Wollangambe Crater is an amphitheatre like depression in the wilderness area, adjacent to the Wollangambe River. It is not an impact crater, it was formed from erosion of the softer sandstone by water. This track starts near Bell railway station and is an out and back run/walk. Some distance downstream from where I crossed the Wollangambe river, the river descends into a series of canyons that are among the most popular canyoning canyons in NSW. You may have noticed in the media in January 2024, of deaths of two women in this canyon. One was a police woman who was attempting to rescue the other. Rest assured my crossing of the river was not at all dangerous, a easy three or four steps through a shallow, sandy bottomed, gently flowing river. (click on the links in the text for further details)
(click on the pictures for more detail)
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| Bell Station is on the far ridge |
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| Red-Headed Mouse Spider (missulena occatoria) |
It's venom is believed to be very toxic, very few cases of envenomation have been recorded. Funnel web antivenom has been successful in one confirmed case.
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| This was a little scary to negotiate |
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| In the Crater |
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| The bright green mid picture is the crater from a kilometer or so away |
distance: 20Km, moving time: 4hrs,8mins, elevation: 741metre
