It took us about three and a half hours to get to Kanangra walls from Sydney. Almost hit what I think was a common barn owl on the way over. He was just sitting in the middle of the road, didn't even move as we swirved around him.
There were 8 of us going on the trek. Five of us experienced and 3 not so used to hiking.
We meant to set off early in the morning on Boxing day but of course got delayed and started the trail around 11 am when the sun was high and it was starting to get pretty hot.
This is Kanangra walls overlooking Kanangra creek. 
On the first day we managed to get lost three times and the trek that was supposed to take 4-5 hours took 8! We had a GPS with us that the owner was reluctant to turn on, the maps were to be kept inside the packs and only the photocopied ones were to be used even thought they had sections missing that we could only see on the original ones and we were told navigation is not about knowing where you are "it's about knowing in which general direction you are going". Haha, it was funny in a frustrating way. The books we were using were probably 2-3 years old and the trail that we had planned to take was no longer in use. The trail was blocked off by branches and sticks and it was probably obvious to many but not so to us. I mentioned that I thought the trail might be closed but since we weren't sure we tried it anyway... only to lose our way and being forced to turn back.
We tried another trail and walked north for an hour before stopping to argue about the way again as we were supposed to have walked that last hour in an Easterly direction. As it turned out, we had missed second top, our turn-off point and made it all the way to third top, way off our maps. After much discussion we finally turned back and eventually seemed to be on the right track. Here the descent to the river was approximately 800 metres in elevation and along very steep, slippery sections.
Having run out of water and with very sore feet we were extremely happy to reach the Kowmung river. 
Here's Genvieve and Annie as they are crossing the river to get to the camp.
Here's Genvieve and Annie as they are crossing the river to get to the camp.It was absolutely beautiful in the water. As soon as we had crossed I was in, having a well-earnt and much needed "wash".
The bonfire that night was very nice for chilling out around.
The next day we had to trek 3 kilometres along the river to get to our next camp. That hike took us about 3 hours. We had to cross the river many times along the way when the vegetation became unpenetrable. The trick was finding a place suitable for a crossing as many places were too deep or the current too strong.
On the path we saw a redbellied black snake,
and a beautiful goanna. We also saw wallabies and water dragons and river trout. 
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