Events

Hey everyone! Weathers warming up so let's make a splash and dive in at fly point for a snorkel! Snorkel gear is available to hire (wetsuit, snorkel and fins) or feel free to BYO gear! The 411: Meet at the club shed at 9:30AM, location here https://maps.app.goo.gl/dNHChgfPfUuVJ3QJ9, We'll organise carpooling and then head to fly point in nelsons bay (https://maps.app.goo.gl/6dYYDFDxn84DpQW79), ticketed parking is available out front for $5 per hour or free parking is available a short walk away here (https://maps.app.goo.gl/XjBjwK7pVrivJFMy7) or here (https://maps.app.goo.gl/pgYf11uzRnqY1Exo9). We'll have a bbq with the NUDES crew and then hop in the water for high tide (1:30PM) What to bring: - Snorkel mask/fins/wetsuit (can hire or BYO) - Swimmers - Drink bottle (don't forget to stay hydrated) - Sunscreen - Hat - Snacks - Towel - Change of clothes To attend you must be a confident swimmer Any questions shoot Phi a message : )

LET’S GO CAVING…  If you have been wanting to try caving or are experienced and want a weekend escape into the abyss, this is the trip for you. We have heaps of places for you guys to come out to Timor Caves, in Geawegal Country. When: 9th October. The plan is to leave at 5PM on Friday, set up camp and hang around the campfire and then wake up bright and early Saturday to cave the day away before leaving for home in the arvo.  What: Now this is the fun part. First, we make our way to the caves which will be a short (or long) walk depending on how good you are at finding the damn things. Second, we put on our helmets, switch on our torches and dive into the underground world of rock, darkness and awesomeness. Once inside we walk, crawl, slide, and swear our way through the tunnels, trying to see what we can find and where we can get. It’s the ultimate in terms of exploration, the only thing stopping you from finding out what’s around the corner or in that tunnel is you. If you are claustrophobic, this is not the trip for you. We're aiming to get through 2-3 caves in the area over the day; all caves will be optional though and if you don’t feel like caving all day you're welcome to stay at camp.  Skills: This is a beginner trip so no prior experience of caving is required! However a reasonable level of fitness is needed as there will be 10-15 minute walks to most of the caves. What to bring: - 1 lunch and 1 breakfast. Dinner will be provided on Friday night. Saturday's dinner will be on the road, but likely a pub feed with everyone together.  - Water for one day (at least one litre in a sturdy or plastic bottle, each car will have a 10 or 20 litre water container for refills, but you NEED a bottle) - Clean clothes for the car ride home - Camping gear (can be borrowed from the NUMC gear store or BYO) - Torches (can be borrowed or BYO) ***Head torch ESSENTIAL*** - Overalls (optional) - Spare batteries (Club torches take 4 AAA or 4 AA batteries, you MUST have a complete spare set.) ***ESSENTIAL*** - Backup torch (a $5 hand torch is fine) ***ESSENTIAL*** - Helmets (Gear store) - Sturdy and/or cheap shoes. Following the “they gon’ get dirty” theme. (You get the point by now, there is dirt. Everywhere. Like, EVERYWHERE. And also water. Water and dirt make mud. You get the picture.) - Wet wipes/baby wipes recommended - Cheap gardening gloves (Also highly recommended) - Face masks (these caves are DUSTY) For additional information, feel free to flick me a message. Once you've got your ticket, make sure to be at the gear store by 5PM AT THE LATEST on Friday the 9th of October for our departure at 5:00PM.  Camping gear can be borrowed prior, it's a first-in-first-served system.  That's all from us, get keen and sign up, Cant wait to see you all there! Cheers, - Captain Phil  

As part of the University's Pride celebrations we are hosting a night of friendly competitions at Warners Bay this Wednesday with Pulse kindly donating some vouchers for our winners!   Grab your NUMC members fee to Pulse for $8 (accessible here https://pulseclimbing.com.au/numc/) as normal and grab a ticket for this event if you would like to join in with the competitions so I know how many scorecards I need. I will touch base with everyone who gets a ticket to help sort out teams of three, feel free to make a team with your friends! The club night will be operating as normal too.   In teams of three you must climb the hardest grade you can in each of the colours of the rainbow, with the highest grade for that colour counting towards your team score. I have set up a digital scoresheet for teams to record their climbs (e.g. red grade 7, orange grade 6, yellow grade 8, etc). Whichever team has the highest score at the end of the night wins, with 5 bonus points on offer for each item of rainbow clothing one of your team members wears on the night (please make sure you don't wear anything that isn't safe to climb in)!   Important housekeeping rules: Please bring your student card, it's a lot for the staff to process all of you whilst tending to their usual customers so please make their lives easy and bring your student card for easy entry. Make sure you have checked in for the club night at the front desk as usual   Keen to see you there! - Captain Phil

Fourth times a charm!  **TICKETS GO LIVE 10AM TUESDAY 15TH OF SEPTEMBER** Come climb and cool down with a lovely dip in the ocean afterward! Get your swimmers and climbing kit on for an epic morning of touching rocks by a beautiful veiw. With salty swims after to top it off, this little day trip will be one to remember! - Limited tickets available as it will be a relatively small crew - Beginner friendly, there is a bit of something for everyone - BYO coffee, brunch & water (more info will be sent out to you)  ~ Be ready to slip slop slap that sun cream ~

Hey NUMC, Climbing nights are still on! Pulse is offering select, subsidised tickets for NUMC members for $8 (accessible here https://pulseclimbing.com.au/numc/).  Climbing nights are an excellent way to meet other members and hear about any trips they are planning to go on (that you may also want to go on ). There are two climbing nights to choose from and plenty of tickets available! Our Wednesday night climbing session will be at Warner's Bay and our Friday night climbing session will be at Pulse Adamstown! Both nights have two sessions from 5:30-7:30 & 7:30-9:30. Important housekeeping rules: It's one ticket per person per day. You can buy tickets for both Adamstown and Warners bay.  Please bring your student card, it's a lot for the staff to process all of you whilst tending to their usual customers so please make their lives easy and bring your student card for easy entry. Make sure you have checked in at the front desk Put your shoes and harnesses away it's not Pulse's job to clean up after all of us Everyone must go through a safety briefing before climbing whether that be yourself or your friends. No one but Pulse staff are legally allowed to do briefings and belay technique.  Keen to see you there!

Don’t have much on this weekend? Trying to ignore the week 4 assessment blues? Worry no more, do we have the last minute adventure for you! This is a last minute event because the Beginner Backcountry Ski Trip got cancelled due to the lack of snow. Instead we have decided to go hiking and have the capacity for more people to join!!   Come along to intermediate hiking in Budawangs National Park, where we will visit the ‘castle’, a large rock formation as well as some insane caves and arches along the Budawang mountain range.   We will be camping at Wog Wog campground and Burrumbeet Brooks Campground along the way.  Basic hiking gear can be borrowed from the club, petrol and transport costs included in the cost of the ticket.  No prior overnight hiking experience is necessary, however, you must have day hiked before and have a reasonable level of fitness (to carry a heavy pack 13km in and out).   This will be a 3 night hiking trip with the following itinerary: Thursday - Afternoon gear check and drive to camp (approx 4.5 hour drive) Friday - 13.2 km hike to our second campsite Saturday - 22.6 km out and back day hike to the ‘Castle’, no pack down and set up of camp required Sunday - 13.2 km hike back to the cars and drive back to Newy.   Tickets go on sale 8am Tuesday 8/9/26 (tomorrow!) and close at middnight on Wednesday - so get in quick.     Any questions, shoot me a pm on messenger. ~ Taylor Cassady