Surefire Canyon - 20 October 2012

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Party - Dan, Sharon, Gabe, Mica, Dave

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The photos are continued on this page. The next day we visited Galah Canyon.

This is a classic South Wolgan canyon. It was almost exactly 36 years since the first descent.



Above - at an old drill site above Surefire Canyon. This hole is very deep!



Above - this looks like the Tea Tree I had found on the Colo back in the 80's - Leptospermum spectabile - but that species is only suppsoed to growing along the boulders near the river. Here it was growing on top of the cliffs above the canyon. As well as red flowers, there were pink flowers and white flowers (see below)

Thanks to Roger Lembit - according to him they are the red form of Leptospermum macrocarpum - this fits in with the pink and white flowers close by.



Above - the same species?



Above - Gabe on the second abseil



Above - Mica on the second abseil







Above - Sharon on the second abseil



Above - Sharon



Above - Mica and Sharon



Above - we continue down the canyon





Above - Dan above the third abseil



Above - Sharon on the jumble of logs above the third abseil





Above - Mica and Dan





Above - Dan at the bottom of the third abseil



Above - Mica gets ready to abseil





Above - the party in a nice section of canyon - Sharon, Gabe, Mica and Dan



Above - looking down what used to be the fourth abseil. When I first visited the canyon, a large horizontal log jammed up the canyon here - and you had to abseil or jump off the end of it. Later the log tilted down and it is now easy to scramble down. But can you see a snake swimming in the pool?





Above - canyon formation



Above - Mica



Above - the snake - an Eastern Brown - it was very cold!



Above - ferns





Above - what has Dan spotted now?



Above - some type of skink?



Above - it had quite a spiky tail

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