Wollangambe Canyon - Lower Section - 14 - 15 March 2009

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Party - John Robens, Chuin Nee Ooi, Dave Noble

This was a very pleasant and relaxing weekend spent in Wollangambe Canyon. We visited one of the lower sections - below the "Greg" Section and continued downstream through some very nice canyon sections.

Above - John and Chuin Nee on the way down to the canyon

Above - Where we started - a common exit point - but it is also a great place to start off and go downstream

Above - Canyon formation

Above - Canyon formation. Note the high driftwood!

Above - John and Chuin Nee on their lilos

Above - Canyon formation

Above - Chuin Nee negotiating a rapid

Above - Canyon formation

Above - John and Chuin Nee

Above - Chuin Nee

Above - Canyon formation

Above - Chuin Nee

Above - Detail

Above - Canyon formation

Above - John

Above - A spectacular section of wall

Above - More paddling

Above - Canyon formation

Above - John

Above - A slower section - boulders and water gums (tristania)

Above - Chuin Nee

Above - John

Above - Canyon formation

Above - More paddling and wading

Above - Canyon formation

A photo in the style of Tom Brennan

Above - Canyon formation

Above - A non-canyon section

Just as it was starting to get late - the creek entered another section of canyon. At one place there was a large boulder blockage that could not be avoided by finding a passage between the boulders. On previous trips - I had waterjumped this drop (about 3 metres) and on a later trip - I had found a bypass using a ledge on the right side. This involved a very narrow squeeze.

Above - John on the bypass route

Above - John on the bypass

Above - Careful downclimbing is needed here - the scrambling is somewhat exposed.

The bypass took us into a nice dry cave. With plenty of dry driftwood - it was a good place to spend the night.

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