Popeye
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| | Difficulty:3B (v2a2) Raps:2, max ↨20ft
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| Best season: | Oct-Apr (avg for this region)
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-33.3769, 150.3192
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Introduction[edit]
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
The upper section is a lovely bushwalk through several S-Bends cutting between pagodas and forming shallow but pretty canyons. No abseils in the upper section, various pools typically below waist deep, albeit the first real section of canyon has 2 or 3 plunge pools that can be avoided with some simply bridging and traversing.
The lower section (Rick Jamieson guidebook grid reference) has a few short drops - the 4th drop requires a short abseil anchored from an arch/pocket high right (looking downcanyon), the other drops can all be down-climbed but the safety of a rope might be prudent.
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Trip reports and media[edit]
OzUltimate.com : Photos of Popeye Canyon 04/01/2017
Background[edit]
Rick Jamieson says the name Popeye Canyon is derived from the fact you pop-in and pop-out of canyon sections several times throughout the day.