Bluey Creek

Bluey Creek Canyoneering Canyoning Caving

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‌	Difficulty:‌4B (v4a2 I) Raps:‌3-10, max ↨197ft Metric Overall: No Red Tape:‌ Shuttle:‌None Vehicle:High Clearance
Start:	-37.0176, 147.9365
Parking:	-36.9990, 147.9453
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Regions:	Pacific Australia Victoria Omeo

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Introduction

Bluey Creek Canyon v4a2I* is described in comprehensive detail in Canyoning Around Victoria guidebook

Approach

As per notes in guidebook. Don't follow forestry trails for too long - you need to start bushbashing down the spur to the creek only maybe 500 m after the left-turn past the water tank, otherwise you end up on the exit trail and on the wrong side of a gully.

Descent

Canyon consists of a two-stage series of cascades, a creek walking section and another long section of cascades including a 60 m waterfall. Guidebook suggests downclimbing all drops between the creek walk and the 60 m abseil, but these may be easier as abseils for some parties. Notes below refer to abseiling options. Beware most anchors are tape/slings exposed to UV - bring replacements.

• Tree TL 30 m. To access, scramble up on TL to an earlier tree and double rope abseil ~3m down to the anchor tree (or VERY exposed scramble with handline).
• X TL 28 m. Follows on directly from first abseil - part of same waterfall system. Bolt is just before a small slot section and approximately in line with a flat rock area in canyon centre.
• Pleasant creek walk 300 m.
• Tree TL (well left of flow) 32 m approx. Through scrub initially and then over one more level of cascades (guidebook suggests 2x 15 m DCs instead).
• Tree TL 15 m approx. Into pool. (Guidebook suggests 10 m DC or 7 m J).
• Creek splits into main channel TR and small channel TL. Stay in centre (i.e. TL of main channel). DC then abseil double rope a few metres from a tree through scrub to get to rock platform.
• Tree creek centre (TL of main channel) 60 m - lovely cascades the whole way down into a shallow pool. Note tree is on smallish side for a large abseil.
• DC TR 10 m. (Guidebook suggests 20 m abseil from tree on TL - tree not rigged (shrub?), pitch appeared shorter than 20 m).
• Exit directly afterwards (at/before bend in creek) up spur TR.

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