Glow Worm Tunnel
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| Best season: | Oct-Apr (avg for this region)
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-33.2401, 150.2258
-33.2479, 150.2234
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Introduction
This canyon is described in limited detail in Canyons Near Sydney by Rick Jamieson. Help the Australian canyoning community by contributing track notes to ropewiki.com
Approach
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Exit
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Beta sites
Dingo Gap : Bells Grotto- Bush Explorers : Bells Grotto
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Background
Michael Keats of The Bush Explorers says: It was also referred to as Penrose Gorge. Eardley, G H. and Stephens, E M. The Shale Railways of NSW, 1974, p. 136, record, "The more hardy adventurous passengers left the train during the watering operation and walked the narrow footpath through the beautiful Bells Grotto." Ref: Deane, Henry. The Wolgan Valley Railway - Its Construction, 1910, reproduced by the Australian Railway Historical Society, 1979, p. 13, shows a map with Bells Grotto.
David Noble says: Bells Grotto - also called "Glow-Worm Tunnel Canyon". Presumably named after the Archibald Bell of Bells Road fame. It was used as an alternative walking route around the tunnel by passengers (to avoid the smoke on the way up). (The Shale Railways of NSW, Eardley and Stephens, ARHS, 1974)