Manning Gorge (Upper)

Manning Gorge (Upper) Canyoneering Canyoning Caving

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‌	Difficulty:‌4C III (v4a3 III) Swift water Raps:‌4, max ↨203ft Metric Overall: 6h No Red Tape:‌ Shuttle:‌None Vehicle:4WD Rock type:Basalt
Start:	-31.8201, 151.5853
Parking:	-31.8219, 151.5821
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Best season:	Oct-Apr (avg for this region) winter spring summer fall Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov
Regions:	Pacific Australia New South Wales  Northern NSW Barrington Tops

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Introduction

Manning River Gorge is an excellent trip in the Barrington Tops area. There are 4 abseils, with the most impressive being the 62 metre Manning Falls, plus a nice little canyon section at the Black Hole and a number of slides.

Gauge: River Gauge: 208029 Manning @ Leslies Bridge

• < 80 ML/d: a3
• > 80 ML/d: a4

Approach

Proceed to the parking place noted in the summary (which may not be reachable by vehicle, depending on the vehicle and condition of the road). Leading steeply down the ridge is an old logging trail. Follow this until it levels out. on the right is another old logging trail at MGA659788 dropping steeply off the ridge towards the river. Follow this trail down until near the bottom where you can drop off to your left and scramble steeply down to the river.

Location

Descent

Manning Gorge

Rap	M	L/R	Description
			From the entry point scramble , swim and climb downstream a short distance and you will come to a set of cascades dropping into the Black Hole.
P1	40m	RL	Sling high on a small tree. Descend The Cascades till you reach a small cove on the right immediately before the next waterfall
P2	10m	RR	Bolts up on the wall.
			Swim through short canyon section, followed by various slides
P3	60m	RL	Bolts on the edge of the vegetation. Very wet abseil, be sure to manage bags with the flow. Into large pool. Rope pull easier from far side.
			Exit pool on RL, careful of spillover. Scramble down RL well away from river on rock.
P4	18m	RL	Sling around tree, away from river
			About 500 metres of swimming, scrambling and rock hopping downstream until Kangaroo Creek comes in on your left.

In the canyon

Exit

Follow the steep spur between Kangaroo Creek and the Manning River up, keeping close to where the spur drops steeply into Kangaroo Creek on your right, keep following the spur and you will come back to where you started.

Trip reports and media

Manning Gorge (upper)

Background

First Descent - Laurie Alderton Chris Alderton, Steve Cooper Heather Reid