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Books and maps
We recommend the following outdoors books. Most of the technical books and guides are available from the gear store, with others being available from the University library.

Rockclimbing - Guidebooks
Blue Mountains, selected climbing areas, Simon Carter
A guide to selected Rockclimbs, Victoria, Chris Baxter
Rock guide to Evans Crown & Tarana, Mark Colyvan 
Canyons near Sydney (2nd Edition), Rick Jamieson
Rock guide to Sydney and the Sea Cliffs, Mike Law
Guidebooks to the Blue Mountains, Nowra, and ACT

Rockclimbing - General
Edelrid Ropework
How to Rockclimb Series - Climbing Anchors, John Long
How to Rockclimb Series - Sport & Face Climbing, John Long
How to Rockclimb Series - Knots for Climbers, John Long
Basic Essentials of Rockclimbing, John McMullen
Rockclimbing - Getting Started, Glen Tempest

Caving
Bungonia Caves - Ross Ellis
Single Rope Techniques, Neil Montgomery
Vertical, Alan Warild

Kayaking
Kayaking Down Under, Terry Bollard
Kayaking Whitewater (Basic Essentials), Bill Kallmer

Bushwalking - Local
Walking & Touring in the Hunter Valley, Barry Collier
Watagan Walking Trails Barrington Tops, Barry Collier
The Great North Walk (2nd edition), Garry McDougall
Bushwalks in the Hunter Valley, Greg Powell

Bushwalking - NSW
Cox's River, Jim Barrett
Bushwalks in the Sydney region (Vol. 2), S Lard
Pathways to History - Exploring the Blue Mtns, Greg Powell
How to see the Blue Mtns, Jim Smith
100 walks in NSW (4th edition), Tyrone Thomas

Bushwalking - Other
Paddy Pallin's Bushwalking & Camping
Walk the West, Duncan How
Alpine Walking Track, John Siseman
120 Walks in Victoria (6th edition), Tyrone Thomas
50 Walks in Southern NSW & ACT, Tyrone Thomas

Miscellaneous
Cycling the Bush (2nd edition), Sven Klinge
Cross Country Navigation, Rod Phillips
Bushwalking & Mountaincraft Leadership, John Retchford
First Aid in the Bush (2nd edition), Bruce Wilson
Map Reading Handbook (2nd edition)
Outback Cooking in the Camp Oven




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