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Rockhampton climbing? 25-Feb-2006 At 11:38:40 AM gremlin

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Back to the original topic as Cania Gorge is as close to Rockhampton as it is to Brisbane.
Here are a few places that are close to Rockhampton...

The closest bit of rock to the city is on Mt Archer.
As you drive up, about halfway you go through a cutting with a carpark on the left after it. Park here
There are a few (<10) fun mixed lines about 18m high. Take a set of nuts and some brackets.
You can see this bit of rock poking out as you drive up... it has a long scree slope below it
There is some more rock up near the summit somewhere, but i havn't seen it yet...

If you drive for about half an hour toward Yeppoon on the left of the highway is Mt Jim Crow
I havn't climbed on it but i've scoped it out for my next visit up there. Looks like a heap of fun.
It has some longish under vertical slabs on the roadside.
If you bush bash a little and find the old roads around the back has some interesting looking walls.
There are a few other volcanic plugs around here as well. I think most of the others are on private land.

Bouldercombe Gorge is about a half hours drive toward Mt Morgan and is fun for bouldering.

Mt Wheeler looks amazing from Jim Crow and you can even drive right to the base of its cliffs.
But the caves section is about as hard as chalk (looks like it to!) and just crumbles in your hands.

There are a few more lumps of rock around that have potential (and a fair walk in).