Arethusa Canyon ~ 11 December 2005
Party: Jiri Svec, Jacqui Knox, James Bevan
the canyon begins
The belay was around a natural arch to the right of the main falls. We scrambled down into the sinkhole below and abseiled through the hole on the left.
Jiri in the hole, about to begin the descent
Jiri under the arch
Jiri abseiling
Jiri abseiling
After a long creek walk, we were all glad to be in the canyon. The atmosphere inside was tremendous. Light poured in and lit up the canyon walls and the spray from the waterfall.
The misty walls of the canyon
The main falls at the start of the canyon
Arethusa is more spectacular and difficult version of Grand Canyon. They're both very wide and open. However the abseils and the scrambling in arethusa are a just a bit more exciting.
Jacqui squeezes into this small hole
and makes it
Jiri jumps
Jiri and Jacqui about to start the swim
Jacqui, post-swim
Vida Falls (photo by Jacqui Knox)
Vida Falls. Jiri and I set up the rope (photo by Jacqui Knox)
Arethusa Falls, Alpheus Canyon (Lerida Gorge) comes in on the left
We climbed up to the cliffline and followed it back to the Rodriguez Pass track.
A favourite campsite
Then we walked up past beauchamp falls and followed the Picher track back to the airfield. There were some nice flowers on the walk out.
Leptospernum sp.
Lambertia formosa (Mountain Devil)
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