Acoustic & Zorro Canyons

A beautiful but cool (3C in the morning) end-autumn day, so a chance to do two new easy canyons with water only up to the knees. Both were out on a part of the Newnes plateau I had not been to before so there was a bit of navigation on the forest trails to get to the start points.  First up was Acoustic (or Sunnyside) Canyon which was more of a bushwalk than a canyon with a wander down past the several acoustic chambers before the exit up a steep narrow break.

More driving to get to Zorro Canyon where I could have saved some time and effort if I knew how to use the “Find” function on the GPS. We had to do some doubling back to the entry gully but it was well worth it as the canyon is deep and narrow with a couple of interesting climb-downs.  It ends with an abseil down the cliffline, then a wander along to a treefern-filled exit gully which climbs steeply back up.

1.5 and 2.5 hours for each of the canyons and a good test of my non-existent fitness. On the way out we did a short detour to Birds Rock which gave great views back into the Wollemi Wilderness.