Endiandra Canyon
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-30.3610, 152.7801
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Introduction
A good alternative when Rosewood flow is too high
Approach
Park car on Dome Rd, at the small concrete bridge over Endiandra Creek. Road drainages either side of the bridge provide enough parking for 3 cars. Entering the creek, walk downstream 100m to reach Callicoma Falls.
Descent
- R1: Tree CL 17m thru flow into shallow. No permanent anchor material to be left, due to proximity to tourist track. Fiddlestick or leave a sling and quicklink (easily retrieved after returning to the car)
- Creek walking 400m, with multiple small cascades. A tourist track follows the creek for most of the way - it is highly recommended to use the tourist track, as this saves a considerable amount of time due to extremely slippery rock. Leave the tourist track after it turns sharply right, and heads uphill after crossing a small creek gully.
- J 2m into deep. MUST check DEPTH! Lots of logs. DC option CR
- DC CR 20m, small cascade.
- Creek walking with several small cascades. Slippery DC.
- R2 Tree CL 15m thru flow Into shallow. 3 shallow pools. Spillover hazard final pool. Allow 30m rope to reach R3 anchor.
- R3 Tree CL 12m dry. Onto small bulge to access R4 bolts.
- R4 XXCL 25m thru flow to shallow ledge then deep pool. DANGER Eddy CR incut at base. Allow 30m to reach R5 bolts in flow.
- R5 XXCR 25m thru flow into shallow.
- DC 10m CL
- Shallow pool
- DC 5m CL
- R6 Tree CR 30m thru flow into shallow. Strainer at base CR. Many logs in chute, careful of snags on the pulldown.
- R7 Tree CR 25m thru flow into deep. Log in pool.
- DC/belay out across spillover hazard to slung tree CR
- R8 Tree CR 20m thru flow into deep.
- Climb up CL, to gain small rocky ridge.
- Self-belay/handline from palm tree down to exposed R9 anchor.
- R9 XXCL 50m thru flow into shallow.
- Self-belay or handline from tree CL to R10 anchor
- R10 XXCR 25m thru flow into DEEP. Hydraulic and incut CR. Siphon hazard at end of pool (base of falls clear)
- Can exit CR up narrow ridge immediately after R10 back to entry on Blackbutt track
- 150m tricky Creek walk with swim, DC.
- Slippery climb and traverse CL to r11 anchor.
- R11 tree CL 15m thru flow into deep. **needs a sling and QL, we were running low so removed ours. Alternatively, put bolts into massive “ships bow” boulder CM to get in the flow.**
- 400m difficult Creek walking with DC. Several small (<8m) abseils, all can be walked around.
Exit
Many exit options available, it’ll probably take another trip or two to work out the best way. With the current setup, R11 isn’t really worth doing. If rebolted for the flow as described above, it’s probably worth the additional walk out.
Long exit option - (2hr 30min) 150m downstream from R11, a small tributary enters on CR. Follow this tributary until the slope to the right mellows to a reasonable angle. Gain the main ridge, easily identified by the relatively flat mid-section at 400m-500m elevation. Veer left as the angle steepens again, and continue climbing to meet the sharp U-bend of the Blackbutt walking track at the top of the hill. Follow the Blackbutt Track until it nears Dome Rd - then walk down the road back to the bridge. Retrieve R1 anchor material
