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1st time climbing in Australia - help needed! 27-Nov-2012 At 9:38:13 AM Dieter

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Hello together,
My wife and me will be travelling from Germany to Australia in spring 2013. We are planning to travel around for 2 months (March + April) and do a combination of rock climbing and sightseeing. As this is our 1st trip to Australia we would be very grateful for some info about climbing. The chocksone website has been very helpful with info about the different climbing areas. This is our plan:
- flight to Melbourne, hire a camper van
- climbing in the Arapiles and Grampians
- travelling along the coast to Sydney with a stop in Nowra
- climbing in the Blue Mountains
- flight to Alice Springs, then Cairns, Sydney and back to Germany

My questions are:
1) Which of the areas would you recommend most? We climb about 5.8/9 trad and
5.10b on bolted routes (17 / 20?). Which area would you leave out?
2) Is it necessary to bring a single rope (60m) plus 2 double ropes (55m each)?
3) What are the up-to-date climbing guide books for these regions?

Of course we would also be grateful for general info about travelling in Australia, eg.
about campsites, road conditions, etc.

Thank you very much for your help.

Dieter