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Outback NSW - any climbing?


nmonteith

31-May-2010
1:52:17 PM

I'm thinking about doing a driving holiday from Sydney to Lake Eyre (South Aus) and back - is there ANY climbing between these two places (Broken Hill?). I can do a sidetrip to Moonarie I guess - but otherwise once I get past the Bluies - ???


nmonteith

31-May-2010
2:01:22 PM

p.s. - bouldering as well?


HM33

31-May-2010
2:05:20 PM

I think there is some around broken hill. Some nice rock out there but a lot of it is protected i believe. Think I saw a border ranges climbing club mention in some info sheets when we were out there.


nmonteith

31-May-2010
2:19:11 PM

Mt Scenic? I've seen some good photos of conglomerare bouldering there... wherever there is.

Cowra? Granite bouldering?


HM33

31-May-2010
2:48:56 PM

Cowra bouldering is great. It is right in town as well

hero

31-May-2010
2:49:27 PM

Mootawingee National Park is worth checking out.


nmonteith

31-May-2010
3:04:39 PM

On 31/05/2010 hero wrote:
>Mootawingee National Park is worth checking out.

That's on the list - but it's some sort of sacred land isn't it? According to google you need a tour guide to be allowed in much of the park. Are the cliffs high enough for roped trad climbing? - or just bouldering?

Pommy

31-May-2010
3:08:26 PM

Fontaindubb?
About 25 k's south of Dubbo near the Newell Highway there are lots of granite boulders. Some are quite OK, and there is a fair bit of potential for exploring and finding new stuff.
I can put you in contact with Heath if you like, who seems to hold the unfortunate position as the only climber in Dubbo.


nmonteith

31-May-2010
3:18:22 PM

Anyone know of where I can get a Moonarie guide in Sydney?


HM33

31-May-2010
3:20:22 PM

Muttawinji NP is great. Most of the park is accessed without a guide. you only need a guide for certain sacred areas. The gorges have some nice looking rock in them, I imagine climbing on these would not be looked upon to well but the rock is really hard quartzite(i think?)


wallwombat

31-May-2010
3:26:03 PM

On 31/05/2010 Hawkman wrote:
>Cowra bouldering is great. It is right in town as well

Any more info than that, Steve?

deadpoint

31-May-2010
3:44:47 PM

The bouldering is on Billygoat hill, as a kid I spent summer holidays with my grandparents terrorizing the neighborhood.
Head up to the Japanese gardens and turn right towards the comms tower.
Boulders are every where up to 3 or 4 metres high.


wallwombat

31-May-2010
3:52:29 PM

Thanks Dave. I'll check them out next time I'm out that way.


HM33

31-May-2010
4:11:10 PM

Look on my flickr account Adam. Pics of cowra there will post link when I get back to comp


Superstu

31-May-2010
4:41:32 PM

On 31/05/2010 nmonteith wrote:
>Anyone know of where I can get a Moonarie guide in Sydney?

I got mine from the st peters gym. You're welcome to borrow it.


wallwombat

31-May-2010
4:53:27 PM

Neil, go and check out Nangar NP, near Eugowra. It's not that much of a detour.

Mikl has climbed out there and so has M9. Do a search on this site. There is some stuff here about it. I think Mikl posted a sweet looking photo on CragX as well.

Take you drill.

lacto

31-May-2010
5:16:17 PM

mootwinge gorge probably 50 m but a couple of km walk in . closed area is low angled slabs with rock carvings. IF going through Broken hill you get to Yunta head north , wilpena then go up the east side of the Flinders towards Blinman Huge amounts of rock continue up to Chambers gorge a couple of km long with a flat pebbly 50m wide bottom cliff 100 m high? nearly 30 years ago since i was there . further up is Gammons and Arkaroola and the road to Leigh Creek . there is probably as much rock there as in the grampians though access and quality the sticking points. I met somebody who worked as a liason with Fred Hollows in remote nsw and sa aboringinal communities and he described being dragged everywhere by fred to belay him up cliffs (from his descriptions fred spent more time climbing than eye work which I doubt ).spend you time in the flinders rather than around central nsw.It is a long drive to sa so spend your time there only danger is very high rainfall willclose a lot of the roads for afew days


nmonteith

31-May-2010
7:22:53 PM

Awesome! I'm adding these to my itinerary one by one...


Eduardo Slabofvic

31-May-2010
9:41:24 PM

This might be a little out of your way, but Mt Wudinna in S.A. is one of Australia's largest granite monoliths


nmonteith

31-May-2010
9:52:53 PM

On 31/05/2010 Eduardo Slabofvic wrote:
>This might be a little out of your way, but Mt Wudinna in S.A. is one of
>Australia's largest granite monoliths

I might wait until I'm in a wheel chair before attempting that slab.

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