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| | Difficulty:3A (v2a1 II) Raps:1-3, max ↨82ft
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| Best season: | Oct-Apr (avg for this region)
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-33.1559, 150.2844
-33.1774, 150.2361
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Introduction[edit]
Also known as "Newnes Canyon"
Quality
- The canyon is rated 10 out of 10 on the Brennan Quality Scale. 1 of only 6 perfect-10 canyons in the greater Bluies as rated by OzUltimate.com.
- David Noble rates the canyon 3 out of 5 for quality and Medium for difficulty.
Approach[edit]
Descent[edit]
Exit[edit]
Red tape[edit]
Beta sites[edit]
https://ozultimate.com/canyoning/track_notes/newnes.htm
Trip reports and media[edit]
YouTube.com : Richard Pattison, Newnes (Starlight) Canyon movie
Background[edit]
David Noble says: also called "Starlight Canyon" by some commercial parties and "The Amazing Wallaby Tunnel" by John Atkinson (VS&M; no 11 1992). It was referred to as Newnes Canyon by Tim Hager in 1977 (The Waysider 147 May/June 1977). The canyon was probably discovered by an SUBW party of Helen Whitfield, Karl Robertson, Dave Beattie and Gerry O'Byrne in 1963 (Report, the canyon they abseiled into, but don't mention much about: https://www.subw.org.au/archives/press-on-regardless/newnes-glen-davis-return/). This report contains a sketch of the canyon formation just below the tunnel (near where they abseiled in).
A much later SUBW party (John Atkinson, Bob Sault, Airdrie Long) were possible the first party to explore (from below) the tunnel section. They returned on a later trip and abseiled into the tunnel. John Atkinson's report: https://www.subw.org.au/archives/press-on-regardless/the-story-of-airdrie-fairdrie-bobbsie-wobbsie-and-the-amazing-wallaby-tunnel/