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Killiecrankie, Flinders Island 30-Jan-2012 At 11:33:55 AM Tastrad

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Coincidentally Bob McMahon and I and my two kids just got back from a week on Flinders Island. The rock quality of the various climbs we did was superb and the guidebook delivered us to our chosen climbs no worries at all. In defense of the guidebook, the Flinders Island section is just one chapter of a guide covering all the areas in Northern Tas not covered by our other guides. So for $42 you not only get the only available guide to Flinders plus a comprehensive guide to 11 other crags, including the only full guide to Hillwood. In 2003 we spent 7 days researching the guide and visited, scrub bashed to every cliff on the island. There are about 10 other crags in addition to the Killiecrankie area. Using Craddock's handwritten notes we methodically went left to right along the cliffline and we were able to find the vast majority of the routes and take photo topos of many of them. I researched all the magazines, climbing club newsletters, internet to find all the new routes done since Steve Craddocks interim guide. Then our updated version of the guide and topos were sent to Steve Craddock, Wayne Maher, Ian Sedgman and Stuart Willis - the Victorian pioneers of the area - who went over the manuscript and topos to check their accuracy. So this was far more than simply retyping old notes. This was a well researched and thorough guide. If we were able to locate most of the hundreds of routes using the handwritten notes, then it should be easier to locate them using our guide with topos. So if its crap, thats only Wendy's opinion. Flinders is a fabulous destination - the climbing is outstanding on some of the best coastal granite in Australia, plus bushwalking, amazing beaches all to yourself, fishing and the best vanilla slices ever at the bakery.