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Continue reading →: Jugglers CanyonJugglers is another brilliant beginner canyon. It isn’t a deep or narrow slot canyon, but it is a great spot to practice anchor skills and for training. I have been through Jugglers a few times now, the first time with friends and the second time during an Advanced Canyon Course…
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Continue reading →: Rocky Creek CanyonI 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…
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Continue reading →: Empress CanyonIf you’re looking for an expensive new hobby to step up the notch of your adventures, explore places and waterfalls rarely visited with a side of potential painful death then CANYONING is for you!! It is an incredible sport with an incredible community within NSW, but it is certainly hard…
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Continue reading →: The Magic of the Southern HighlandsThe Southern Highlands is pure magic. It is home to some of the most beautiful natural wonders in NSW, couple that with quaint country town vibes and a calming atmosphere and you have yourself one of my favourite places in this world. I started regularly spending my weekends exploring the…
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Continue reading →: My first week in the Blue MountainsAhh the Blue Mountains!! One of my favourite places in the world. In 2020, I took a weeks leave from work and embarked on my first ever week long solo trip. The longest I had ever spent on solo trips were weekends, so this was the next step and a…
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Continue reading →: Places worth visiting on the South CoastIn 2019 this gal put on her big girl hiking boots and embarked on her first solo trip to the South Coast. That gal was me! This was my first time adventuring solo, so these trips (not all have been solo) were very influential on me. Growing up in a…
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Continue reading →: Waterfalls in the ACTOne thing most people don’t realise… the ACT has waterfalls!! And MULTIPLE. Now, 90% aren’t easy at all to reach, which may be why so few people know about them, even Canberrans. Growing up in Canberra you only really know about the touristy Gibraltar Falls, but once my curiosity got…
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Continue reading →: Best hikes in the ACT60% of the ACT is made up of parks and reserves, with 46% being the Namadgi National Park, so its no wonder the ACT and the nearby Brindabella National Park are home to some of the best bush walks you can find. Below are a few of some of my…
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Continue reading →: My First WaterfallsThe bug had bit! It was not long after getting home from my family trip to Tassie in 2016 that I swiftly started researching all waterfalls within close proximity to where I was living in Canberra. Gibraltar Falls Of course you can imagine as a local Canberran, Gibraltar Falls in…
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Continue reading →: Where did it all begin?!I feel like every great adventurer or outdoor enthusiast always has a beginning, the hike or adventure that started it all! The hunger for more, the bewilderment that something like this exists out there, the feeling of wow I have never felt this type of joy before. The wonder of…
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I’m Rach!
Welcome to Rachmartee, my personal collection of adventures through-out Australia over the years. Here, I invite you to join me, my friends or my pups on a journey of mishaps, bush bashes, lesser known trails, heartfelt stories and epic scenery!
I have lived and grown up within the ACT and rural NSW my whole life. Getting outside fills my heart with joy and wonder, it calms my nerves, helps me feel grounded and helps me feel connected to this world. I hope these stories and adventures will be an archive collection I can reflect back on for many years, for my family to see what I am getting up to on all these crazy trips and for my children to one day see the crazy and wild things that shaped who their mother is.
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