Rachmartee

I am still astounded that after 4 years of active canyoning I have only been through Rocky Creek Canyon once! Bismal!!

Rocky Creek was my third ever canyoning and it is a brilliant one for beginners. It is an out and back canyon with no abseils, so effectively its a natural water park, full of slides, jumps and good times!

I went with a group of 5 people, 2 being good friends of mine, but it was a fun group! An especially fun way to spend Valentines Day as a group of singles!

Some of us had wet suites, some did not, so some definitely suffered more than others as it was COLD and you get very wet! We were all beginners in the sport at this time, so we were all just exploring and testing out the gear.

The water was FUN. A much better way to get comfortable with heavy flow/water hazards in a safe and low challenged environment.

Look at the joy on all our faces, it honestly felt like we were at a water park, it was so much fun.

It’s very humbling reflecting back on these experiences 4 years later… a skater helmet, a surfer wetsuit and a dry bag backpack are certainly not on the gear list anymore!

It is a stunning canyon, i’m very keen to get back and take some much better photos. It is known for being one of the most picturesque canyons in the Blue Mountains, which means all of Australia too!

We ended up continuing along Rocky Creek after the canyon finished and exited up a very dogy pagoda climb and eventually made our way back to the cars. This was before I realised it was more common to reverse the canyon… I think ill be reversing it next time!