Tim Porritt In September 2025, a bunch of us went and crammed two trips into one day, including an impromptu Rock Skills 1, and trying out the (then) new club packrafts. Here's an account of that day! The Climbing We weren't planning on running Rock Skills 1 (teaching beginner rock climbing) that weekend, but after ...

Date: 8th of February 2026 Location: Kakapo Canyon, Fiordland National Park, NZ (v5a3IV***) Party: Person A, Person B, Person C, Author Conditions: ~80 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours, major geomorphological change to the canyon since 2025.   What was planned as a moderate-flow canyon descent turned into a four‑hour in‑canyon rescue. On the ...

Bennett Looke - 21st Feb 2026 On the 17th of Feb, 2026, I departed on a day of fishing at Port Stephens NSW. The plan for the day was to go to the Newcastle Canyons, approximately 30 nautical miles (55km) offshore, a trip which would only take us approximately 1.5 hours when travelling with the ...

20-26 Jan 2025 Featuring: Kosta, Ollie, Sean, Toby (Author), & Zen There was a bit of hype in the canyoning community when the “Canyoning around Victoria” guidebook was released back in 2022. It was a very pretty looking book, so I quickly secured myself a copy. Since then I’ve been eager to put it to ...