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The new Blue Mountains guidebook 18-Apr-2007 At 11:58:51 AM mikepatt

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On 16/04/2007 hangdog wrote:
>Bought the new Bluies guide last week and was very impressed.
>As a result decided to try a new Trad destination. Kangaroo Corner seemed
>pretty good and the access description was clear and concise. That was
>until we tried to get out there. After flogging through the scrub trying
>to make the description fit the terrain we bailed out. I had hoped this
>guidebook had avoided the problem of some of the others in that the access
>description is written for people who already know how to get there. It
>appears that this description was not checked prior to print as there were
>many landmarks that could have been used to let people know whether they
>were going in the right direction or not. i should have known when the
>description mentioned a clump of trees as a marker. its the bush there
>are trees everywhere!!!
>don't get me wrong i think that this guide is generally excellent however
>it can be really frustrating when all this effort has gone into it and
>you can,t get to the crag via the description.
>Not all the descriptions are off as we found the abseil down cave climb
>at Narrowneck ok, however the guide mentions double rings and all we found
>were the 2 old belay carrots in the cave.
>If anyone knows the way to Kangaroo Corner, let me know ?

Sorry to hear you didn't make it out there, hangdog.
By the way, what landmarks are you refering to?
I went out there recently and the vehicle track seemed a lot worse, possibly due to firetruck access and the recent fairly heavy rains. There's also a tree across the original track and a detour to get around it. Still I reckon the original description (written, I think, by the developers, Harry Luxford, or Bruce Cameron) is sufficient in conjunction with the map.
My rough memory is; follow very briefly sealed track and take left turn (right leads to small dam) up very rough section passing old brick foundations on left. Turn right at clearing and follow rough and narrow track passing bits of old cars, mainly on the left. Brief detour around fallen tree and continue as far as you dare and park in NEWish clearing on LEFT. Briefly walk down track and either continue down or follow cairns on left to rap points above the slab area.

How far towards the crag did you get?