer and saw the make-up and wig room, special effects room, live studios with Wendy Harmer on air and a separate one with Richard Vidler. There was a studio where