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Melbournes Best Bluestone Walls 3-Feb-2004 At 4:04:26 PM (removed)

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Went on a run yesterday to check these out again.

On 31/01/2004 tmarsh wrote:
>I live around the corner from the Footscray wall. Not bad - two sides of
>the road, with a continuous traverse on each side. The wall is very dirty
>though - strange red dust that I presume comes down from the train above.
Don't know this one. Where exactly ? Not on the river, I take it.

>Two other Western walls:
>Along the Marybrnong river, where the railway line crosses the river.
>The Footscray side of the bridge has a good traverse, with a piton protected
>route up the northern butress. There's a bike track that provides easy
>access to that side of the river. 5 mins ride from where Footscray Road
>crosses the river, in a north direction.
I confirmed this as crappy. Not only is it absolutely filthy - and offers a you-beaut trip you over backwards ledge at the base - but it's very slightly UNDER vertical. 85 degrees slab-bluestoning - enjoy ! Seriously, keep riding the extra 5 or so minutes north. I resented the fact that it took me 10 minutes to cross the river to check out the other side. that's 10 minutes I'll never get back.

>Bluestone wall just north of Scienceworks, almost under the westgate bridge.
>A continuous traverse would be f---ing hard - it's very long and a bit
>discontinuous - but there are cool up problems. Some of which are initialled
>and marked with a white square!
Will check this out.

Martin, when's the new inner-suburban "supercrag" being published ?