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The Barrington Tops, in NSW, is renowned as the watershed of 14 different rivers including the once mighty Manning , the Ka...

I know, it looks amazing. But, we’re not telling.  The creek has no name anyway. And, if we told you, well, it wouldn’t be a secre...

14/4/19 5:41pm I am writing this to you from the forest; sitting in the tent. The ground is lumpy but soft. The creek is just a few...

Tuesday, two weeks ago, I was rock hoping down a narrow creek. Tea tree crowded the banks. The rocks were black and the water a dark tr...

The journey ahead is about bringing into focus the essence of our blog - off-track wanderings, a vague route, changing direction dependi...

Manning River 60r We spread the topographic map on the lounge room floor and spot a relative. We should go visit. It looks like a per...

Moss-green walls of rock rise either side of the river, forming a narrow chute where the water curves right then left, drops int...

Last month we walked through The Valley of a Thousand Fallen Trees to reach The Ancient Lands of Poa . Magical places high in the moun...

Caz spots a chunk of metal half buried in the rainforest soil.   Weaving around the next few tree ferns we spot more and more small pieces...

Steady rain forces me to pull tight the hood of my jacket. All I can hear are fat drops pinging and thumping on my head and echoing i...

One of the Gloucester Falls So we jumped the fence at the lookout, and followed a rough pad between rocks and stunted trees. It le...