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Re: Game: Where-is-it (Aussie)

Postby johnw » Tue 08 Feb, 2022 10:54 am

I haven't been there and not much info around but I'll try Skull Cave.
Assume your video is a nearby waterfall on Corral Creek, possibly named Lizards Leap?
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Re: Game: Where-is-it (Aussie)

Postby jonnosan » Tue 08 Feb, 2022 10:58 am

Not skull cave - that's too creative a name, and on the wrong side of Psyn Caves.

There's a well worn albeit informal (for the last bit) track to this location and the name has been written on the wall by (I assume) climbers.
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Re: Game: Where-is-it (Aussie)

Postby johnw » Wed 09 Feb, 2022 1:43 pm

jonnosan wrote:Not skull cave - that's too creative a name, and on the wrong side of Psyn Caves.

There's a well worn albeit informal (for the last bit) track to this location and the name has been written on the wall by (I assume) climbers.

Sorry I've got nothin' and run out of leads. Seems like something you'd only know about if you've been there.
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Re: Game: Where-is-it (Aussie)

Postby jonnosan » Wed 09 Feb, 2022 2:13 pm

Yeah looks like this was much harder than I expected, I thought it was a well known location given there is a distinct track right to it from a very well known location, it's named after the most visible thing you can see from it, and the name is written on the back wall.

The name doesn't appear on the toppo, but does appear in lots of blogs / trip reports
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Re: Game: Where-is-it (Aussie)

Postby jonnosan » Wed 09 Feb, 2022 4:21 pm

Ok looks like this was a fizzer, sorry :-) it was "Waterfall Cave", at the base of the western cliff on Narrowneck, accessed by going about 100m left at the bottom of the Devil's Hole, Katoomba.

I suggest johnw goes next.
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Re: Game: Where-is-it (Aussie)

Postby johnw » Wed 09 Feb, 2022 9:18 pm

jonnosan wrote:Yeah looks like this was much harder than I expected, I thought it was a well known location given there is a distinct track right to it from a very well known location, it's named after the most visible thing you can see from it, and the name is written on the back wall.

The name doesn't appear on the toppo, but does appear in lots of blogs / trip reports

jonnosan wrote:Ok looks like this was a fizzer, sorry :-) it was "Waterfall Cave", at the base of the western cliff on Narrowneck, accessed by going about 100m left at the bottom of the Devil's Hole, Katoomba.

I suggest johnw goes next.

Thanks jonnosan. Eventually I found references but had no chance without the name :lol:. What's worse is that I've walked the Devils Hole track several times and may have actually visited these features :roll:. Although it's several years since I was last there, memory is hazy. Anyone can go next. If no one posts by tomorrow night I'll put something up.
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Re: Game: Where-is-it (Aussie)

Postby johnw » Thu 10 Feb, 2022 7:21 pm

OK then, try this one. NSW:
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Just below South Rams Head summit, watching an approaching storm - Kosciuszko NP via Dead Horse Gap NSW
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Re: Game: Where-is-it (Aussie)

Postby Walk_fat boy_walk » Thu 10 Feb, 2022 7:25 pm

Jagungal?

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Re: Game: Where-is-it (Aussie)

Postby johnw » Thu 10 Feb, 2022 9:09 pm

Walk_fat boy_walk wrote:Jagungal?

Right park but a long way from Jagungal.
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Re: Game: Where-is-it (Aussie)

Postby crollsurf » Thu 10 Feb, 2022 9:15 pm

Slopes of Mount Townsend

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Re: Game: Where-is-it (Aussie)

Postby johnw » Fri 11 Feb, 2022 9:59 am

crollsurf wrote:Slopes of Mount Townsend

Not Townsend, but you're much closer. This one has a less lofty elevation. From Townsend probably around 3 hours walk away, partially off track.
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Re: Game: Where-is-it (Aussie)

Postby johnw » Sat 12 Feb, 2022 10:55 am

I was trying to come up with some witticism about mutton dressed up as lamb. But it doesn't quite fit.
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Re: Game: Where-is-it (Aussie)

Postby puredingo » Sat 12 Feb, 2022 1:01 pm

Rams head? I don’t even know where that is to be honest....trying to fit the clue?
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Re: Game: Where-is-it (Aussie)

Postby johnw » Sat 12 Feb, 2022 3:25 pm

puredingo wrote:Rams head? I don’t even know where that is to be honest....trying to fit the clue?

Your thinking is good but there are a few of those, which one?
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Re: Game: Where-is-it (Aussie)

Postby johnw » Sun 13 Feb, 2022 12:58 pm

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puredingo wrote:Rams head? I don’t even know where that is to be honest....trying to fit the clue?

Your thinking is good but there are a few of those, which one?

So to clarify, it's not Rams Head (Central). That leaves only two others of the same class with official names.
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Re: Game: Where-is-it (Aussie)

Postby Walk_fat boy_walk » Sun 13 Feb, 2022 4:18 pm

Since it's lower in elevation I'll say south rams head?

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Re: Game: Where-is-it (Aussie)

Postby johnw » Sun 13 Feb, 2022 4:38 pm

Walk_fat boy_walk wrote:Since it's lower in elevation I'll say south rams head?

Correct. I dropped down just off the summit to have a sheltered lunch here, then saw this storm approaching.
Not wanting to deal with a sweaty rain jacket I decided to try and beat it back to Dead Horse Gap.
Only got moderately damp, then the heavens opened up as I got in the car, [fist pump]Yes![/fist pump].
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Re: Game: Where-is-it (Aussie)

Postby Walk_fat boy_walk » Sun 13 Feb, 2022 5:15 pm

Cool. NSW again:
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Re: Game: Where-is-it (Aussie)

Postby ribuck » Sun 13 Feb, 2022 6:00 pm

Crossing the headwaters of the Wollangambe, far upstream from the lilo bits?
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Re: Game: Where-is-it (Aussie)

Postby Walk_fat boy_walk » Sun 13 Feb, 2022 7:24 pm

Does have an upper Wollabgambe look about it, but a long way away

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Re: Game: Where-is-it (Aussie)

Postby ribuck » Sun 13 Feb, 2022 10:27 pm

OK then, my next guess is Canowie Brook in the Budawangs.
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Re: Game: Where-is-it (Aussie)

Postby Walk_fat boy_walk » Mon 14 Feb, 2022 8:45 am

ribuck wrote:OK then, my next guess is Canowie Brook in the Budawangs.

No but could probably hear you shouting from there
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Re: Game: Where-is-it (Aussie)

Postby Walk_fat boy_walk » Mon 14 Feb, 2022 9:12 pm

Lots of people get their water to camp nearby from here. Aren't many tents though.

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Re: Game: Where-is-it (Aussie)

Postby ribuck » Tue 15 Feb, 2022 2:48 am

OK OK, Burrumbeet Brook it is, and the people are all sleeping in the cave.
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Re: Game: Where-is-it (Aussie)

Postby Walk_fat boy_walk » Tue 15 Feb, 2022 8:01 am

Burrumbeet is correct
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Re: Game: Where-is-it (Aussie)

Postby ribuck » Tue 15 Feb, 2022 8:18 am

Thanks fatboy.

The following campsite is in NSW. Anyone know where it is?
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Re: Game: Where-is-it (Aussie)

Postby puredingo » Tue 15 Feb, 2022 8:56 am

Hmmmm....looks like it could be one of many I'm thinking of but for reference sake I’ll kick off with vinyard flat?
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Re: Game: Where-is-it (Aussie)

Postby Walk_fat boy_walk » Tue 15 Feb, 2022 11:01 am

Or Emmetts?
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Re: Game: Where-is-it (Aussie)

Postby peregrinator » Tue 15 Feb, 2022 11:22 am

Don't know, but I'm keen to find out where it is so I can make a visit. It looks like a very charming and attractive camp site.
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Re: Game: Where-is-it (Aussie)

Postby ribuck » Tue 15 Feb, 2022 7:52 pm

Sorry puredingo, it's not Vinyard Flat. Sorry fatboy, it's not Emmetts. Nor is it close to either of those.

peregrinator wrote:I'm keen to find out where it is so I can make a visit. It looks like a very charming and attractive camp site.

I recommend it. A shortish drive from Sydney, an easyish walk in and out with lots of interest along the way and side-trips available. I've never found that campsite to be occupied, but if it was you will find the following campsite nearby:
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