Coorongooba Labyrinth Canyoning - 28 December 2008

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We started the day by visiting a cave full of aboriginal art



Above - hand stencils and boomerangs



Above - an axe and other stencils



Above - a (rare) foot stencil



Above - more hand and foot stencils



Above - after heading off, we examined another cave for aboriginal art



Above - it contained this faint hand stencil



Above - a fringe lilly



Above - we arrived at our next canyon - it looked good!



Above - Rik explores ahead. This was one canyon I had explored many years before - but on that occasion - we started down it late in the day - and had to continue on in the dark (with only one torch in the party). It was good to see it in the light this time.



Above - Rik and Sarah in the canyon



Above - Chuin Nee and Martin in the canyon



Above - Michael and Martin bridging to avoid a swim



Above - Michael on an abseil (the second?)



Above - Rob watches Sarah going down a narrow section



Above - Rob follows



Above - canyon formation



Above - Chuin Nee wading through



Above - Sarah on the fourth abseil



Above - Rob on the abseil



Above - at the end of the canyon



Above - Martin climbing down a tricky short drop

After lunch - we split up. Most of the party went off to visit another nearby canyon. I went with Rik, John and Rob to explore a few nearby creeks for canyons



Above - Rik and Rob having fun in one of the creeks



Above - it was a hot day - so we shelter in this cool cave for a rest



Above - we did find canyon eventually



Above - looking down the canyon



Above - John and Rob in the canyon



Above - John on the second abseil



Above - Rik in some canker downstream



Above - walking back to our campsite

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