Serendipity
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| | Difficulty:3B II (v2a2 III) Raps:6, max ↨66ft
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Introduction[edit]
Why Don't We Do It In The Road Canyon (AKA Serendipity Canyon) is one of the easier, more accessible canyons at Mount Wilson in the Blue Mountains of NSW. It has plenty to offer and is a very pretty canyon to do, with some of the prettiest creek walking sections to be found in any canyon.
The canyon has 6 abseils of up to a maximum of 20mtrs, plenty of good anchor points from new slings, bolted anchors, with one final rope anchor point that is a bit of a stretch to reach. A 40mtr rope is more than plenty for this canyon, the first abseil can be bypassed, but really, I don't know why you would want to.
Quality
- The canyon is rated 4 out of 10 on the Brennan Quality Scale.
- David Noble rates the canyon 3 out of 5 for quality and Medium for difficulty.
Approach[edit]
Easy, 3km. Park at Mount Wilson RFS.
- Follow the fire trail briefly to a T-junction. Turn left onto "Merewether Lane Fire Trail". Right takes you back to the main road.
- Continue for 500m past the hill to another fire trail junction. Turn right onto "Northern Fire Trail".
- Follow for 1km until a big signpost directing you to Wollangambe Canyon and Serendipity Canyon "Grade extreme". Turn left to follow it.
- Follow for 400m until a small signpost directing you to Wollangambe. Ignore this and keep right.
- Follow for 200m until a faint fork in the track. Keep right. Left takes you to the exit.
Descent[edit]
Exit[edit]
When you exit onto the mighty Wollangambe River, you can turn left and go upstream for a few hundred metres (a good lunch or jump spot). Follow the obvious track up the hill, to the final junction in the approach, then follow the approach in reverse.
Alternatively, you can head downstream to exit at the popular Wollangambe No 2 exit point, quite a way downstream.
Red tape[edit]
Beta sites[edit]
Descente-Canyon.com : Serendipity
OzUltimate.com : Why Don't We Do It In The Road? Canyon - track notes
Trip reports and media[edit]
- OzUltimate.com : Tom Brennan, 2007 report & link to photos
- OzUltimate.com : Tom Brennan, 2022 photos
Background[edit]
David Noble says: Why Don't we Do It On The Road Canyon was named by Tony Norman after (probable) first descent. Named after a song on the Beatles "White Album". "Norm" is a very keen Beatles fan. The canyon had been well known for many years before that - especially the lower glow worm cave.
The alternative name "Serendipity" was given later by Glen Robinson.