Mount Canobolas was the final significant peak that we summited on our recent trip to Australia.  But it was also the easiest.  Mount Canobolas is yet another eroded shield volcano.  It is relatively young at 11 to 13 million years old and around half the age of the volcanoes that we Continue Reading

Mount Exmouth is located in the Warrumbungle National Park which is around a 6 hour drive north west of Sydney.  The nearest town is Coonabarabran to the east.  The area is also part of a dark sky park with Siding Spring Observatory located just outside the eastern boundary to the National Continue Reading

This blog continues my record of climbs up some of the volcanic peaks on the border of Queensland and New South Wales.  This one relates to Mount Maroon, a part of the Focal Point volcano in the south of Queensland. This peak lies about 120kms (or a 1 hour 45 minutes drive) south south west of Continue Reading

Mount Superbus is the highest point in SE Queensland, of the Main Range National Park and of the Main Range Shield Volcano, a volcano that last erupted around 22 million years ago.  It lies around 99 kilometres south west of Brisbane. Looking at it, you would not realise that it is the Continue Reading

This and the next few blogs will be about my recent trip to Australia and experiences with, largely, ascents in rainforest conditions.  This first blog covers the first three mountains – Tenison Woods Mountain (770m), Mount Mumdjin (1021m) and Bithongabel (1195m). Tenison Woods Continue Reading