Caving at Glenrock
Cathi caving at Glenrock

Calendar

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:

Legend

4wdCanyoning CavingSocial Kite flyingMountain biking BushwalkingAbseiling ClimbingField Days

 

Recurring Trips:
Dates   Grade Location Activities
Tuesday evenings Climbing 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
13/05/2026 - 13/05/2026 Bushwalking Dharug NP Starting at the beginning of the fire trail at Greengrove, approximately 1k walk up hill, then 1.5k off track to the headwaters of a small tributory of Sugee Bag Creek. Explore for a reported Aboriginal site and possible waterfall. We'll also check out a possible campsite in a saddle and views from high pont 265. Depending on participants' apetite for adventure, either retrace our route out for an early finish or drop down to Sugee Bag Creek adding on an additional 3k. Car pooling available from Ourimbah and/or Mangrove Mountain Store. Joint trip with BWOC.
17/05/2026 - 17/05/2026 Training Medium TBC SRT practise, rigging practise; crossing rebelays and deviations.
21/05/2026 - 21/05/2026 Social 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 in the week before the meeting.
23/05/2026 - 23/05/2026 Training Easy - Medium TBC Abseiling practice for beginners to practice abseiling on single and doubled ropes.
13/06/2026 - 14/06/2026 Bushwalking Medium Dharug NP Overnight walk from Mill Creek to camp with great views. There'll be an "After Dark" adventure to view engraving groups 2 and 3. Will also investigate some other sites nearby in daylight including the illusive group 1. Cold will be dealt with by a campfire.
25/07/2026 - 26/07/2026 Bushwalking Medium Blue Mountains This exploratory overnight walk joins two Yuri day walks in Gospers Creek in the Mountain Lagoon area. We start the walk just off a fire trail and negotiate 1k of off track walking to access the creek. We will walk approx 3k down the creek and then start looking for a camp site. The next day we'll walk approximately the same distance and then walk approximately 500m uphill to where our cars have been parked. All off track, water guaranteed, will be a great adventure.
05/09/2026 - 07/09/2026 Caving Medium Deua NP Wyanbene main cave is an extensive efflux system. This trip is to explore the river passage and side passages up to Far Caesers Hall. (We will NOT be going to Frustration Lake) Maximum party size is 6 Exploring the main cave on Saturday, then walking to Big Hole and possibly Marble Arch on the Sunday. Stay an extra night if you wish, or scoot home on Sunday evening. [Subject to permit application being approved]
31/10/2026 - 01/11/2026 Caving Easy - Medium Jaunter The primary goal of the trip is to push (dig) a new cave, there's already more than we first thought! There's options for other caving and/or cave surveying. Car camping with all the mod cons.
07/11/2026 - 08/11/2026 Caving Borenore Permit Pending. Monday and Tuesday - completing repair of broken stalactites in Cathedral Cave. Limited to those who attended previous stal repair trip.

 

Dave in Grand Canyon
Dave S in Grand Canyon
Guide to trip gradings:
Grade Required May involve
Easy
  • average fitness
  • sense of humour
  • steep walking
  • easy scrambling
  • short swims
  • instructional trips
  • day trips
  • car camping
Medium
  • above average fitness
  • sense of humour
  • easy climbing
  • rope work
  • lengthy swims
  • full immersion
  • long days
  • overnight trips
Hard
  • strength and endurance
  • cool disposition
  • sense of ridiculous
  • strenuous activity
  • challenging environments
  • prior experience
  • equipment knowledge
  • intimidating exposure
  • remote areas