Upcoming Trips: December 2018
Trips Program
Some of the trips on this program are open to Visitors. You may contact the leader of a 'visitors welcome' trip by clicking on the leaders name. This link is only available for trips commencing within the next two months.
We invite prospective members to take the oportunity to experience our activities and meet our members before joining our club. Due to insurance restrictions we can only allow prospective members to participate in a maximum of two trips. To participate in additional trips you must join our club.
All persons participating in our trips must be aged 18 years or older.
Before contacting the trip leader you should read our Guidelines and Acknowlegment of Risk pages. Our guidelines page should answer many of your questions on how our trips are organised.
- Area:
- Mt Wilson
- Maps:
- Wollangambe
Day trip down Geronimo canyon. About four abseils. Must have abseil experience and be able to swim.
Visitors Welcome
Visitors are welcome on this trip. Please
contact the trip leader
for more information.
- Area:
- Bundeena
- Maps:
The Bundeena CSC is a club most spanners will have visited after a walk in the Royal. After being closed for three years, because of a fire, it's back! The views and ambience are wonderful.
Catch the ferry from Cronulla and join us for a lunchtime celebration of another great Span year.
Visitors Welcome
Visitors are welcome on this trip. Please
contact the trip leader
for more information.
- Area:
- Mt Wilson
- Maps:
- Mt Wilson
Nice Mt Wison canyon with about 5 abseils. Park cars at Mt Wilson fire station before 45 min walk to start of canyon. Bring the usual canyoning gear including harness, abseiling gear and helmet. A wetsuit is highly recommended or at very least thermals & spray jacket as few swims and small waterfalls. Longest abseil is about 15 metres. After progressed through canyon we will end at Wollangambe River and we will then wade 10 minutes upstream and have lunch at base of exit track and then we have a 1.5 hour walk out back to the cars. Abseil / canyoning experience required. Some beginners welcome that have abseiling experience. As with all Span activities you will be required to sign the Span Acknowledgment of Risk Form, a copy of which can be found on the Span website. Span loan gear is available - harness, carabiner, descender and helmet.
Visitors Welcome
Visitors are welcome on this trip. Please
contact the trip leader
for more information.
- Area:
- Northern Suburbs
- Maps:
Ride to Middle Head for a BYO picnic lunch and see the yachts heading to Hobart. This ride takes the scenic route to Middle Head. The ride returns to the start via a similar route. We start and finish at St. Leonards Station concourse.
This ride will be on whatever the weather. Bring a bit of lunch, a hat and sunscreen are essential, your bike lock, and something to sit on the grass, if you need to. Binoculars a great if you have them. We will have coffee on the way to our viewing spot at Middle Head. Please note: This is not a long ride, but there are plenty of hills.
Visitors Welcome
Visitors are welcome on this trip. Please
contact the trip leader
for more information.
Bushwalk: Kiandra to Grey Mare Hut and return
- Visitors Welcome
- Grade:
- Medium
- Duration:
- 8 days
- Leader:
- Paul
- Contact Leader
- Area:
- Kosciusko NP.
- Maps:
- Various
The aim of this trip is to visit some of the huts in the centre of the Park that I haven't been to. The route is Kiandra to Happy's Hut. Net day is Mackey's Hut via Boo Bee Hut. Mackey's Hut to Derschko's hut. The fourth day will be short. We should be at Grey Mare early which will give us a bit of time to look around. The next day is Cesjack's via Mt Jagungal. From Cesjack's we will get to Brook's Hut. From Brook's we will go to Broken Dam Hut and walk out in a few hours the next morning. We should have an early trip back to Sydney that day.
Visitors Welcome
Visitors are welcome on this trip. Please
contact the trip leader
for more information.
- Area:
- Mt Wilson
- Maps:
- Mt Wilson
A nice little canyon with 2 or 3 abseils and a short climb-down. Longest abseil is no more than 15m. Canyon ends at the remains of a long abandoned coal mine, abseiling knowledge is required. It is a wet canyon although you aren't in the water for too long so wetsuit is optional and you can probably get away with just wearing thermals and a spray jacket. Some beginners welcome with some abseiling or canyon experience. As with all Span activities you will be required to sign the Span Acknowledgment of Risk Form, a copy of which can be found on the Span website. Span loan gear is available - harness, carabiner, descender and helmet.
Visitors Welcome
Visitors are welcome on this trip. Please
contact the trip leader
for more information.
- Area:
- Tasmania: Cathedral Mountain Lake St Clair Reserve
- Maps:
Hi Spanners I am putting together an extended walk in the Tasmanian High Country in Jan 2019. Approx 14 days from approx 5th Jan It is going to be amazing. 8 days (approx) Cathedral Mountain, then Up the Du Cane Range starting with Castle Crag, then out via the Labyrinth track to Lake St Clair. Followed by 3 days doing the Frenchman's Cap walk (probably) Lots of scrub, boulder fields, amazing views, strong chance of crazy weather - sun rain snow hail cloud, cold hot etc. It is going to be hard (but fun) so this is not for the faint hearted but experienced alpine overnight pack walkers. .
To come along you must have done at least 4 nights off track overnight walking experience or a longer walk (pref in Tasmania ) and have all the right gear.
We are going to be driven to track start and pay for accommodation etc, so there will be related costs.
Let me know if you are interested
Canyon: Canyon weekend at Mt Wilson
- Visitors Welcome
- Grade:
- Medium
- Duration:
- 2 days
- Leader:
- Glenn
- Contact Leader
- Area:
- Mt Wilson, Blue Mountains
- Maps:
- Wollangambe
Car camping at Mt Wilson. Two one day trips. Saturday: Water Dragon canyon Sunday: Whungee-Wheengee canyon. Must have abseil experience and be able to swim. Can do either trip as a one day trip if you cannot stay the weekend.
Visitors Welcome
Visitors are welcome on this trip. Please
contact the trip leader
for more information.
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