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Moorooduc Quarry 10-Oct-2006 At 9:55:12 AM Plod

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I guess the Moorooduc Quarry must have been closed for about 16 or 17 years now which would explain why there have been so few responses from people who have actually climbed there in the past. I got the impression that there had been quite a bit of climbing there before the closure but those people have probably moved on.

I gather The Mt Eliza Quarry mentioned by Brad is the one on The Esplanade. I have had a quick look there but really it only offers lots of similar short slabby angled bouldering. It is fenced off with chain-mesh fencing but it looks like it gets plenty of 'under the gate' visits from local kids.

I haven't had a look at the Arthurs Seat Quarries (I believe there are two of them and they are possibly still operational) but have found a couple of very short climbs above the walking track on the Port Phillip Bay side of the Mountain (Below the lookout). Not worth travelling too far to get there though.

Flinders has some magnificent black basalt sea cliffs with some great looking lines but the topouts are onto grass with no possiblility of anchors and the many cracks which offer gear placements are filled with a semi-solid gravel that just crumbles when disturbed. The other concerning thing about the Flinders sea cliffs is the amount of basalt blocks laying around under the cliffs which obviously detatch themselves regularly.