Ascent of The Sydney Route by Nathanael Hinton having trad-cpr or ascent-date

Wanted to climb the direct start but it was too wet. Made our own direct start starting directly underneath the bottom of pitch 3/ top of the chimney. We then proceeded go off route at the start of pitch 5, A large fall and the delay caused by our 'direct start' caused us to decide to retreat back down the route.