Canyoning Links
Online forums provide a communication medium for canyoners far and wide. Subscribing to these emailing lists lets you stay up-to-date on the canyoning scene and benefit from the cumulative experience within the group.
I check these useful references before heading out into the bush:- National parks fires and closures.
- Bureau of Meteorology Sydney radar.
- Central Tablelands weather forecast.
- The latest NSW (online) topo maps.
- The "bible" and other canyon guides.
Technical information can be found on these sites:
- Chockstone tech tips.
- Australian snake identification and correct bite first aid is found here.
- Ashley Burke has an excellent tutorial on navigation skills.
- ANU have a brief overview of canyoning abseiling methods.
- Dr. Merchant has produced an extremely comprehensive manual on rescue ropework techniques. It's available in 3 parts (part 1, part 2, part 3) and worth investing the time to read through it.
Personal pages of like-minded canyoners:
- Tom Brennan's excellent site containing trip reports, photos, great articles and a canyon guide.
- David Noble has an interesting site with lots of photos.
- Shane Greenup has an ambitious website for all things outdoors, with great guide articles and videos.
- The adventures of Adrian Davis can be found here.
- Those of Daniel "Chucky" Clearwater, a kiwi canyoner, are included in his blog.
- Trip reports of some of my adventures, not just canyoning, are found in my blog.
- Julie Burton has a compilation of photo albums from her canyoning and mountaineering trips.
- David Jones has information on various Blue Mountains canyons.
- Cathi Humphrey-Hood has nice photos of canyoning trips on this page.
- Peter Medbury has a great site with pics and panos of canyoning areas.
- Allan Wells also has information on interesting walks in the upper mountains.
- ...plus there are lots more scattered across the internet!
Want to get into canyoning? Great! Now get in touch with a club, guide or some OzCanyoners!
University Outdoors Clubs: Commercial Adventure Guides:
- I did my first abseil canyon (Empress) with High n’ Wild. This trip is a very fun intro to canyoning/abseiling.
- Australian School of Mountaineering also run guided trips and excellent training courses.
- Summit Gear is an awesome Blue Mountains-based company. They make the world's best canyoning pack and the friendly staff are great to chat to about local adventures.
