Check out our upcoming adventures. You will need to be a member (or trial member). Trial membership is $35.00 and allows you to participate on MSS trips for 12 months. Go to the How to Join page to find out more and email membership@mssadventure.org.au for an application form.
MSS leaders collect trip fees (either before or after the activity). Please make sure you have the money with you on the day. If you book into an activity with another club, you will be asked to pay the trip fees for that club OR MSS trip fees:
Recurring Trips:
| Dates | Grade | Location | Activities | |
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Easy-Hard | St Leonards | Climbing anyone? Tim Grimes is restarting the MSS Indoor Climbing group (@ Artarmon/St Leonards Climbfit, 4/12 Frederick Street). Every Tuesday, starting around 6:30pm (if you plan on going, message Tim or hop onto the MSS FB page on Tuesday to post your interest for attending on that night). Wear your MSS t-shirt for club publicity. Membership of MSS is not required and no trip fees apply, however, if you're not a member of MSS, we'd love you to join! COVID regulations apply, full vaccination and mask wearing when belaying. |
| Dates | Grade | Location | Activities | |
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| 01/02/2025 - 02/02/2025 |
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Medium - Hard | Blue Mountains | Surefire overnight canyon - up to five short abseils, short swim and a dificult climb out. We will do the canyon on Saturday and then continue downstream to an overhang where we'll spend the night. Exit canyon on Sunday. |
| 06/02/2025 - 06/02/2025 |
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Social | Zoom | Join us at 7pm on THURSDAY 6 February for a Zoom Calendar planning meeting. Who should attend? All members/leaders. What will happen, we'll look at the calendar for the coming months and discuss proposed trips (1) if you're not a leader, you can suggest trips that you'd like to do and hopefully someone will put their hand up to lead the trip for you; (2) Leaders will be able to gauge the appetite for a trip they might have in mind; (3) everyone will have the opportunity to express interest in the trips (and your name will be noted to secure your place). This is not a "sit around and talk about trips and then nothing happens" meeting, have your calendar/diary in place during the meeting and suggest actual dates. Think about your wish list and "save the date" Thursday 6 February - link and a reminder will be sent out prior to meeting. |
| 08/02/2025 - 09/02/2025 |
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Medium | Wombeyan | Pending Permit Approval - Car Camping at the Wombeyan Reserve (bookings essential), this will be both a familiarisation trip for leader(s) and an opportunity for those new to caving to be guided through some horizontal caves. Helmet, and head torch required, overalls if you have them and day pack to carry lunch. We will also be visiting Mares Forest Creek canyon, the stunning crystal clear blue water is a must see, swim upstream to the waterfall, and explore a small tunnel (with eflux from a cave), a great cool off after a day's caving. Concurrently, some members will be cleaning some flowstone in one of the old tourist caves, all participants will be required to carry some water up to the cave to be cleaned, but that will be the limit of their involvement. |
| 15/02/2025 - 15/02/2025 |
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Medium | Narara | Abseil practice for canyoning - Revision tying off & releasing locked self belay, then using both DRT and SRT, crossing knot, changing rope, overhangs, leg lock-off. Minimum number of participants required to run trip - two. |
| 16/02/2025 - 16/02/2025 |
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Medium | Hawesbury Crags | SRT practice for caving focusing on beginners and rigging practice. |
| 22/02/2025 - 23/02/2025 |
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Medium | Gloucester Tops | Saturday: Gloucester Falls, multip pitch abseil. Sunday: Emperor Falls, multi pitch abseil (or another as yet named canyon). Numbers limited and preference given to those who are willing to do the two days (car camp at Gloucester Tops). Bookings for Gloucester Tops camping area should be made asap. |
| 27/02/2025 - 27/02/2025 |
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Social | Zoom | Our quarterly meeting held via Zoom. Everyone welcome, send your suggestions for trips to be put on the calendar to membership@mssadventure.org.au. The link for the Zoom meeting will be distributed the week before the meeting. |
| 07/03/2025 - 09/03/2025 |
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Medium | Timor | Introuction to Caving - horizontal caves - Saturday - Hill Cave, Main Cave, Helictite Cave; Sunday Belfry Cave. Approx 4 hours drive from Sydney CBD, so car pooling recommended. At this stage, camping on Reserve, may cost $5 (or may not if no-one comes around to collect money). Old clothes for in the cave, or overalls, gloves for in cave and bike helmet is sufficient, head torch if you have one. |
| 14/03/2025 - 24/03/2025 |
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Medium - Hard | Tasmania | Bushwalking Tasmania - Dates for flights/ferry departure etc not included in dates. Contact Trish for information regarding to/from Tassie, choice of flying in or part of Spirit of Tassie ferry trip (departing night of 13 March) - depending on space available. Trips on offer, do full itinerary or drop in for one or more trips, however, need to discuss logistics of arrival with Trish to determine if feasible. 14 - 18 March - Mount Anne Circuit - overnight trip to walk up and summit Mt Anne (stay in Eliza hut or at summit camp) or full trip. 18 - 21 March - Mt Field day walks - (3 nights - booking has been made) Mt Field government huts (basic 6 bunks, wood heater, shared toilet, potable water,10 min from Lake Dobson). Several longer and shorter day hikes. If the overnight hiking circuit is preferred by participants, the hut can be cancelled. Hot showers can be had at the Mt Field camping ground ($2/token) 22 - 24 March- Lake Rhona- (2 nights - booking has been made for 6 people) Lake Rhona - Hike in and then have a day to explore (base camping) |
| 06/04/2025 - 06/04/2025 |
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Medium | Hawesbury Crags | SRT practice for caving forcusing on beginners and rigging practice. |
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