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Arapiles in July 19-May-2005 At 9:10:31 AM rhinckle

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in july it's a tossup whether you'll get good weather.
we are in the middle of a drought so you could be in luck.
check the weather forecasts.
the arapiles permenants would mostly be climbing at about double your grades so finding other climbers during the week would be a problem.

in the lower grades, one area to consider could be Gara Gorge in New England, NSW, via Armidale.
there's a university with a mountaineering club http://www.une.edu.au/unemc/climbing/outdoor.php
and a mountain designs shop, which is a good first contact point.
the climbs within 20k of town, with a good number of easier grades. Granite, mostly single pitch. Some of the buttresses require a fair walk in.
There's also basalt at Ebor Falls with a good range of grades.

Admittedly this is not a premier climbing location, but is dry in winter and varied in it's grades.

& Its 450k's from Brisbane.

For adventure, the Glasshouse Mountains, an hour or so north of Brisbane, in Queensland, offer multipitch experiences but you definitely need to find a local. The best place to do this is Kangaroo point, an old quarry on the brisbane river, a popular spot where there are always climbers, and if i remeber correctly, a notice board.

There's not a lot of quality stuff around townsville, and it's a dry tropical area, so lacks the luxurient jungular qualities of, say, Cairns and points north.