The Glass House Mountains alone contain 24 regional ecosystems. And being spring I was hoping there may have been a heap of flowers. However, as we walked to each crag, often through a different vegetation complex, we really didn’t see too much. My attention was of course aimed at orchids, but I should have doneContinue reading “Part 2 – The big stuff”
Category Archives: Climbing away from home
Part 1 – Old and new introductions
The last time I had a week long climbing trip was to Victoria to visit and climb with Dan in the Grampians. Originally planned for Easter 2020, it was delayed by two years due to the pandemic. Early last year, Dan and I started to chat about another catch-up. An adventurous one that would seeContinue reading “Part 1 – Old and new introductions”
Rewinding the good times
You may be wondering why I may be writing about a climbing trip, in view that the last time I went climbing I took a fall, injuring myself. I’ll start by saying we have not climbed with Pontus for some time, due to him being stuck in Perth for work. Some weeks back he mentionedContinue reading “Rewinding the good times”
Averting a mid-wall crisis
Ash has been absent from my posts for a while, and for good reason. He has been a bit of a national and global trotter, but is now back in the sleepy south west of Western Australia for a bit. Some months before he reached the shores of this island, he had reached out andContinue reading “Averting a mid-wall crisis”
Quality over quantity
Our 2006 Roads and Tracks Road Map of Western Australia, prepared by a potentially dodgy publisher on the basis that the contact for them was a ‘bigpond’ email address was once again misleading. The road names had potentially changed or swapped in places, and many of the dirt roads were shown as sealed and viceContinue reading “Quality over quantity”
The fifth elephant
In the fictional world created by Terry Pratchett, the Discworld is held up by four giant elephants that in turn stand on top of the giant star turtle, as it travels through space. The fifth elephant is said to have crashed into the Discworld at the beginning of time, leaving a wealth of treasures. ThisContinue reading “The fifth elephant”
Back to basics
It has been a long time coming but I finally took up Mario’s offer to crash at Jena and his place for a night in Perth. Why has it taken this long, well there is no particular reason. Maybe in part because it is only two and half hours each way to most of theContinue reading “Back to basics”
A glowing report
The same four of us who rolled south to Peaceful Bay just a couple of month back were back in the car heading south this weekend. Not quite so far this time, and not even intending to hit the true south coast. It was a very lazy start, allowing us to pick up a mid-morningContinue reading “A glowing report”
Shattered
It is unusual for me to have two back to back weekend trips away, but that is how things landed. Last weekend a very overdue jaunt down south to catch up with Kym and his family, and this weekend was the one that suited Rongy best for a getaway. Although the idea for this destinationContinue reading “Shattered”
The Traditionalist
For several months Kym has been frothing about a trip up into the Stirling’s to climb the huge walls that Howsie, Dazza and I passed underneath when we hiked the Ridge Walk. To see where I mean you’ll have to dip into my previous post, of that most epic of hikes, https://sandbagged.blog/2021/11/28/a-most-unexpected-journey/. The cliffs areContinue reading “The Traditionalist”
