photograph by William Blunt
Thankyou
I’ve learned over the year that when I open myself up to taking note of deeper meaning in experiences and looking for connections they tumble forth with reflection onto the page. The added richness to life and adventures has been surprising and wonderful.
This journey has taken me into the ocean, canyons, rivers, caves, cliffs, forests, deserts and to sacred mountains.
“52adventuresblog.com” has given me the structure to write and photograph and film regularly.
Along the way I have tried to minimise the self-indulgence and self-focus inherent in a blog and attempted to give attention to those alongside. By far the most popular entries have been about “others”.
THANKYOU for your interest, for reading, mostly for sharing being out there in the bush. Your company has been a treasure. Thankyou for letting me write about you. With your help and support I was able to complete the 52nd adventure on the 365th day of the year following completion of the first adventure. More importantly I was privileged to be able to share time with very special people. THANKYOU.
The future
I might explore a very small print run self-published book of the highlights (let me know if you are interested). The blog will remain live. The adventures will continue and the writing will happen at opportune times. But I won’t try to keep to 52 in the year. Other writing will take precedence – Africa Stories, contributing to a mythopoetic book on outdoor education, working on films and who knows what else. Maybe a small charity initiative taking shape – “Save the Planet, Save the World – One Day at a Time”.
Thankyou,
Peter
52 adventures list
95 days in the bush for the year
Trips from ½ a day to 10 days duration
Canberra area, Blue Mountains, Snowy Mountains, Tasmania, Central Australia
Activities – rockclimbing, caving, cross country skiing, cycling, hiking, surfing, canyoning, ocean swimming, vertical rescue, abseiling, whitewater kayaking, ski touring
Thankyou
52 Bowens Creek Canyon
7/2/16 Canyoning – Blue Mountains Lower Bowens Creek North
51 Serendipity
6/2/16 Canyoning – Blue Mountains Serendipity and Wollangambe 2 Canyons
50 Edge – Night Climb
4/2/16 Booroomba Rocks Rock climbing
49 Gibraltar Creek
11/1/16 Natural world immersion
48 Bogong Moth Frenzy NYE
31/12/15 – 1/1/16 Brindabellas mountain peak
47 Settlers Track
28/12/15 Hiking
46 Bold and the Beautiful
Ocean swimming Manly to Shelley Beach return 23,24,25/12/15
45 Surfing Manly with Royalty
Surfing – Manly Beach 20 – 24/12/15
44 Drawing the line
14/12/15 Bungonia – Cooee Point Abseiling
43 Big Wall Roped Solo Booroomba
10-11/12/15 Booroomba Rocks Rockclimbing
42 Underestimated and Under threat – The Best of the Snowies on Foot
5-6/12/15 Snowy Mountains Hiking
41 Volunteer
3/12/15 Budawang Ranges Hiking
40 Respect, Admiration and Gratitude
2/12/15 Booroomba Rocks Rockclimbing – with Neil Montgomery
39 Friends Fab Fun on the river
14/11/15 Cotter to Urriara Crossing 1.43 on guage at Mt. McDonald
38 Fog
11/11/15 Camels Hump and Pierce Trig Hiking 18km
37 Fields of flowers
4/11/15 Short Wednesday walk – Tuggeranong Hill. 8km. 2 ¼ hours.
36 Vertical Rescue
29/10 – 1/11/15 White Rocks, Snake Rock, artificial environment, Legoland
35 Rope Guiding
20/10/15 Jindabyne Rock Abseil guiding
34 Hero At The Seaside
16 – 19/10/15 Cycling and bodysurfing – Illawarra coast
33 Snakes and Lizards
15/10/15 Western Foreshores Walk – Googong Dam carpark to Tin Hut return – 21 km Hiking
32 Riverplay
23/9/15 Point Hut to Pine Island – Murrumbidgee River Whitewater kayaking
31 A walk to the creek with Mum
30/8/15 Pennant Hills Park
30 Making the Most
25 – 27 Aug 2015 Perisher Valley Nordic trails Cross country skiing
29 Jagungal – Journey to the sacred mountain
17 – 20/8/15 Kosciuszko National Park – Jagungal Wilderness Ski touring
28 Cross country ski trails with novices and winter Olympians.
14/8/15 Nordic Ski Trails – Perisher Valley Cross country skiing
27 Mount Twynam – A Day in a Life
26 Larapinta – Part 2 Ellery Creek to Simpsons Gap – 9 days
8/7 – 15/7/15 Western Macdonald Ranges – Northern Territory – Central Australia Hiking
25 Larapinta Trail – Part 1 Mount Sonder – Day walk
7/7/15 Western Macdonald Ranges – Northern Territory – Central Australia Hiking
24 A chilly swim in the local river
30 June Murrumbidgee River Whitewater kayaking
23 A walk in the old country – Gibraltar Peak
26 June Gibraltar Peak – Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve Hiking
22 Cliffcare
21 June Honeysuckle Crag – Namadgi Rockclimbing
21 Outlaws, bushrangers and hidden treasure
12 June Canberra Nature Park – Rob Roy Hiking
20 If we could read this landscape
6 – 8 June Budawang Range Hiking
19 Bucket List
4 June Googong Hiking
18 The Good the Bad and the Ugly
1 – 2 June 2015 Wee Jasper again – days 8 and 9 working underground Caving
17 Caving Connections
26 – 27/5/15 Wee Jasper again Caving
16 The Outdoor Education Teacher Underground
18 – 20/5/15 Wee Jasper Caving
15 Walking with Dad
9 – 10/5/15 Blue Mountains – Blue Gum Forest Bushwalking
14 Conversations while Walking for Pleasure
7/5/15 Canberra Centenary Trail Walking
13 Club day at the local
3/5/15 Booroomba Rocks Rockclimbing
12 Back at school – On the river
30/4 – 1/5/15 Clyde River Canoeing and kayaking two day tour between Nelligen and Anglers Reach.
Notes on Falling
11 Ethics and Retreat
Secret spot #2 14 – 16 April Rockclimbing – more new routes
Interlude Run
Canberra half marathon April 12
10 Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap
Maria Island – Tasmania March 30 – April 1 Bush cycling
9 Test of the toughest
Freycinet – east coast Tasmania March 26 – 28 Hiking
7 and 8 Pine Valley
March 17 – 20 Tasmania – Lake St Clair area Hiking
The Labyrinth, Cephissus Falls
6 Rocky Cape
March 16 Tasmania north coast Day walk
5 Adventure climbing
March 10 – 12 Secret spot in the Blue Mountains – no clues given Rockclimbing new routes
4 Eighteen
March 8 Booroomba Rocks Multi pitch rockclimbing
3 “The biggest abseil you could do on a school trip”
March 5 Blue Mountains Abseiling
2 Back on Rock
Feb 15 Booroomba Rocks Rockclimbing
1 Surfing in the Lucky Country
2 – 8 Feb 2015 Point Plomer – mid north coast NSW Surfing
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