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Summary
Lots of boulders and lots of highballs. Don't come if you value your life as the rock has evolved to kill climbers with crumbling flakes and ruff texture
Description
Granite boulders scattered use the map to find locations but take with a grain of salt as I am to cheap to by a GPS to get exact locations.
Outer layers easy to brake - If you break a hold write in description and regrade please
If you make a FA you can rename the climb current names are just so we don't get unclimbed 987 etc
BE CAREFUL WHEN CLIMBING
Access issues
Not recommend to go during the wet as the grass grows above your head and the humidity will be hard to deal with. Bush was back burned around May 2019 do not know when it will be done in 2020.
Unknown who owns the land. Quarry, National Park, Private owner or no one.
Approach
<5 min
Right side of Arnhem highway
Travel down Arnhem Highway heading to Kakadu, Pass Corroboree tavern and on your right will be a road to a quarry just pass that on the left will be a rest spot. You will be able to see a information sign on right of the road the entrance is located just after.
Small area to park cars at bottom of crag
Where to stay
Mary river wilderness retreat or Corroboree are 5 min from crag
History
DO NOT CLIMB ON CARVINGS.
Mitsuaki Tanabe was a world-renowned sculptor from Japan. He has some remarkable works on display all around the world, including many spectacular carvings in and around Mt Bundy, NT, where he spent periods of the last nine years carving granite.
Born in 1939, Tanabe spent his life as an artist focusing on MOMI (Wild Rice) and it’s link with the growth of civilisation over the past 7,000 years. He also depicts many living creatures such as insects, reptiles and arachnids
In 2014, aged 76, he died suddenly from a stroke — leaving his key wild rice piece down the steep hill unfinished..
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