Nodes in Bicheno

Bicheno is a small town on the east coast of Tasmania with a population of approximately 850 people. The town is primarily a fishing port and a beach resort.

Whalers Lookout is the northern of the two rocky hills in Bicheno.

On the first buttress climb boldly up thin flake to a peg in the break, small cam also, then hard over bulge.

On the main area 50 metres further south along the trail, climb the hanging groove.

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On the way up the track you'll pass a blank looking wall with a horizontal break at half height. Climb the centre of the wall via two poor #5 Rocks, and finish with trepidation.

On the west face of Lookout Rock itself is a L facing flake crack. Layback up this to a move R onto the slab. Up to a ledge and tree, then climb the final wall to the top.

On the R side of the north face, up the gully to the L of Economy Class Syndrome is a thin finger crack, with hard to place wires at the top.

This climb is located on the path, up to the lookout, on the L. There is a wall with a Flake/crack on the R side. Follow this to top. No recording of any previous ascent.

There are some great problems on the freestanding boulders and walls around the blowhole.

South facing slightly overhanging wall

Sitstart on low hold, hit arete to the left and up

Project - Same start as Sperm Whale, blast high and right to side pull-ish feature and then up.

Sit - Up on Flakes

Sit start. Undercling and up

Stand - Flakes to high topout. SDS is a project

Sit - Classic steep arete to slopey topout on right hand end of boulder.

Boulders near the blowhole, further south of the Whale Boulder.

Directly across from the Whale boulder

SDS

SDS. Pull through the shallow pockets to top out.

On the back of this boulder

SDS

The long face behind the previous boulder

SDS

SDS

SDS

SDS - Layback off the buldge, pull up through the ridge.

SDS - Layback on the crack.

SDS 1 handed off the round arete hold, up through jugs. Can be campused for an extra grade.

About 3m right of Arete, find the large horizontal overhanging flake. Start underneath, work your way around and up to top out.

There are some great vertical to slightly overhanging square cut walls below and south of the Blowhole. Most if not all of these problems depend on a low tide and swell.

Stand start. Up the right side of the arete. Potential for sit start

Stand start.

SDS

SDS

Stand

Stand

Many locals continue to use community run website thesarvo.com for crag/route updates and noting any access issues. The associated app can be downloaded and used offline!

http://thesarvo.com/confluence/display/thesarvo/Tasmania

Gerry Narkowicz also produces hardcopy guides to numerous venues across the state via the 'Climb Tasmania' website

https://climbtasmania.com.au/collections/frontpage

Many locals continue to use community run website thesarvo.com for crag/route updates and noting any access issues. The associated app can be downloaded and used offline!

http://thesarvo.com/confluence/display/thesarvo/Tasmania

Gerry Narkowicz also produces hardcopy guides to numerous venues across the state via the 'Climb Tasmania' website

https://climbtasmania.com.au/collections/frontpage

Many locals continue to use community run website thesarvo.com for crag/route updates and noting any access issues. The associated app can be downloaded and used offline!

http://thesarvo.com/confluence/display/thesarvo/Tasmania

Gerry Narkowicz also produces hardcopy guides to numerous venues across the state via the 'Climb Tasmania' website

https://climbtasmania.com.au/collections/frontpage

Many locals continue to use community run website thesarvo.com for crag/route updates and noting any access issues. The associated app can be downloaded and used offline!

http://thesarvo.com/confluence/display/thesarvo/Tasmania

Gerry Narkowicz also produces hardcopy guides to numerous venues across the state via the 'Climb Tasmania' website

https://climbtasmania.com.au/collections/frontpage

Many locals continue to use community run website thesarvo.com for crag/route updates and noting any access issues. The associated app can be downloaded and used offline!

http://thesarvo.com/confluence/display/thesarvo/Tasmania

Gerry Narkowicz also produces hardcopy guides to numerous venues across the state via the 'Climb Tasmania' website

https://climbtasmania.com.au/collections/frontpage

Many locals continue to use community run website thesarvo.com for crag/route updates and noting any access issues. The associated app can be downloaded and used offline!

http://thesarvo.com/confluence/display/thesarvo/Tasmania

Gerry Narkowicz also produces hardcopy guides to numerous venues across the state via the 'Climb Tasmania' website

https://climbtasmania.com.au/collections/frontpage

Many locals continue to use community run website thesarvo.com for crag/route updates and noting any access issues. The associated app can be downloaded and used offline!

http://thesarvo.com/confluence/display/thesarvo/Tasmania

Gerry Narkowicz also produces hardcopy guides to numerous venues across the state via the 'Climb Tasmania' website

https://climbtasmania.com.au/collections/frontpage

Many locals continue to use community run website thesarvo.com for crag/route updates and noting any access issues. The associated app can be downloaded and used offline!

http://thesarvo.com/confluence/display/thesarvo/Tasmania

Gerry Narkowicz also produces hardcopy guides to numerous venues across the state via the 'Climb Tasmania' website

https://climbtasmania.com.au/collections/frontpage

Many locals continue to use community run website thesarvo.com for crag/route updates and noting any access issues. The associated app can be downloaded and used offline!

http://thesarvo.com/confluence/display/thesarvo/Tasmania

Gerry Narkowicz also produces hardcopy guides to numerous venues across the state via the 'Climb Tasmania' website

https://climbtasmania.com.au/collections/frontpage

Next is around the corner into the next little zawn, below Blowhole Boulder

Many locals continue to use community run website thesarvo.com for crag/route updates and noting any access issues. The associated app can be downloaded and used offline!

http://thesarvo.com/confluence/display/thesarvo/Tasmania

Gerry Narkowicz also produces hardcopy guides to numerous venues across the state via the 'Climb Tasmania' website

https://climbtasmania.com.au/collections/frontpage

Many locals continue to use community run website thesarvo.com for crag/route updates and noting any access issues. The associated app can be downloaded and used offline!

http://thesarvo.com/confluence/display/thesarvo/Tasmania

Gerry Narkowicz also produces hardcopy guides to numerous venues across the state via the 'Climb Tasmania' website

https://climbtasmania.com.au/collections/frontpage

Many locals continue to use community run website thesarvo.com for crag/route updates and noting any access issues. The associated app can be downloaded and used offline!

http://thesarvo.com/confluence/display/thesarvo/Tasmania

Gerry Narkowicz also produces hardcopy guides to numerous venues across the state via the 'Climb Tasmania' website

https://climbtasmania.com.au/collections/frontpage

Many locals continue to use community run website thesarvo.com for crag/route updates and noting any access issues. The associated app can be downloaded and used offline!

http://thesarvo.com/confluence/display/thesarvo/Tasmania

Gerry Narkowicz also produces hardcopy guides to numerous venues across the state via the 'Climb Tasmania' website

https://climbtasmania.com.au/collections/frontpage

This is directly under Blowhole Boulder:

Many locals continue to use community run website thesarvo.com for crag/route updates and noting any access issues. The associated app can be downloaded and used offline!

http://thesarvo.com/confluence/display/thesarvo/Tasmania

Gerry Narkowicz also produces hardcopy guides to numerous venues across the state via the 'Climb Tasmania' website

https://climbtasmania.com.au/collections/frontpage

Many locals continue to use community run website thesarvo.com for crag/route updates and noting any access issues. The associated app can be downloaded and used offline!

http://thesarvo.com/confluence/display/thesarvo/Tasmania

Gerry Narkowicz also produces hardcopy guides to numerous venues across the state via the 'Climb Tasmania' website

https://climbtasmania.com.au/collections/frontpage

Many locals continue to use community run website thesarvo.com for crag/route updates and noting any access issues. The associated app can be downloaded and used offline!

http://thesarvo.com/confluence/display/thesarvo/Tasmania

Gerry Narkowicz also produces hardcopy guides to numerous venues across the state via the 'Climb Tasmania' website

https://climbtasmania.com.au/collections/frontpage

The main freestanding boulder directly next to the blowhole

Sit start on crimps and then up, classic Tassie test piece.

Stand start goes at around V5 from highest crimp and the big flake in the middle of the face.

On the backside of the boulder climb the left arete (ocean side) to the top. A great problem but scary at the start

Again on the backside of the boulder. Start in the scoop in the middle of the face trend right to jugs and follow jug rail traverse to summit.

Three freestanding boulders. Rock isn't as good as some of the other boulders and tends to be a bit gravelly.

These three free standing boulders are about 40m north of the Blowhole.

Sit start on arete. Left hand in good low jug side pull and right hand on slopey face. Climb up and left. A spotter is nice

Left most slab towards the back then orange top out.

Easiest slab up the middle of the boulder, between My Brown Dog and Slab 1

Stand start the arete to the left of My Brown Dog, east and fun slab climbing

Sitstart and up crack

Stand start on the huge step and mantle the top of the boulder

Sit start the mantlepiece and mantle as for the stand

Sit start on two mediocre crimps with your right foot on the good shelf like protrusion, pull up and mantle the left end of the boulder

Stand start and mantle straight up

Stand start and mantle towards the right hand side of the boulder

Stand start 2m L of V5 on sloppers and mantle over top

V5, sit start about 1.5 metres left of left cleft. mantle onto the boulder from slopers.

Start on slopey protrusions at the base of the left cleft. Slap up and left to the lip and fight upwards.

Sit start side pulling on the furthest left side pull/crack feature to the right of Left Cleft. Top out straight up.

Sit start with left hand on good flake and punch up

Around right arete of boulder High Tide is on, pull on two slopey edges stand starting and mantle the boulder.

Obvious mushroom-like looking boulder, problem faces inland.

SDS - Pull up using crack and anything else, gain sloppy arete and then topout.

Sit start at next arete right using good flake with foot on good hold. Stand up to jugs and move slightly left to mantle

Mostly slabby to vertical walls.

Heel hook start then up hanging arete. (SDS)

(Stand)

(SDS)

(Stand)

The next few problems are on the northern side of the boulders.

Arete in the centre. (SDS)

Flakes then up centre of block. (Stand)

(Stand)

There are a few easy slab problems in the crack in between the boulders. (Stand)

Nice wall.

Many locals continue to use community run website thesarvo.com for crag/route updates and noting any access issues. The associated app can be downloaded and used offline!

http://thesarvo.com/confluence/display/thesarvo/Tasmania

Gerry Narkowicz also produces hardcopy guides to numerous venues across the state via the 'Climb Tasmania' website

https://climbtasmania.com.au/collections/frontpage

Halfway between Crab Boulders and The Block Area is a small cove with several large boulders on the southern side.

Sit start arête.

Sit start crack with LH crimp

Sit start with left facing flake.

Pull into undercling and up.

Sit start on flake and head up right.

SDS. Up on flake

SDS. Ugly first move leads to crimp and highstep. Best avoided.