Marihuana Canyon

18-05-2024

Gadget and meeeeeeseeee

Go Go Gadget had been in a moon boot with a broken foot for the last six weeks and now she was out we thought we’d ease back into it.

Or sumfink

We’d thrown around a few options and settled on Serendipity canyon at Mt Wilson. But, um well, Unpopular opinion: I’ve never been a big fan of Serendipity. Just always thought it was overrated. Gadgets wasn’t a fan either.

So we changed plans last minute and headed to a little one off the Bells Line that neither of us had visited before.

Named after an elaborate pot plantation in the head waters that got busted in the 90s I had not given too much thought to Marihuana Canyon before and had low expectations but it was something new so why not.

Scrub bashing down we avoid the upper cliff lines but get to the lower cliff and decide to rope up.

And we shall never speak about the tiny shrubs we used for anchors ever again.

As I use to joke with my old mate Della, if it’s wider than your thumb it’s ok. We never did clarify if you held your thumb vertical or horizontal.

Anyhoo

We enter the creek a little high (see what I did there.)

But it didn’t take long to start getting pretty

And before long it drops into a stunning little canyon.

The water was so clear.

And soon we reach the junction with South Bowen

We work our way upstream through some very nice canyon section.

A wider section of South Bowen

TBH it was hard work making our way upstream so we got to our exit and hauled out.

He felt that his whole life was some kind of dream and he sometimes wondered whose it was and whether they were enjoying it: D Adam’s

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