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Bulahdelah Cave Access Closure 5-Aug-2010 At 8:36:41 PM wildedan

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The most popular access route to the Cave at Bulahdelah involves crossing private property. Whatever access arrangements may have been in place previously have now been revoked by the landowner. Climbers are no longer able to enter the mountain from the northern side, driving up the access road. To be clear, the property owner has placed a sign on the old gate advising that entering his land will constitute trespass. And we are told that he will not hesitate in calling the police.

If you are going to go climbing in the cave you now access the cave by;
• drive up the west side of the mountain through the State Forest to the top car park;
• locate the obvious tourist trail steps to the left (facing cliff);
• follow trail along past cliffs on right side and stand alone pinnacles on downhill side until trail veers slightly right and up onto the ridge of mountain;
• just before arriving at the lookout, locate quarry on right hand side;
• follow down right hand edge to base of quarry and then out on to scree slope;
• follow cliff line around left (facing outwards from cliff) until you reach the cave.
The cave itself is also on private property. We are currently in talks with the new land owners (Down Under Brewery Resorts Limited) about retaining climbing access to the cave. In light of this we ask that any visitors to the cave refrain from further bolting, setting of ropes or bringing dogs or large groups to the cliff. It goes without saying that anything you bring in with you, you take out.

Thanks for your support to keep the cave open to climbers.

John, Daniel and Trent