Newnes Canyons, Camping & Campfires. Hello Explorers, Angelo and I will be heading up to Newnes State forest for some winter canyoning and camping around a cozy campfire. We’ll be doing Tiger Snake canyon (relatively dry canyon) on Saturday and if we have sufficient capable AWD cars then we may do a dry walk in canyon with an amazing acoustic cave on Sunday morning. We’ll be camping at a bush [...]

Hello Navigators, Salome, James and I, will be running a 6-hour navigation practice out at Catherine Hill Bay. We are also super excited to have ex-club prez, NSW Rogaine course setter:- Nicole Mealing join us to assist and share invaluable tips and experiences! If you have attended any of the navigation courses this year or attending the NSW State Rogaine Champs in early September, this would be an ideal course [...]

Gday Mates, Do you have some experience in backpacking and hiking and want to take it to the next level? Are you keen to get out into the snow and play around in the back country? Well come join us on a mission to reach blue lake and learn how to ice climb and then summit the highest peak in country. This is a trip only for people who are [...]

Out the Back of Bourke (from outbackdictionary.com): "Australian expression which means any place which is remote or inconvenient. Based on an actual place west [sic] NSW which is an extremely hot country town known for cotton farming and dust storms. Example: Where the hell is that place? It's out the back of Bourke..."   Hello Wanderers, The next rogaining event is likely to be the NSW Rogaining Championships (link below): https://nswrogaining.org/wpblog/2020-nsw-champs/ [...]