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	Grade	Route	Gear style	Quality	Climber
Mon 22nd Apr 2024 - Blue Mountains
Newnes Plateau Gardens of Stone State Conservation Area Bung Crag Diesel Wall
	14	★★ On The Spot - with Kristof Donald	Sport 14m, 5	★★ Very Good	Will Donald
	14	My Body is a Cage - with Kristof Donald	Sport 14m, 6	★★ Very Good	Will Donald
	18	★ Fart Wars - with Kristof Donald	Sport 14m, 7	Average	Will Donald
Lots of loose rock
Mon 22nd Apr 2024 - Blue Mountains
Newnes Plateau Gardens of Stone State Conservation Area Dingo Creek
	13	★★ Berk, Berk, Bekawrk - with Kristof Donald	Sport 20m	★★ Very Good	Will Donald
	18	★★ Centurion - with Kristof Donald	Sport 25m	★★ Very Good	Will Donald
Sun 21st Apr 2024 - Blue Mountains
Newnes Plateau Gardens of Stone State Conservation Area Bung Crag The Pagoda Environs
	14	★ You Call This an Arete	Sport 13m, 6		Sam May
It's hard to know what to think of this. Like Mikl on the sea cliffs, Rod Kevin Dude & co, are "artists that have gone off on some strange tangent while the rest of the climbing population follow the norm". Sport bushwalking is fun though and it's way better than the Soft Parade.
	18 ~17	★ Emergency bacon	Sport 12m, 5		Sam May
Nice spot. Rock is a bit dirty but good features.
Tue 27th Feb 2024 - Blue Mountains
Newnes Plateau Gardens of Stone State Conservation Area
	24	★★ Goochs Crack - with Taib	Trad 15m	★★ Very Good	Jacques Beaudoin
Fri 22nd Dec 2023 - Blue Mountains
Newnes Plateau Gardens of Stone State Conservation Area Dingo Creek
	26	★★★ Indian Pacific - with Julie Anderson	Sport 38m, 17	★★★ Classic	Jacques Beaudoin
Sooo good, I had to come back a few times over the years to get the crux sorted. Most of the climb is 3-4 grades easier than the crux section but for some reasons it's still exciting and it climbs so well. I rate this climb and will do it again.
Sun 10th Dec 2023 - Blue Mountains
Newnes Plateau Gardens of Stone State Conservation Area Bung Crag The Pagoda Environs
	17	★ F marks the spot - with Ben Jancovich	Sport 13m, 5	Average	Lisa
	16 ~15	★ Science Friction - with Ben Jancovich	Sport 13m, 5	Average	Lisa
	18 ~16	★ Emergency bacon - with Ben Jancovich	Sport 12m, 5	★★ Very Good	Lisa
Very easy for the grade. Beautiful climbing shame it doesn’t continue for another 20m!
Sat 9th Sep 2023 - Blue Mountains
Newnes Plateau Gardens of Stone State Conservation Area Azaria's Aurora
	23	★ The Lithgow Panther - with Belledonna Brown	Sport 25m		Aradia Davies
Such a fun climb, will have to come back and not punt it at the top
	24	★★ Toasted — 2 attempts - with Belledonna Brown	Sport 20m		Aradia Davies
Spicy little boulder down low!
Tue 5th Sep 2023 - Blue Mountains
Newnes Plateau Gardens of Stone State Conservation Area Azaria's Aurora
	24	★★ Mousie Maze	Sport 30m, 12		Bob Brown
	27	★★★ Chasing stars	Sport 30m		Bob Brown
	24 ~23	★★ Toasted	Sport 20m		Bob Brown
Sun 3rd Sep 2023 - Blue Mountains
Newnes Plateau Gardens of Stone State Conservation Area Azaria's Northern Star Wall
	28	★★★ Northern Star — 3 attempts - with Jacques Beaudoin	Trad 17m	★★★ Classic	Aaron Jones
What a ripper of a line! That sidepull into gaston crux is tough. Thanks Jacques for the tour!
Wed 30th Aug 2023 - Blue Mountains
Newnes Plateau Gardens of Stone State Conservation Area Daydreamer
	28	★★★ Le Paresseux - with sare	Trad 30m	★★★ Mega Classic	Jacques Beaudoin
Finally completing this long chapter placing all gear from ground to end. This climb is one of a kind.
Wed 16th Aug 2023 - Blue Mountains
Newnes Plateau Gardens of Stone State Conservation Area Dingo Creek
	26	★★★ Delicate Flower	Sport 45m	★★★ Classic	Joshua Norris
Sun 13th Aug 2023 - Blue Mountains
Newnes Plateau Gardens of Stone State Conservation Area Daydreamer
	28	★★★ Le Paresseux - with Paul Frothy Thomson	Trad 30m	★★★ Mega Classic	Jacques Beaudoin
Was and epic battle. All trad gear pre-placed. Very, very unique climb. Such an improbable line.
Sat 22nd Jul 2023 - Blue Mountains
Newnes Plateau Gardens of Stone State Conservation Area Dingo Creek
	27	★★★ Mandingo	Sport 45m	★★★ Classic	Aidan
	26	★★★ Delicate Flower	Sport 45m		Bob Brown
Fri 21st Jul 2023 - Blue Mountains
Newnes Plateau Gardens of Stone State Conservation Area Azaria's Aurora
	29	★★★ Snow shine	Sport 30m, 13		Andy Brown
Fri 7th Jul 2023 - Blue Mountains
Newnes Plateau Gardens of Stone State Conservation Area Azaria's Aurora
	29	★★★ Snow shine	Sport 30m, 13	★★★ Mega Classic	Aidan
Thu 6th Jul 2023 - Blue Mountains
Newnes Plateau Gardens of Stone State Conservation Area Dingo Creek
	22	An All-New Face-Climb	Sport 35m, 14	★★ Very Good	Andy Brown
	26	★★★ Delicate Flower	Sport 45m	★★★ Classic	Andy Brown
Thu 29th Jun 2023 - Blue Mountains
Newnes Plateau Gardens of Stone State Conservation Area Daydreamer
	24	★★★ Sloth Roof - with Seth	Trad 20m	★★ Very Good	Jacques Beaudoin
Got advised to upgrade to 24. Although all holds are big, half the gear is tricky and suspicious and this thing is horizontal. Would be three stars at piddo.
Mon 26th Jun 2023 - Blue Mountains
Newnes Plateau Gardens of Stone State Conservation Area Dingo Creek
	26	★★★ Indian Pacific	Sport 38m, 17	★★★ Mega Classic	Aidan
wow!
Fri 16th Jun 2023 - Blue Mountains
Newnes Plateau Gardens of Stone State Conservation Area Dingo Creek
	26	★★★ Indian Pacific - with davedave, Michael Moore, Luke Hef	Sport 38m, 17		Match
Sooo techy and megaaaaa
	8	★★ Milo - with davedave, Michael Moore, Luke Hef	Sport 15m		Match
	17	★★ Drop Bear - with davedave, Michael Moore, Luke Hef	Sport 20m		Match
Really enjoyed this
	18	★★ Centurion - with davedave, Michael Moore, Luke Hef	Sport 25m		Match
Thu 15th Jun 2023 - Blue Mountains
Newnes Plateau Gardens of Stone State Conservation Area Dingo Creek
	13	★★ Berk, Berk, Bekawrk - with Match, Michael Moore, heffner	Sport 20m		davedave
Gotta get some meters logged somewhere.
	8	★★ Milo - with Match, Michael Moore, heffner	Sport 15m		davedave
Got the approach shoe beta from mitcho
	17	★★ Drop Bear - with Match, Michael Moore, heffner	Sport 20m		davedave
	19	★ Pick Pocket - with Match, Michael Moore, heffner	Sport 20m		davedave
Got spooked like a lot of the other ascentionists going around the arete to the thin crux holds. Degenerated into a bit of a dog show.
	18	★★ Centurion - with Match, Michael Moore, heffner	Sport 25m		davedave
	26	★★★ Indian Pacific - with Match, davedave, Luke Hef	Sport 38m, 17	★★★ Classic	Michael Moore
Sheeeeeet, it’s huge
Wed 7th Jun 2023 - Blue Mountains
Newnes Plateau Gardens of Stone State Conservation Area Daydreamer
	24	★★★ Sloth Roof - with Pedro V	Trad 20m	★★ Very Good	Jacques Beaudoin
Second shot with all gear pre-placed, first shot was epic with passive gear pre-placed and felt soooo much harder, I gave up when placing a bad #5 breathing in a chunky gain of sand. The climb still needs a lot of cleaning.
Sun 28th May 2023 - Blue Mountains
Newnes Plateau Gardens of Stone State Conservation Area Azaria's Aurora
	24	★★ Mousie Maze	Sport 30m, 12		Ali McCorkindale
Mon 22nd May 2023 - Blue Mountains
Newnes Plateau Gardens of Stone State Conservation Area Daydreamer
	28	FA ★★★ The Blood Arrow - with Pedro V	Trad 25m	★★★ Mega Classic	Jacques Beaudoin
First Free Ascent. What a line, what a climb! First shot of the day, boom!
	24	★★★ Daydreamer - with Pedro V	Trad 23m	★★★ Mega Classic	Jacques Beaudoin
Warming up, got a bit more pumped than expected
Sun 23rd Apr 2023 - Blue Mountains
Newnes Plateau Gardens of Stone State Conservation Area Marrangaroo Creek Backside
	16	★ 10cc's of Liquid Dream Killer	Sport 13m, 6	★ Good	michael batchelor
	10	The Creator of Reality	Sport 15m, 6	Average	michael batchelor
Sun 23rd Apr 2023 - Blue Mountains
Newnes Plateau Gardens of Stone State Conservation Area Marrangaroo Creek Front Side
	12	★ Life As A Cis Male	Sport 14m, 4	★ Good	michael batchelor
Sun 9th Apr 2023 - Blue Mountains
Newnes Plateau Gardens of Stone State Conservation Area Bung Crag Diesel Wall
	17	I Lichen It	Sport 15m, 6		Snoop
	14	My Body is a Cage	Sport 14m, 6		Snoop
	15	Frosty When Wet	Sport 14m, 5		Snoop
	13	Kill for Satan	Sport 13m, 5		Snoop
	13	Don't feel like walking out	Mixed trad 30m, 5		Snoop
Sun 9th Apr 2023 - Blue Mountains
Newnes Plateau Gardens of Stone State Conservation Area Bung Crag Surprise Wall
	15	★★ The Slab that Bon Scott Drunk - with KM	Sport 15m, 7		Carly McDevitt
Sun 9th Apr 2023 - Blue Mountains
Newnes Plateau Gardens of Stone State Conservation Area Bung Crag The Pagoda Environs
	12	Breakfast made easy - with KM	Sport 11m, 5		Carly McDevitt
	12	Death and Gravity - with KM	Sport 11m, 5		Carly McDevitt
	13	Well I Was In The Neighbourhood - with KM	Sport 11m, 5		Carly McDevitt
	14	★ You Call This an Arete - with KM	Sport 13m, 6		Carly McDevitt
	15	★ Synchronize Your Dogmas - with KM	Sport 14m, 5		Carly McDevitt
Sat 8th Apr 2023 - Blue Mountains
Newnes Plateau Gardens of Stone State Conservation Area Bung Crag The Red Wall
	21	★★ Chink in the Armour	Sport 20m	★ Good	JeremyPerier
Holds were breaking left, right and centre… otherwise, great climbing.
	23	★ Panem ethics — 2 attempts	Sport 18m, 10	★★ Very Good	JeremyPerier
Hard bouldery start to tricky finish.
Sat 8th Apr 2023 - Blue Mountains
Newnes Plateau Gardens of Stone State Conservation Area Bung Crag The Green Wall
	23	★★ Indian giver - with Pierre, manon nougier, Naomi, JeremyPerier, Coedie, Laura Wimberger, Ryan, Lee	Sport 20m	★★ Very Good	Demetrius
I think this was the line we tried...the only on on rings, climbs nicely with some touch moves, a hard crux and the best quality rock i've pulled onto here. Got all the moves but the crux move took a couple gos to figure. out
Sat 8th Apr 2023 - Blue Mountains
Newnes Plateau Gardens of Stone State Conservation Area Bung Crag The Creature Wall
	22	★★ Old Yeller - with Pierre, manon nougier, Naomi, JeremyPerier, Coedie, Laura Wimberger, Ryan, Lee	Sport 15m, 6	★★ Very Good	Demetrius
Really enjoyable with a potentially frustrating crux. Bring a camera if you've got mates on the red wall below.
	6	Little Fella - with Pierre, manon nougier, Naomi, JeremyPerier, Coedie, Laura Wimberger, Ryan, Lee	Sport 18m, 5		Demetrius
sounds very hollow and fragile
Sat 8th Apr 2023 - Blue Mountains
Newnes Plateau Gardens of Stone State Conservation Area Bung Crag The Red Wall
	21	★ The Diving Board - with Pierre, manon nougier, Naomi, JeremyPerier, Coedie, Laura Wimberger, Ryan, Lee	Sport 22m, 11		Demetrius
A frustrating fall after going to the wrong holds twice otherwise a really enjoyable route
Sat 8th Apr 2023 - Blue Mountains
Newnes Plateau Gardens of Stone State Conservation Area Marrangaroo Creek Front Side
	9	Apparent Cultural Heritage - with KM	Sport 15m, 5		Carly McDevitt
	14	★ Tech Deficient - with KM	Sport 15m, 5		Carly McDevitt
	17	★ Orange Innards - with KM	Sport 15m, 5		Carly McDevitt
	12	Semi-Arête - with KM	Sport 12m, 4		Carly McDevitt
	15	14 - with KM	Sport 14m, 5		Carly McDevitt
Mon 20th Mar 2023 - Blue Mountains
Newnes Plateau Gardens of Stone State Conservation Area Daydreamer
	24	★★★ Daydreamer	Trad 23m		James Collins
Tue 14th Mar 2023 - Blue Mountains
Newnes Plateau Gardens of Stone State Conservation Area Daydreamer
	24 ~23	★★★ Daydreamer	Trad 23m	★★★ Classic	Brendan Coulter
A bit of an exaggeration calling it “perfect rock”, but it is an incredible climb. It’s not often you come across a 15m overhanging route, protected by gear, with no crack climbing. Awesome bit of jug hauling, on surprisingly solid rock. Pro the whole way, and not a crimp in sight. Ticked with pre-placed gear, but suggested grade is to account for extra pump placing. Sick find Anton Korsun and great job establishing it
Mon 13th Mar 2023 - Blue Mountains
Newnes Plateau Gardens of Stone State Conservation Area Sahara Point Sahara Wall
	23 ~24	★★★ The Bowl-Line Crack'd - with Iso	Trad	★★★ Classic	Ben White
With lower hand crack rootlet included easily a 24 maybe harder. 23 without the start seems fair only if your good at jamming
Sat 11th Mar 2023 - Blue Mountains
Newnes Plateau Gardens of Stone State Conservation Area Sahara Point Sahara Wall
	18	★ Hard Gore	Sport 15m		Breanna Slattery
	20	★★ The Ultimate Aphrodisiac	Sport 15m, 8		Breanna Slattery
	20	★★ Go Left Young Man	Sport 26m		Breanna Slattery
	20	★ Ships of the Desert	Sport 26m, 5	Average	root
	23	★ Mark's Climb	Sport 25m	Average	root
	19	★★ Spot the Dog	Sport 26m	Average	root
Fri 3rd Mar 2023 - Blue Mountains
Newnes Plateau Gardens of Stone State Conservation Area Firecat Walls
	18	★★ Teaser and the Firecat	Trad 64m	★★ Very Good	James Collins
climbed as 1 pitch
	18	★★ Teaser and the Firecat	Trad 64m		ale_bog
Sat 7th Jan 2023 - Blue Mountains
Newnes Plateau Gardens of Stone State Conservation Area Sahara Point Sahara Wall
	18	★ Hard Gore - with Rafael Andreollo	Sport 15m		Guilherme Pizzi
	20	★★ The Ultimate Aphrodisiac - with Rafael Andreollo	Sport 15m, 8		Guilherme Pizzi
Nice route, well protected
	19	★★ Spot the Dog - with Rafael Andreollo	Sport 26m		Guilherme Pizzi
	13	★ The Anzac Spirit - with Rafael Andreollo	Sport 24m, 10		Guilherme Pizzi
Nice route to leave the crag. Start is a bit harder than a 13 imo
	18	Gear on ★ Hard Gore - with Guilherme Pizzi	Sport 15m	★ Good	Rafael Andreollo
	20	Gear on ★★ The Ultimate Aphrodisiac - with Guilherme Pizzi	Sport 15m, 8	★★ Very Good	Rafael Andreollo
great rock, well bolted
	13	★ The Anzac Spirit - with Guilherme Pizzi	Sport 24m, 10		Rafael Andreollo
Climbed out of the crag through this. Fun start, would have been easier without a backpack
	19	★★ Spot the Dog - with Guilherme Pizzi	Sport 26m	★★ Very Good	Rafael Andreollo
Good rock and good climbing, but there's only two carrots at the top. We left an anchor there and retrieved it on the way out. This is the only route that seemed to have anchors in this part of the wall
Thu 29th Dec 2022 - Blue Mountains
Newnes Plateau Gardens of Stone State Conservation Area Marrangaroo Creek Backside
	16	★ 10cc's of Liquid Dream Killer	Sport 13m, 6	★★ Very Good	Jonathan Cuthbertson
	14	Sprog	Sport 12m, 5	Average	Jonathan Cuthbertson
	18	★★ Curtain Twitcher	Sport 13m, 5	★★★ Classic	Jonathan Cuthbertson
Sun 4th Dec 2022 - Blue Mountains
Newnes Plateau Gardens of Stone State Conservation Area Bung Crag Surprise Wall
	17	★ Pardon my French	Sport 15m, 6	★ Good	Josephine Roper
bigger moves but also bigger holds than the climbs to the left
Sun 4th Dec 2022 - Blue Mountains
Newnes Plateau Gardens of Stone State Conservation Area Bung Crag The Pagoda Environs
	17	Kerchicken	Trad 12m	Average	Josephine Roper
had to make carrying gear out here worthwhile (the other nearby trad routes looked too fiddly to get to the start, when supposed to be trip leading).
Sun 4th Dec 2022 - Blue Mountains
Newnes Plateau Gardens of Stone State Conservation Area Bung Crag Surprise Wall
	19	★ The Drug That Killed River Pheonix	Sport 15m, 7	★ Good	Josephine Roper
Thin and pumpy to find holds. Generous bolting which is helpful with the rock quality here. Someone pulled a head-size block off later but I don't think it was anything important.
Sun 4th Dec 2022 - Blue Mountains
Newnes Plateau Gardens of Stone State Conservation Area Bung Crag The Pagoda Environs
	16	★ Assault Your Senses	Sport 13m, 6	Average	Josephine Roper
UTS club day. not bad moves but very dirty
	19	★ Taste of vegemite	Sport 14m, 6	★★ Very Good	Josephine Roper
really nice hard rock on these two climbs, not like the other side of the pagoda. have to avoid veering onto the 16 to make the most of this one.
Sat 3rd Dec 2022 - Blue Mountains
Newnes Plateau Gardens of Stone State Conservation Area Azaria's Northern Star Wall
	28	FA ★★★ Northern Star - with Gwen, Ayla, Amelie	Trad 17m	★★★ Classic	Jacques Beaudoin
First Free Ascent. Two months of effort from cleaning to sending but had very bad conditions. I guess gr28 is fair. Finally a project I can tick in a matter of months rather than years...
Sat 12th Nov 2022 - Blue Mountains
Newnes Plateau Gardens of Stone State Conservation Area Azaria's Fully Sick Wall
	21	★★ Days of our lives	Sport 30m, 12	★★★ Classic	Ayla
Thu 3rd Nov 2022 - Blue Mountains
Newnes Plateau Gardens of Stone State Conservation Area Azaria's Aurora
	23	Aurora Australis Pitch 1 - with Jacques Beaudoin	Trad 10m	Average	Brendan Coulter
So much sand I had to stop and wipe the walls down! Next time I’ll just walk up the ledge.
	26	★★★ Aurora Australis pitch 2 - with Jacques Beaudoin	Trad 30m	★★ Very Good	Brendan Coulter
Dunno about “Arapiles style”. Low mental power day, I basically just sat my way through it. With a bit of cleaning it’s definitely worth another lap though. Super fun move just after the crux
	27	★★★ Chasing stars	Sport 30m	★★ Very Good	Brendan Coulter
Fun climbing - all the moves go fairly easy, but I’m sure putting them together might be hard.