Slide of Death (near Bushrangers Cave)

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Date: 2026-August-01

Slide of Death         near
Bushrangers Cave   in
Mount Victoria
NSW, Australia

The rock in this post is
"Slide of Death" ...
named after a similar rock
at the tip of Bonnum Pic
(Nattai National Park, NSW)

In both rocks, when sliding down,
you can't veer left nor right,
else you are bye-bye 😊


1)  Yellow oval: Slide of Death

2)  Slide of Death

3)  Paul ... sliding down

From Karen Lee's video

Video

Watch this 38-sec video on the Slide of Death:
https://youtube.com/shorts/Ni2vVNlKHro



Location of Slide of Death

-33.59848  150.24751
Grid Reference:  Hartley 4459 7897

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Dalpura Canyon

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Wonderful light rays in a green pool in
    Dalpura Canyon
    Blue Mountains
    NSW, Australia

Date: 2026 April 12
Time: Around 11 am



Green pool in fairyland !

Dalpura Canyon
has a well-know Instagram green pool.
It is like an oil painting of a fairyland !


1)  This is the well-know Instagram green pool ...
- Waterfalls at the end
- Nguyen Hanh taking photos

Green pool & wonderful light rays !

2)  Waterfalls on the left, light rays on the right.
- Left to right:
       Amy Chi
       Nguyen Hanh

3)  Amy Chi.
- Hey Amy,
  You are blocking the green pool and the light rays
  😊

4)  Fantastic light beam !

The rest of Dalpura Canyon

5)  Dalpura Canyon.
- Left to right: Lili Han, Amy Chi, Nguyen Hanh

6)  Dalpura Canyon.
- Left to right: Nguyen Hanh, Amy Chi, Lili Han

7)  Dalpura Canyon.
- Nguyen Hanh, Amy Chi.

Beyond Dalpura Canyon

8)  We can see this exciting cliff top
     from Dalpura Canyon.
     (It doesn't have a name.)
- And we are going to climb it !!!

9)  At the exciting cliff top of previous pic.
     (It doesn't have a name.)
- Amy Chi, Lili Han, Nguyen Hanh

10)  At another lookout ... named Dalpura Head.
- Paul (left edge),
  Nguyen Hanh (right edge)

Photo by Amy Chi

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Light rays in Colliery Canyon

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Fantastic light rays in
Colliery Canyon

We were there just at the right time
to witness the magic scenes !


Date: 2025-May-17
A bushwalk in Colliery Canyon,
Blue Mountains, NSW, Australia
(About half-a-day's walk)


7 of us:
    Paul,  leading ...
    Bao'e Dong (宝)
    Jack
    James
    John Zhong
    Kelly Wei
    Lucy


Pictures - light rays in Colliery Canyon

Some of them may look like waterfalls ...
For example: First 2 photos below.


1)  Colliery Canyon.
- Kelly
- Note: Light rays, not waterfall !

Time: 10:45am

2)  The 3 lovey ladies, left to right:
     Kelly, Lucy, Bao

Time: 10:46am

3)  The 4 guys, left to right:
     John, Paul, Jack, James

Photo by Bao

4)  A laser light in Colliery Canyon !

Time: 11:13am

5)  Kelly.

Photo by Bao

6)  Closer to the shafts of light of previous pic.
- James on the left
  Others: Lucy, Bao, John, Kelly

Time: 10:50am

7)  Lucy, Kelly, John.

Time: 10:53am

8)  Identical scene as previous pic ...
     24 minutes later.
- John

Time: 11:17am

9)  Same scene as previous pic, different angle.
- John

Time: 11:17am   Photo by Bao

10)  Paul.

Photo by Bao

11)  Jack, Bao.

Time: 11:15am

12)  Jack.

Photo by Bao

Pool at end of Colliery Canyon

13)  Pool at end of the canyon.
- White arrow:
       It is possible to climb up the here.
       Not easy !
       Only Kelly Wei & John Zhong can do it.
       Refer to next pic.

Time: 10:58am

14)  Kelly at the white arrow of previous pic.
I suspect if we stay here long enough,
We may see shafts of light shining through
the slit at the top ... Refer to next few pics.

Time: 11:03am

15a, b)  This is John Graham's trip
              to Colliery Canyon in 2024-Feb-01.
- Same scene and pool as previous pic
- We miss this light show 😭

Photo by John Graham

16)  John Graham's trip in 2024-Feb-01.
- Edna Frougas ...
  on the same rock as Kelly in photo #14
- We miss this light show 😭

Photo by John Graham

Comment

Colliery Canyon is quite interesting.

About half-a-day's walk.
Some bushbash.
No abseil.
No swim.

But you have to be there at the right time
to see the light rays.

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John Graham's photos in 2025 Sydney's Easter Show

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2025 Sydney Royal Easter Show
Photographic Competition


John Graham submitted 3 pictures for judging
in the Easter Show's photographic competition.

Photos:
1 - 3    Paul Ma  looking at a giant spider

7 - 8    Sornkin Lam
            in Grand Canyon, Blue Mountains

9 - 10  Tracey Coates
            also in Grand Canyon, Blue Mountains


Paul Ma

1)  Original photo by John Graham, depicting a
     Megadolomedes australianus
     (Giant Water Spider).
- Just so that there is no misunderstanding ...
  The giant spider is not me ... ok 😊

Location: A Gerringong Creek waterfall
                 Unofficially known as Pensions Falls
                 Budderoo NP, NSW, Australia
Date: 2024-December-05

2)  Displayed in Easter Show's
     Arts & Crafts Pavilion.
     2025-April

3)  Display board in Arts & Crafts Pavilion.
     2025-April

4)  I attended the Easter Show.
- Complete with the same outfit as in John's photo
  😊

It was pointed out that
I can pose in front of the above photo.


5)  And so, I did 😊

6)  And again 😊

And I can keep doing this ...
forming an infinite progression 😊

But I think I'll stop here 😊



Sornkin Lam

7)  Original photo by John Graham.

Location: Grand Canyon, Blue Mountains, NSW
Date: 2024-December-22

8)  Displayed in Easter Show's
     Arts & Crafts Pavilion.

Tracey Coates

9)  Original photo by John Graham.

Location: Grand Canyon, Blue Mountains, NSW
Date: 2024-December-14

10)  Displayed in Easter Show's
     Arts & Crafts Pavilion.

11)  Display board in Arts & Crafts Pavilion.

The bushwalks
where the photos were taken

Photos #1 was taken in a bushwalk
to a Gerringong Creek waterfall,
(unofficially named Pensions Falls)
in Budderoo National Park, NSW, Australia.
2024-December-05

Trip report and photos are in this link:
https://mntviews.blogspot.com/2024/12/pensions-falls-gerringong-creek.html


Photos #7 was taken in a bushwalk
inside Grand Canyons,
Blue Mountains, NSW, Australia.
2024-December-22


Photos #9 was taken in a bushwalk
also inside Grand Canyons,
Blue Mountains, NSW, Australia.
2024-December-14

Many interesting photos from the trip are
in this link:
https://onemanadreaming.blogspot.com/2024/12/shafts-of-light-grand-canyon-blue.html



Post Script

Unfortunately, none of John's photos won a prize
😭

It would help if I wear:
    - Red dress
    - Red Hat
    - Red gloves

I think John and I should collaborate
to do just that for the 2026 Easter Show 😊

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Shafts of light, Grand Canyon, Blue Mountains

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Amazing wonderful shafts of light !!!
in Grand Canyon, Blue Mountains,
    NSW, Australia

2024 December 14

Time we were down in the canyon, in the creek:
2:30pm to 4:30pm



Background

I had been to the bottom of Grand Canyon at night,
to see the glow-worms inside the canyon.
That was a fantastic trip.

This one, in daylight, is just as amazing !

It is also the first time
I'm inside the canyon in daylight.
And get to witness the magical light show.

But note:
You need abseiling gears to do our trip.

Also, there are sections that require a swim.
Hence you should wear a wetsuit
as water is cooold ... bbrrrr !!!


(There is a foot track through the canyon.
But it is above the canyon floor.

No abseil, no swim ... meant for normal hikers.

The downside:
You won't see the fantastic light show
from the foot track 😭)



Our group

7 of us:
     Lyndal Tegel - leader + all rope work
     Amy Chi
     Helen Heng
     John Graham
     Paul Ma
     Tracey Coates
     Vijay Kini



Abseil down into Grand Canyon

First thing is to abseil down into the canyon.


1)  Lyndal abseiling down.
- Watched by John

Photo by Amy Chi

2)  Abseiling down into Grand Canyon.
- Amy

Photo by John Graham

Shafts of light near abseiling area

3)  Group photo of the 7 of us:
- John, Lyndal, Amy, Vijay, Helen, Tracey, Paul
- Shafts of light behind us ... not waterfalls

Photo by John Graham

4)  Vijay in the limelight.
- White arrow: Only this one is a waterfall.
                       The rest are all shafts of light.

Photo by John Graham

5)  Amy's turn in the limelight.
- White arrow: Only this one is a waterfall.
                       The rest are all shafts of light.

Photo by John Graham

6)  Amy again.
- White arrow: Only this one is a waterfall.
                       The rest are all shafts of light.

Photo by John Graham

7)  Left to right: Helen, Tracey, Vijay
- White arrow: Only this one is a waterfall.
                       The rest are all shafts of light.

8)  The lights are sheer magic !
- White arrow: Only this one is a waterfall.

9)  Left to right: Tracey, Helen
- White arrow: Only this one is a waterfall.
                       The rest are all shafts of light.

Shafts of light at another part of the canyon

10)  Lyndal under the lights.

11)  Beam us up, Scotty 😀
- Vijay, Tracey, Helen, Lyndal

Photo by John Graham

12)  Beam us up, Scotty 😀
- Vijay, Amy, Helen, Paul, Lyndal, Tracey

Photo by John Graham

Another shafts of light

13)  Shafts of light at another part of the canyon.

Photo by John Graham

14)  Same scene as previous pic.
- Lyndal, John, Tracey

15)  Same scene as previous pic.
- Lyndal, John, Tracey

16)  Same scene as previous pic.
- Tracey, Helen, Vijay, Paul

Photo by John Graham

Yet another shafts of light

17)  At another part of the Canyon.
- 2 in the front: Amy, Paul
- Lady in black at the back: Not our group

Photo by John Graham

18)  Same scene as previous pic.
- 2 in the front: Vijay, Tracey
- Lady in white at the back: Not our group

19)  Same scene as previous pic.
- Vijay watching ...
- Helen, Tracey ... at the back

20)  Same scene as previous pic.
       Fantastic shafts of light !

Photo by John Graham

21)  Same scene as previous pic.
- Tracey
- Lady in black up on the rock: Not our group

Photo by ???

Walk/swim downstream a bit more,
then another shafts of light

22)  We are meeting more bushwalkers now.
       They didn't abseil into the canyon.
       They walked/swam in
       from where we'll exit the canyon.
- 3 with helmets: Tracey, Helen, Vijay
- Others (without helmet): Not our group

23)  Same scene as previous pic.
- Helen, Tracey, Vijay

Photo by John Graham

24)  Same scene as previous pic.
- Amy

Photo by John Graham

25)  Same scene as previous pic.
- Vijay in the limelight
- Paul, Tracey ... photographing Vijay

Photo by John Graham

26)  Same scene as previous pic.
- Tracey, Lyndal

Photo by ???

27)  Same scene as previous pic.
- Tracey, Lyndal

Photo by ???

More shafts of light

28)  These shafts of light never ends 😀

29)  Amy ... the star !
- Behind her is Lyndal.

Photo by John Graham

Swims

There are swimming sections inside the canyon.
You should wear a wetsuit.

There are cases where hikers without wetsuits
suffered hypothermia.

They had to be rescued by helicopters.


30)  One of the swimming sections.
- Clockwise from bottom:
       Helen, Vijay, Tracey, Lyndal, Amy

Photo by John Graham

31)  Another swimming section.
- Lyndal ... standing
- Amy... swimming

Photo by John Graham

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