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Summary

Lots of steep rock and new route potential. 90 second walk in.

Description

Faces South so in shade much of the day.

Access issues inherited from New South Wales and ACT

If you have benefited from climbing infrastructure in NSW, please consider making a donation towards maintenance costs. The Sydney Rockclimbing Club Rebolting Fund finances the replacement of old bolts on existing climbs and the maintenance of other hardware such as fixed ropes and anchors. The SRC purchases hardware, such as bolts and glue, and distributes them to volunteer rebolters across the state of New South Wales. For more information, including donation details, visit https://sydneyrockies.org.au/rebolting/

Approach

Park 1.3km West of Waihoo Road/ Sherwood Forest Road intersection in small pull in on the left hand side of the road. Walk up mountain bike track for 90 seconds until you go up a little rock step then duck down left and you're at 'Hero Wall'. To get to the bottom Caves and Route, head diagonally down hill along the ramp below 'The Pretender'.

AT THE MOMENT (DEC 2014) WAIHOO ROAD IS IN DECENT CONDITION SO ITS QUICKEST TO DRIVE UP THIS WAY (READ 2ND DIRECTIONS BELOW)

Driving directions from Coffs Harbour are as follows:

Take the Pacific Highway North. After about 14km turn west onto Bucca road. Set your odometer to zero here and use the following mileages:

  1. After about 4.6km turn right onto Sherwood Forest Road

  2. 12.1km stay left at the junction with Marys Waterhole road.

  3. 15.1km stay left a the junction with Plum Pudding Road.3

  4. 21km go straight ahead/right at the junction with Waihoo Rd.

  5. 22.3km park on the left in a small parking spot.

Access is also available via Nana Glen however Waihou road is often in a poor state so it is best to use the access outlined above. If you are approaching via Nana Glen:

At Nana Glen turn east onto Bucca Rd. After 1.5km turn left onto Morrows Rd and set your odomenter to zero:

  1. 0.0km
    - Follow Morrows Rd for a few kilometers. The road will come to a first fork that crosses the railway line. Continue on the left, as the road to the right goes into a private property.
  2. 5.0km
    - On the second fork, stay on the right to cross the railway line. The road now becomes Waihou Rd. Keep going up zig zags on Waihou Rd until you reach Sherwood Rd.
  3. 12.3km
    - Turn a sharp left onto Sherwood Rd. The road will intersect with Pyriformis Rd. Continue left on Sherwood Rd.
  4. 13.6km
    You will come to small parking spot that as of April 2018 had a fallen tree with a cairn on it.

GPS Coordinates for CARPARK to access Waihoo: (-30.086613, 153.033394)

Ethic

A mixed of sport and trad routes but all the routes are well equiped with lower offs and solid bolts

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