Capertee Workshop
18 to 22 October 2025
Capertee Valley
Dates:
18–22 October 2025
Fee:
$1800 AUD
Includes accommodation and tuition and walking and kayaking experience.
Payment on registration.
Extras: I’m assuming we’ll share some meals out (in Rylestone), so you should budget for supplies. There’s a park entrance fee. Kayaking. Travel and fuel etc
What you’ll need:
Torch, first aid kit, mosquito repellant, binoculars, bandaids, water, snacks, moisture-wicking clothes, hiking boots, compass, maps, lightweight jacket, extra layers, waterproof bag, swimmers, towel, a hat, “emergency plus” app.
The plan so far.
Regent Honeyeater
Walking
Capertee Valley River Walk
Distance: 5.8km return
Difficulty: Easy-Moderate Fire Trail Route
Elevation: 100m
Starting Point: Coorongooba Campground
Kayaking
Kayak solo or in pairs on the Cudgegong River with Southern Cross Kayaking.
Starting Point: Ganguddy-Dunns Swamp in Wollemi National Park 25 km East of Ryalstone.
Duration: 2 hours
Difficulty: Easy
“If you want to write, take a walk. Take it again, sitting down at your desk.”
—Mark Tredinnick, The Little Red Writing Book
Capertee Valley
Here’s the plan.
When: 18 to 22 October 2025
Where and what: The Globe Hotel in Rylestone, and farmer’s cottage in Bogee, Capertee Valley.
Half-day walks and kayaking in the Capertee Valley, Mugii Murum-Ban State Conservation Park, and Heritage Listed Wollemi National Park. The walks are not difficult or long, but they are grand. soon.
Kayaking: Dunns Swamp, Gangduddy as known by the Dabee people of the Wiradjuri nation, is an oasis in the Wollemi National Park. Marked with remarkable pagoda rock formations, soaring sandstone escarpments, winding river valleys and awe-inspiring geological features which also shelter a rich diversity of plants, birds and animals and natural heritage.
Accommodation: First opened as a bed and breakfast in 1855 by Mr Thomas Owen, The Globe Hotel is located in historic Rylestone.
Accomodation is included in the registration fee.
How we’ll work: I want the walking and the mountain to do most of the talking, but of course, I'll be there to lead the conversation, set readings and prompts, workshop your pieces and guide your writing practice. We'll also have some guest speakers to get us across the ecology, histories, art and birds of the high country.
If you like the sound of all this, then register here and come along.
Total cost: $1800 each for five days: for the tuition and the walking and kayaking experience. Plus extras (as above).
5-Day Writing Workshop in Capertee Valley NSW
Includes 5-days tuition, 4-nights accommodation, kayaking and walking experience .
“One of our greatest living poets, and a superb teacher.”
––Peter Bishop
“Without Mark Tredinnick's teaching, I may never have dared step so fully into the poetry world.”
––Ali Whitelock,
And My Heart Crumples Like a Coke Can
“Mark is unlike any teacher I've had. If you have the chance to learn from Mark, take it.”
—Caroline Wagner