Check out our upcoming adventures. You will need to be a member (or trial member). Trial membership is $30.00 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 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:
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| 19/10/2019 - 19/10/2019 |
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Easy | Lower Blue Mountains | Last Canyoning/abseiling specific Skills Development day before canyoning season starts. We'll be practising tying off, changing ropes, prussiking (with 2 different prussik knots) and self belays (a couple of different methods). We'll be road testing the VT prussik which can be used as a fail safe self-belay and can easily be "unlocked" - we'll test it to see how good it is. This is a full day for anyone who already knows how to abseil. |
| 19/10/2019 - 20/10/2019 |
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Instructional | Wombeyan | Cave surveying course facilitated by Mike Lake (SUSS), staying at the Post Office cottage at Wombeyan. Mix of theory and practical surveying. Numbers limited to 6 and this course is open for all ASF members, so book in early if you're interested.. |
| 26/10/2019 - 27/10/2019 |
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Easy | Abercrombie | Come along and help with the surveying project. Bring your disto's and other survey gear. We will stay in cabins for ease of charging our devices and working on the project out of the cave. |
| 26/10/2019 - 03/11/2019 |
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McGregor | Colo River | Starting at Natural Bridge on the Mt Cameron Fire Trail, and proceeding to the headwaters of Tambo Creek and then all the way downstream to the Colo River. All off track, completely unknown territory, abseiling probably involved, stamina and endurance required. Numbers will be limited to 7. |
| 09/11/2019 - 09/11/2019 |
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Social | Berkeley Vale | Pre dinner nibbles/drinks, followed by dinner after which we will conduct the (usually short) AGM. After the AGM, there will be board games for those interested (or anything else anyone wants to do). Lots of room for those who wish to stay the night - plenty of tent space and loads of room to put blow up matresses. |
| 10/11/2019 - 10/11/2019 |
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Easy - Medium | Catherine Hill Bay | AGM "after party" activity - details will be provided closer to the date but possibly abseiling plus bushwalk |
| 16/11/2019 - 17/11/2019 |
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Easy | Abercrombie | Come along and help with the surveying project. Bring your disto's and other survey gear. We will stay in cabins for ease of charging our devices and working on the project out of the cave. |
| 22/11/2019 - 25/11/2019 |
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Medium | Texas Caves, Qld | If the drought doesn't break between here and the end of November, we will be visiting the normally flooded Texas Caves (Viator Hill) near the Glenlyon Dam just over the QLD border, driving up Friday and caving Saturday and Sunday, returning home on Monday. Accomodation will be at the Glenlyon Tourist Park, in cabins or camping, and using boats to reach the caves (foot access may be possible if the water level drops further). A visit to the nearby Ashford caves is recommended. Should you wish to stay in a cabin, please contact Cathi ASAP as cabin numbers are limited. |
| 23/11/2019 - 24/11/2019 |
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Medium | Colo River | Saturday, Wounded Knee canyon as a day trip, very early start from Hollow Rock car pak, exiting via Pass 6, a very long day. Numbers Limited. Sunday: TBA |
| 29/11/2019 - 01/12/2019 |
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Hard | Mt Wilson | (3 days pack walk) walk from Mt Wilson on Day 1 to Up Ya Crack Canyon. Leave overnight gear at start of canyon and return up pass at end (maybe rig a fixed rope to assist the climb). Retrieve overnight gear and investigate possibility of abseiling into the creek near a camp cave (this will avoid a swim in Yarramun Creek). Day 2 will be into the lower end of Captains to take photos in the tunnel, then climb over the ridge to do Rorys Canyon. Day 3 will be the walk back to Mt Wilson (depending on time and energy we may have a quick look at another nearby canyon). |
| 02/12/2019 - 02/12/2019 |
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Easy - Medium | Mount Wilson | Unfinished business, accessing the little known canyon, Hand Over Hand, not much to it, but looks pretty good from above. We will access the creek close to the start of the canyon, there is maybe one abseil and one down climb. We'll then walk down to South Bown Creek and have lunch in the delightful Coachwood forest, and then walk out the dead easy track back to the vehicles, probably very early finish Monday afternoon. |
| 03/12/2019 - 03/12/2019 |
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Easy | Mount Wilson | Marijuana Canyon Bounce Trip. Walking in from the top, down the creek to check out the historical plantation site, then down to the "drying cave" where we will collect garbage left behind by the "plantation owners", we'll then retrace our steps back up the creek to dispose of the garbage. Not a long day, not planning on any abseils. |
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Easy - Medium | Philippines | This will be a multifaceted trip. The date will be aligned with the local PSS (Philippines Speleological Society) annual conference which is being held in the very beautiful island of Palawan. This date is still to be confirmed but is likely in the 3rd week of April 2020. Associated with this conference there will be numerous opportunities for trips to the many cave features of this unique island including the Puerto Princesa Subterranean River and stunnnig El Nido. Our group has also been invited to join with a local group to assist in Archeological activities in Tabon cave on behalf of the Philippines Museum. This is a cave where the remain of Tabon man and many other artifacts have been discovered. We have also been invited to another area on a different island to help with exploration of Tipan cave which is a large river system. More details will be posted when they become available. |
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