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darkness where we were able to turn off our headtorches and marvel at a ceiling and walls covered inglow worms. It was like a moonless night, far fromcity lights lying in camp enjoying The Milky Way,though we were treading water in wetsuits withpacks.Next we had to negotiate ’The Squeeze’, asubterranean section with two passages, eachrequiring packs to be removed and passed thru. Thepassage to the right was tight for thin people, I chosethe passage to the left. We had to climb out of deepwater onto a boulder half a metre above water level,and crawl/squeeze up its steep sloping surface a fewmetres to a ledge above another pool. From here wetossed our packs in, then plunged in and swam to asmall sandy beach with daylight upon it, a further10metres away. This section was physically andmentally challenging, whilst also being very prettyand a ton of fun.Soon after we had a 13m abseil down through a holecreated by a large chock stone in the canyon. Weenjoyed this drop and found ourselves close to thejunction with Bungleboori Creek. Bungleboori isspectacular with sheer 30m walls either side, cloakedin green of moss and ferns. In light rain our exit pathrequired wading, swimming, stumbling andscrambling 500metres up spectacular Bungleboori Cklined with Water Gums (Tristiana laurina also knownas Kanooka), amass with small yellow flowers. At asharp bend we found the steep track out and a fivekilometre walk back to our cars. The rain steadily gotheavier and we arrived at our cars at 5pm and 15 o C.John, Lois & Peter, THANK YOU for organising atruly great day out.- Col McluskeyHole in the Wall Canyon & Bungleboori Creek19 th January 2013At 8 am Saturday John, Lois, Peter and I headed offfor ‘Hole in the Wall’. Tony, Shaun, Rosemary &Carol joined us for the walk to the start of the canyon.This was a lovely cool morning after recordtemperatures on the previous day and we lookedforward to the beauty & exhilaration of a daycanyoning. We dropped into the cool and pretty creekand were surprised at the number of small fish in justabout every pool high above a series of waterfalls.The trip proved beautiful at every turn with severalabseils as we followed the small creek through ferns,mosses and lush forest.Peter, Col, John and LoisAfter one abseil 7m down a small waterfall with twolarge tree trunks wedged in it we had a swim intoPage 10