Hartleys Mistake Canyon
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Introduction[edit]
Approach[edit]
Can be approached from:
- the Old Coach Rd on the Newnes Plateau.
- via Zobels Gully/Constance Gorge in the Wolgan Valley.
Descent[edit]
Exit[edit]
The Deanes Creek cliffs are stubborn, good luck!
- Rik D climbed out of Hartley's Mistake (below the canyon section) to the north: https://web.archive.org/web/20141013023934im_/http://david-noble.net/canyoning/2012/NorthernBlueMtsCanyons/NC%2015.jpg
- The Fat Canyoners used the same exit as Rik. The climb is exposed and a fall would be bad.
- The Rick Jamieson guide recommends walking up Deanes Creek, using a pass near Big Foot canyon, or, continue to Constance Gorge.
- You could also walk down Deanes Creek to the Wolgan Valley and follow the fire trail back to Newnes.
Red tape[edit]
The canyon is in Wollemi National Park, you can view alerts here: https://www.nationalparks.nsw.gov.au/visit-a-park/parks/wollemi-national-park/local-alerts
Beta sites[edit]
Trip reports and media[edit]
David Noble : Northern Blue Mountains Canyoning - 24 - 25 March 2012. Day 1 is Hartley's Mistake.- Fat Canyoners : Hartleys Mistake and Twilight (or the goanna genocide). Nov 2012.
- YouTube.com : Richard Pattison, Hartleys Mistake Canyon movie
Background[edit]
David Noble says: A Kameruka Bushwalking Club party (Ted Hartley, Keith and Terri Seddon) visited this creek and the next one further upstream during a trip in winter 1977 in an attempt to get onto the plateau nearby. As both creeks were canyons, they didn't find their pass out and as a result were overdue. Keith Seddon named both creek "Hartleys Mistake Canyons".
A party consisting of Keith Maxwell, Rose Adams, Tom Williams, Dave Noble, Stephanie Davenport and Bob Sault went down the canyon on 22 Oct 77.(Kameruka Magazine Vol 16 No 2 - July 78). Photos of the first descent can be seen here: https://www.david-noble.net/canyoning/wolgan/wolgancanyons2.html
Earlier, in 1972, a MMS party of Keith Jones, Barbara Cameron-Smith, Greg Retallack and others explored the top of the canyon and descended the first abseil before retreating the same way.