Coorongooba Canyoning

Canyon 4

After initially deciding to sit the day out, the thought of missing a couple of canyons becomes too much and Rich tapes his foot to buggery and pops the painkillers!

Smiffy at the top of our first canyon

Rich on a log walk

Rachel and Smiffy scrambling down

Rich on the first abseil

Rachel on the abseil

Smiffy avoiding an abseil by climbing down logs

Rachel abseiling while Smiffy tries to avoid a swim

Rich abseiling

Rich and Rachel...

...negotiating an awkward log

Smiffy on another log climb

Rich and Smiffy

Rachel on another log

At the junction with the main creek, Smiffy and I head off downstream to check it out and find some more canyon

Smiffy wading

Heading back upstream, we climb out a pass and over the tops

Canyon 5

Smiffy climbing down into our next canyon

Smiffy negotiating a pool... that turns out to only be waist deep

Rich on the climb down

Rich wading the pool

Rich on the first abseil

Looking down the impressive main canyon

Rachel abseiling

Canyon formation

Rachel enjoying a chilly swim across the pool

Rachel bridging

Rich

Another abseil and pool - we opt to scramble along ledges to avoid the swim

Looking down from our abseil point

Rachel abseiling in

Smiffy on the next drop

Rachel and Rich working hard to stay dry

Canyon formation

Rich in a more open section of canyon

Rachel and Smiffy at another tricky climb down

Rachel in the canyon below the junction

Rachel

Canyon formation

Smiffy and Rich

Smiffy, Rachel and Rich in the beautiful gorge below the canyon

In the gorge

Smiffy climbing out the steep pass

Back at camp, Toni and Rich toasting Kraft Cheddar (a bit like toasting marshmallows!)