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Mon 25th Apr 2022 - The Enchanted Forest
Wonderland South Hill Forest Capture The Flag
V1 Easy When You Know How Boulder Don't Bother
Fun to hear of the struggles, less fun to climb. Straight forward, just single move climb with bunched start

 
Fri 11th Mar 2022 - The Big Green Frog
V1 Jumping Frog Boulder 2m
Fun. Doable without losing the right footer but still very dynamic.

 
V1 Crouching Tiger, Hidden Frog Boulder 3m
A drop knee makes the start fell quite easy. Feels about same grade as as Frog Attack

 
Sun 13th Dec 2020 - Halls Gap Area
Southern Wonderland Range Valley of the Giants Weill Deal Boulder
V1 Weill Wrong Boulder 3m
Good from sit-start also

 
Tue 20th Oct 2020 - Rocky Paddock Camp Ground
Sandy Boulder
V1 V0- Purity Boulder 2m
Felt harder than Freddy J - holds below the lip aren't great, and the lip is pretty slopey

 
V1 Lunch with Sandy Boulder 2m Good
With lie-down start from lowest jug this.. still didn't feel remotely close to V4. No harder than the traverse, possibly actually a little easier as you can start in the right position, Quite a nice climb given the diminutive size of the boulder

 
Mon 12th Oct 2020 - Rocky Paddock Camp Ground
Anti Boulder
V1 V0 Aunty-style Boulder 1m
Mon 12th Oct 2020 - Rocky Paddock Camp Ground
Ryker Boulder
V1 Parallel Cracks Boulder 3m
This is really fun as an eliminate, using only the main crack for feet/holds - climbs as really balancey arete. Also mostly doable as pure jamming line, but not so fun

 
Sun 5th Jul 2020 - Blackwood
Smoke Cave
V1 The Kids are Restless Boulder 3m
Nice enough climb, avoids most of the cave's dankness being on the lip, although the holds accumulate a bit of mud after heavy rain

 
Thu 25th Jun 2020 - Reedy Creek
The Gallery
V1 Baby Cricket Boulder 4m
Rock still felt faintly wet as hadn't gotten much sun, which made the top feel pretty.. exciting (although I had missed a good hold in the crack higher which would have make things a bit more secure). Can be climbed in a lot of different ways

 
Tue 16th Jun 2020 - Tcharkuldu
The Lookout Boulder
V1 Scoop Scerene Boulder 5m Very Good
Perfectly located boulder. I climbed up, chatted to a nice old couple in distance who were exploring the rocks around the summit, then afterwards realised I didn't look at all how to get down.. Could have potentially climbed the lower-angle side but there's a 2m steep section at the bottom, so seemed safest to downclimb the way I came, although the crux is probably at the top which made this slightly tricky

 
Mon 15th Jun 2020 - Tcharkuldu
Northern cluster
V1 Formless Boulder 3m
Perfectly nice climb, just nothing too special when compared to all the other climbs around here!

 
Fri 29th May 2020 - O'Sullivan Beach
Kafka's Boulders
V1 Against The Grain Boulder 3m
Good climb, with a few nice variants possible (Crow, or topping out further to the very left)

 
Fri 29th May 2020 - O'Sullivan Beach
Boat Ramp Boulder
V1 Captain Pugwash Boulder 3m
Nice enough

 
Thu 28th May 2020 - Neagle's Rock
V1 Action Potential Boulder 5m
Lots of water seeping on lower half of wall. Thought I could climb around it, but several of the dry footers were large loose blocks - stemmed back onto the tree, tried a higher hand hold and it too was loose, so, nope. Didn't feel any harder than TNHL

 
Sun 17th May 2020 - The Enchanted Forest
Eden South Lowrider Boulder
V1 Lowrider - with thestig Boulder 2m Very Good
Nice low mantley climb

 
Fri 15th May 2020 - Belair National Park
Workanda Creek Dyno Wall
V1 The Traverse - with thestig, Eben Edwards Boulder 6m
In approach shoes. An alright climb, nothing too remarkable. First attempt foiled by grass interfering with lower footers.

 
Wed 13th May 2020 - Rocky Gully
V1 Big Caboose - with thestig Boulder 2m
One move mantely thing

 
Wed 6th May 2020 - Hallet Cove Bouldering
Kiki Cove
V1 Adelaide to Amsterdam - with thestig Boulder 4m Good
Quite nice traverse, the moves around the corner were fun. Also fun the opposite way, and can top-out as for LLTK

 
V1 Needs More Dog - with thestig Boulder 2m Good
Quite nice climb. Rock might need a tiny bit of cleaning, as one of the starting jugs looks a bit questionable (but there's a solid hold right-next to it)

 
Wed 22nd Apr 2020 - Para Wirra
South Parra River Down By The River
V1 Shark Seat Boulder 3m
Starting mantle is quite fun, rest is a bit discontinuous and mossy

 
Mon 20th Apr 2020 - Dry Creek
Sorry Andrea Wall
V1 Pink Face - with thestig, Rhett Boulder 4m
Start hold of this was extremely loose and now gone - this can still be climbed much the same (there's a good start hold just below), but the dyno eliminate is likely a fair bit harder

 
V1 Gardenia - with thestig, Rhett Boulder 3m Good
Wed 8th Apr 2020 - Para Wirra
South Parra River He Devils
V1 Cracked Spec's Boulder 3m Average
Flashed despite the start hold in the crack snapping off while pulling on.. Start feet are still a bit dubious but otherwise the rock seems fairly solid now. Bit contrived feeling not using the left-arete as most of the difficulty comes from contorting around the ledges to the right

 
Tue 31st Mar 2020 - Hallet Cove Bouldering
Ten Slab
V1 Focused Determination Boulder 4m
Think this is the climb which follows the wide right-leading crack

 
Sat 29th Feb 2020 - Black Hill
Ambers Gully Amber Boulders
V1 Unnamed 4 Boulder 3m
This felt far more committing than I recall it from last time - rock is pretty friable, and crux was last move to the top, standing on almost nothing, popping from a not-great crimp. It's possible a hold has come of at about 3/4 height, as there is a clear patch of rock there. Nicer of the three slab lines here, just shame the rock quality is slightly sketchy

 
Mon 6th Jan 2020 - Mt Cole
Ben Nevis Firetower boulders Leccy Cove boulder
V1 ASDA Chicken Wings - with Jess Boulder 4m
Lower part might be easier facing the other way, but would probably make the top-half sketchy. Not sure about grade, but felt about V1'ish, but potentially V0?

 
V1 Wee Bit Driech - with Jess Boulder 4m
Much nicer movement than Nae Driech, particularly in the transition, plus a nicer top-out. However, while the holds used all seem reasonably solid, so did the other ones that broke of with some light brushing. Fall is good providing you can pad the gap between this face and the boulder at the bottom (a Mad Rock R3 squishes perfectly in providing a good flat landing)

 
Sun 24th Nov 2019 - Mt Stapylton Amphitheatre
Trackside Boulders Simon Says Boulder
V1 Check Your Traps Boulder 2m
Err, took more attempts than the V4..

 
Sat 6th Jul 2019 - The Enchanted Forest
Eden North Slave Boulder
V1 V0 Twin Peaks Boulder
Good climb, although wouldn't make for a good fall

 
Sun 23rd Jun 2019 - Reedy Creek
The Gallery
V1 Buzzing Boulder 3m
Good, and grade seems about right I think

 
Mon 22nd Apr 2019 - Blue Mountains
Lower Blue Mountains Birdwood Gully Birdwood Baby Boulders
V1 Middle Face Left Boulder 2m
I'm assuming this is a stand start, as the sit seems significantly harder than a V1 (only a slopey RH sidepull and poor cramped feet)

 
V1 Who Needs Ten Kilos of Mulberries Boulder 2m
Nice looking line and climbs well, one of the nicer climbs here. First move from sit-start was good

 
Sat 30th Mar 2019 - Blackwood
Paul's Roof
V1 Heel Right - with jay wilson Boulder 3m
Sat 23rd Feb 2019 - The Enchanted Forest
The Outpost Bubble Boulder
V1 Bubble Boy Boulder
A large chunk of the jug hold was very wobbly and broke off. Don't think the grade changes as the hold is still good, just maybe a tiny bit harder without the jug being positive as a sidepull, but still felt V1. An okay climb, probably one of the nicer of the three

 
V1 Bubble Baby Boulder 3m
Awkward climb.. and not in a good way. Not sure if the weird separate-looking-block-which-is-actually-attached footer at the start was supposed to be in, but seemed rough for V1 without it

 
Sun 27th Jan 2019 - The Wind Shelter
V1 Traverse - with Jess Boulder Average
Brief stop as we were passing by. On previous visits have tried this and always struggled moving into the poor right side-pull. Worked out better beta this time which made is feel fairly easy (wide left foot and sort of drop-knee into the poor hold, move feet around, then left hand into the good diagonal slot). Did on second attempt today, after hand greased of the sidepull. Finish is a bit anticlimatic - would be better to head up Moth House instead, which would also avoid the deteriorating rock

 
Sat 12th Jan 2019 - The Enchanted Forest
Eden Central Crack Boulder
V1 Hung On Crack Boulder 4m
On first attempt, but possibly went a bit of route at top - went slightly left on onto ledge instead of directly as the description implies, but wasn't going to try it again.. Not a great climb... Crack had accumulated a bunch of dirt/leaf debris. Several chunks of rock came off while climbing, and a few of the handjamps were against what felt pretty loose rock. Might be okay with a bit more cleaning, but there's more interesting stuff nearby.

 
Sun 18th Nov 2018 - Port Elliot
Crockery Bay Ice Cream Boulder
V1 Melted Icecream - with Fabian Boulder 2m
Looked like a good warmup, slightly harder than it looked.

 
Sat 10th Nov 2018 - Rocky Paddock Camp Ground
Jake The Muss Boulder
V1 Rumsfeld's Known Unknown Boulder 2m
So-so

 
Sun 30th Sep 2018 - Port Lincoln Bouldering
Wanna
V1 Dangerous Currents Boulder 2m
Good holds but required quite a bit of tension to hold them. First climb of the day, wasn't warmed up so might be overgraded?

 
Tue 11th Sep 2018 - Marion Bay
V1 A Birth of a Caveman Boulder 4m Good
Passing through on short trip to Innes National Park, determined to climb something given the confusing lack of even a single recorded climb on the entire peninsula. Some of the stuff on Penguin Point beach looked interesting but the rock is horribly sharp - so was pleased to find the rock on the eastern corner has been smoothed out by the waves. This climb was a really fun easy semi-roof, fun, marred only by a slightly premature end as the rock becomes a bit crap/sharp (and anything resembling a top out looked horrendous, especially with no pad). Didn't have time to look closely at the boulders along the rest of the eastern beach, and the tide was kind of high - definitely potentially for a good few more routes.

 
Sat 18th Aug 2018 - Hollow Mountain (N & NE side of Mt. Stapylton)
Kindergarten The Kindergarten (bouldering)
V1 Fairy Head - with Michael Boulder 3m Average
Messed up the awkward sit start, so done on second attempt. Stairway to Heaven was vastly nicer climb

 
Sat 23rd Jun 2018 - Hollow Mountain (N & NE side of Mt. Stapylton)
Andersens Right Main Lillyput Wall
V1 Lillyput - with Nicola, Michael, Valentine Boulder
Seems exceptionally hard for grade, felt like we were missing something (Val did it by moving from start hold to 2-finger pocket with poor feet, pull up and bump to large crimp? Rest of climb was easy from there). The cave on the boulders above this is really cool

 
Mon 11th Jun 2018 - Mid North Bridges
Willaston Bridge
V1 Cigarettes and Mediocrity Boulder 3m
Topped out and surprised a family who were out for an afternoon walk, mother with a can of Jack and Coke in one hand, cigarette in the other.

 
Tue 29th May 2018 - Devil's Peak
Slinky Slab
V1 Everyone Loves A Slinky - with Fabian, Wen, Lu, Francesc Boulder 4m Very Good
Fun, bit harder more committing than the LHV

 
Mon 12th Mar 2018 - The Enchanted Forest
Trotters Bottom Whale Boulder
V1 Extraterrestrial - with Margaux Boulder 2m
Good. Did this previously but don't recall the date

 
V1 The Lonely Whale - with Margaux Boulder 3m
Fairly straight forward except for what turned out to be a misplaced pad and having to call over a sunbathing-spotter

 
Tue 30th Jan 2018 - Halls Gap Area
Northern Wonderland Range Venus Baths Courtyard Boulders
V1 Cat's Meow - with Margaux Boulder 6m
Fun. Some passer-by spectators.

 
Sat 27th Jan 2018 - Hollow Mountain (N & NE side of Mt. Stapylton)
Andersens Lower Clicke Sydney Highrise Boulder
V1 V0 Sydney Highrise Boulder 5m Classic
First few moves were harder than expected, but really nice climb. Managed on second attempt after messing up move to last of the small lower holds - just as it was getting too hot to climb (probably mid 30's by 11:30am), and I had run out of water.

 
Sat 27th Jan 2018 - Hollow Mountain (N & NE side of Mt. Stapylton)
Andersens Right Main Snowflake Boulder
V1 Snowball Boulder 7m Good
Good. Top felt pretty high (probably partially due to the trees branches getting in the way)

 
Mon 23rd Oct 2017 - Halls Gap Area
Northern Wonderland Range Venus Baths Stoplight Boulder
V1 Problem Banana Boulder 3m
First climb/warmup

 
Sun 24th Sep 2017 - Norton Summit
The Bachelor Pad
V1 Fat Neck - with Nicola, Jack Boulder 3m
Mon 18th Sep 2017 - Rocky Paddock Camp Ground
Sanskrit Boulder
V1 Simple Simon - with thestig Boulder 2m
Nice easy dyno, also did as static with intermediate crimp

 

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