MountainSphere Adventures

Here is the photo gallery for sharing photos from past MountainSphere trips.
Christmas Dinner Walk 17-18 Dec 2022

Christmas Dinner Walk 17-18 Dec 2022

19-12-2022
The annual SUBW Christmas Dinner Walk to the Coxs River. One of my favourite weekends of the year, a tradition going back to my earliest bushwalking days. This year I took a group of SUBW members for an introductory abseiling session on Saturday morning before we headed down to the river for our relaxing camping weekend on a cool summer evening. A lovely weekend enjoyed by all.

TAFE Teachers Nav Day 10 Feb 2023

TAFE Teachers Nav Day 10 Feb 2023

11-02-2023
On this trip we packed the content of the 2 day navigation weekend into a single day for a group of teachers from Ryde TAFE. Being a warm summer’s day we picked a route which would provide some challenging off-trail navigation leading to a delightful waterhole and lunch time swim! The TAFE teachers were here on a personal development training day, and they gained a wealth of practical navigation skills and techniques to complement the curriculum based navigation training that they provide their Cert III students. It was a long and full day of learning on a complete round trip hike which, with the lunch time swim, was a great day that everyone will remember. A great day out!

Navigation weekend 4-5 March 2023

Navigation weekend 4-5 March 2023

06-03-2023
It was a cool and cloudy Saturday morning at Bell for the start of the navigation weekend with a little drizzle. But by lunch time this had begun to clear and the weather continued to improve and become warmer throughout the weekend. This was the first 2 day navigation weekend of the 2023 season and with a full group of 10 clients it got the 2023 season off to a flying start. A great group of keen navigators and an awesome weekend was had by all. Our campsite we had to ourselves in an awesome location. As well as learning a whole heap of new skills in the navigation training, the clients enjoyed a scenic bushwalk in a beautiful part of the Blue Mountains. Whilst a few found the hiking hard, a fantastic weekend was had by all.

Navigation Weekend 25-26 March 2023

Navigation Weekend 25-26 March 2023

27-03-2023
We were all in safe hands on this navigation weekend, with 3 doctors, a paramedic, a nurse and 2 pilots being among the group of 9 awesome navigators attending on this damp and drizzly weekend. We saw not a shred of blue sky on the entire weekend and the cloud hung low over the highest peaks, temporarily obscuring the views. But this didn’t dampen our spirits at all and there was enough visibility to read the landscape, and the fog and drizzle gently drifting through the trees with their shiny wet trunks made for beautiful scenery for this educational hike. We saw no one else out there on the entire weekend and on a damp afternoon we found a huge rock overhang that provided a dry and sheltered spot to camp. A lovely evening was spent by a warm campfire and throughout the weekend the group learned a wealth of new navigation skills to equip them with the confidence to venture out into wild places again. And I’m sure all will be keen to do just that after such a fun and educational weekend in the bush!

Navigation Weekend 1-2 April 2023

Navigation Weekend 1-2 April 2023

03-04-2023
This navigation weekend was a real adventure! It started on a beautiful clear Saturday morning but over the weekend the weather gradually deteriorated so that by about mid-morning on Sunday we were thoroughly drenched in pouring rain. This didn’t dampen the spirits of the 7 enthusiastic navigators who joined this adventurous weekend! The scenery was amazing as the weather progressed from clear sunny 360 degree views to misty drizzle that offered a mystical and other-worldly perspective to the labyrinthine pagoda landscape with its broken cliffs and steep gorges. This is a great place to learn the skills of bush navigation due to the complex and varied terrain presenting a wide range of opportunities to learn skills suited to specific landscapes. And despite the rain, the campsite was a beautiful place. A fantastic weekend enjoyed by all, and an adventure to cross the steep gorge of the Wollangambe in the very wet weather! Well done to all!

Navigation Weekend 29-30 April 2023

Navigation Weekend 29-30 April 2023

01-05-2023
What is it about navigation weekends and rain? There was an ominous forecast of heavy rain for the weekend but everyone was willing to give it a go and in the end the decision to go ahead was the right one. Not nearly as much rain fell as was forecast and Sunday was almost completely rain free with spectacular scenery in the clear autumn sky. The sun came out a few times and the sunlight reflected off the wet rocks in the distance and lit the heath covered ridges in a lime green glow. Saturday was wetter than Sunday and so the morning briefing under a tarp at Bell was longer than usual so that we were fully prepared with a detailed nav plan and bearings already set for each leg of the hike through the rain to camp. The goal was to reach a nice sheltered sandstone overhang which was a dry place to spend the rainy night. And indeed we found it due to good navigation in the conditions and we had it to ourselves so we enjoyed a nice comfortable dry night as the rain fell down outside. The rain stopped during the night and we enjoyed a scenic and very educational hike back on Sunday. A great adventure enjoyed by all and a huge wealth of new skills learned in the most practical possible way!


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