Nodes in South-Western Boulders

The cluster of boulders on the western ridge

Only 15m from the second car park, next to a green water tank that feeds the picnic area taps. It is a large boulder split in two.

Tall mans start up rail, then hard long move left to link into other rail.

Arete to left of crack

The arete on the right of the crack

Try it with no hands!

Thinner and crimpier

Thin and crimpy

Sweet layback problem

Good but contrived

Walk/squeeze into the Tank crack and chimney out top from the middle.

Gara gorge is part of Oxley Wild Rivers National Park and access is open:

http://www.nationalparks.nsw.gov.au/visit-a-park/parks/Oxley-Wild-Rivers-National-Park

Layback the crack and top out on the left face

Sit down start, sweet moves using only the right side of the crack and stay on the face at the top.

Only known repeat by Matt Wrigley.

At the top of the hill, just south of the crack boulder you will find this boulder with a few short crimpy problems on the south face.

Crimps up the left side of boulder.

Up the centre line of crimps.

Up the right line of crimps.

Sit start both hands on jug and mantel up onto it, then to top.

Near the top of the hill, just south of the Crack Boulder you will find this low boulder with a sweet sloper traverse along the north side of boulder. Open handed goodness!!

Start far left practically lying on the ground and slap all the way around the the juggy mantle

Gara gorge is part of Oxley Wild Rivers National Park and access is open:

http://www.nationalparks.nsw.gov.au/visit-a-park/parks/Oxley-Wild-Rivers-National-Park

2m north of Sloper boulder at base of the Fin. SDS on slopers and up the Fin for a move or two then head L to join Fun Fin at the crimp edge then up.

3m north of the sloper traverse. Up a vertical rail onto the fin

On the uphill side of the boulder and on top is a large scar where a very large thin flake has been removed and is now sitting on the ground. Below the flake scar is some thin right facing sidepulls and lower and to the left are some small edges and thin feet.

Sit start at very bottom end of worm hole (cave). Writhe, grovel and squirm your way towards the light without dabbing. Take a headlamp. *This little low-ball ripper is also Gara's 1000th logged route.

Sit start low on uphill side of boulder on the good edge for right hand. Pull up with right hand (or try matching) to good edge, then up to sloper on arete, to the nice crimp facing the wrong way, up to the bottom of the flake scar and mantel to top out.

Gara gorge is part of Oxley Wild Rivers National Park and access is open:

http://www.nationalparks.nsw.gov.au/visit-a-park/parks/Oxley-Wild-Rivers-National-Park

Gara gorge is part of Oxley Wild Rivers National Park and access is open:

http://www.nationalparks.nsw.gov.au/visit-a-park/parks/Oxley-Wild-Rivers-National-Park

The boulder 4m to the east of Quickdraw Boulder with the obvious roof feature.

Sit start on Decent feet, R hand sidepull edge & L hand on slimper above head. Move up & R to top out.

Sit start on obvious sloper/jug feature in break. Punch high to crimpers and mantle. Boulder to the R is out and should only be used to support your chalk bag/gear and sending sweeties.

Stand Start at corner of arête on obvious R-hand crimp & L-hand under roof. Move up & L before finishing up through big pinchy/slap-happy lip & topping out. Sit Start potential for a couple of extra grades...

The low ball left of N-ES. Start on pinchy flake feature. A R heel is essential (for most mere mortals).

The low ball right of ES. Start on the slopers & obvious footer rail. Mantle & finish on obvious weakness.

Sit start L of the Bursaria shrub on a small L-hand crimp, R-hand sloper and great feet. Up to roof lip corner and then traverse around R arete/top. Mantle to finish.

Start low on left, heel hook your way up and right under roof, the up and mantle.

As for QR but continue R along features in seam and poor feet until you reach obvious edge & pocket in roof then up and mantle.

As for the regular traverse, but instead of going to high slopes above start holds, go further left onto small crimps, then drop down onto good edge further left and stay a bit lower than the regular traverse.

Note: noticed on 10-Nov-2010 that one of the small crimps has broken off, so it could be a lot harder now (Ben V*t to blame?)

SDS the traverse left and top out. Various finishes, the longer the harder

SDS and straight up

Sit start with both hands on on the right jug of Quickdraw Direct, pull up and slap, then slap again to sloper and mantel. Hint: get your right foot high and right.

Juggy but awkward

Easy slap then side mantle and up

Start as for Gymnastic and traverse left to the start hold of Thing and keep going left low and make long move left to seem then finish up on the big easy slopers. Probably been done before.

Large boulder with three obvious cracks in it, that is home to a handful of good easy warm-up problems.

Start in the crack on the left side of boulder with the thin little tree growing in it at half height. Climb crack not using the tree.

Start half a metre right of the crack with the tree in it. Up thin crimps to join the horizontal crack above. It is a elimination variation so try and not to use the crack to your left.

Just left of the finger crack is a micro right facing corner. Start there and go to nice edge then mantel and finish as for the finger crack.

the obvious finger crack that goes up then left across slab to another crack and up. Good fun.

Start to the right of the finger crack and without using it, proceed up the very thin slab.

10m west of Three crack Boulder. When you top out on any of the Three Crack Problems and look straight ahead you will see this boulder just up hill. The large hand crack is obvious.

Climb the obvious hand crack on the east face of boulder.

On the north face of the boulder is right leading thin crack. Climb the face starting at the bottom third of crack. Good crimps.

Gara gorge is part of Oxley Wild Rivers National Park and access is open:

http://www.nationalparks.nsw.gov.au/visit-a-park/parks/Oxley-Wild-Rivers-National-Park

Interesting feature, awkward start, gritty rock

Half way between Quickdraw and Aussie rock, near the creek.

Start on an undercling then right slap and up.

At the bottom of where Powers creek kinks and goes down a 30m cascade is a few great cave problems. Some tape and a few small wires and cams to hold all the pads in place works well.

The wild roof on the right side of the still pond

Start somewhere left, ideally on the ground or maybe from the half way point with the cool knee bar feature. Traverse up the crack with little finger slots.

Start on the lower rail on the left side, up and around the corner over the water

Instant classic! Start at the far right, traverse on some of the best roof holds gara has on offer and then finish same as 'Powers Witch'

One move, start left pinch on the arete, right hand on the sloper, then pull on and up. A line link from the lower rail through this is the obvious mega project.

The smaller roof on the left of the pond

Easy moves to roof mantle