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Yesterday (15th February 2025) we ran a trip<\/a> to introduce new and prospective members to the club. My motivation behind organising this was that O-Week (UNSW's Orientation Week) is where most people discover the club, and a similar social climbing event<\/a> last year had great response. This trip was also organised as a more social hike - everyone gets to meet other new club members and hopefully make a couple friends \ud83d\ude00<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The track chosen was Engadine to Loftus via Audley - accessible by public transport, lovely waterhole at the bottom (and because Royal National Park<\/a> has a group size limit of 40).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Due to train strikes on the day I was worried about the turnout, but almost everyone persevered through and we ended up with a 28 people group! Special thanks to Amelia V for the support in organising this and Grant, Micah, and Leo J for helping manage the trip. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I had great fun, looks like everyone else enjoyed too, and it was great meeting so many new people! It's definitely worth making this a recurring thing \ud83e\udd73<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some photos below, credited where applicable or otherwise taken by me (click on an image).<\/p>\n\n\n