23-24/07/2011 - report - photos - Long Gully Canyon track notes

Participants: Tom Brennan, Rachel Grindlay, Richard Pattison, Andrew "Smiffy" Smith, Neil Soutar, Sue Bucknell

Walking in along the Stan Jones Trail

Rachel - "...the abseils are only this big!"

Mine shaft in the creek

The party at the top of the first abseil

Rachel on the first abseil

Smiffy on the first abseil

Rachel scrambling

Smiffy at the top of the main (second) drop

Fordham Canyon

Rich on the abseil

Smiffy on the second abseil

Sue on the abseil

Tom lower down on the abseil

The whole drop

Sue scrambling

Rich watching Sue abseil

Smiffy on the fourth abseil

Neil relaxing - it's his turn next though!

Rich on the sixth abseil (we just climbed down the fifth)

Neil

Neil belaying Smiffy

Rachel

Rachel on the seventh abseil

Smiffy on the eighth abseil

Neil on the eighth abseil

Sue on the ninth abseil, another optional one

Blockup Gorge

Smiffy checking out the final drop in Spring Creek

Neil bouldering in Spring Creek

Neil

Smiffy and Neil

Sue, Neil and Rich in Blockup Gorge

Rich going as far as possible in Blockup Gorge without a good chance of a swim

Rapids where we are hoping to cross to Fordham Canyon

Looking downstream to the rapids

Rachel at our camp