Nodes in Hospital Rocks

Hospital Rocks is located opposite the hospital in Nowra. It has easy access and the routes are easy to set top ropes on. This makes it a good beginners area but also has a few harder ones for other climbers too. 2 minute walk in. Hot in summer. Watch for the Nowra Lads!

The 1st cliff you encounter from the track. Take the first gully directly opersite the hospital and turn right at the bottom. The rock is a little soft and has been losing flakes for years making some of the climbs rather stiff for the grade.

2 bolts to chains.

Graded 17 ... going on 21!

This climbing area has recently become a focus spot for tension between climbers and the local Aboriginal community. Be informed and respect closures. Clean up chalk and rethink adding additional new routes to crags with access issues.

Uses the link up bolt to Little Boxer Girl to skip the crux of Scarlet Dog. Move left to the little cave under the link up bolt, go straight up. Once past the (high) first bolt, traverse right to finish the rest of Scarlet Dog.

Nice variant for beginners.

Uses the lone ringbolt in the middle of the climbs for a linkup!

Goes from Scarlet Dog into Little Boxer Girl or vice versa - formerly 'Scarlet Poodles'. (Name change to save confusion - no link to Crashing Poodles.)

This climbing area has recently become a focus spot for tension between climbers and the local Aboriginal community. Be informed and respect closures. Clean up chalk and rethink adding additional new routes to crags with access issues.

This climbing area has recently become a focus spot for tension between climbers and the local Aboriginal community. Be informed and respect closures. Clean up chalk and rethink adding additional new routes to crags with access issues.

This climbing area has recently become a focus spot for tension between climbers and the local Aboriginal community. Be informed and respect closures. Clean up chalk and rethink adding additional new routes to crags with access issues.

Left side of the arete.

Right side of the arete.

Walk past the Slabby Wall to the next little cliff. 1 minute.

This climbing area has recently become a focus spot for tension between climbers and the local Aboriginal community. Be informed and respect closures. Clean up chalk and rethink adding additional new routes to crags with access issues.

This climbing area has recently become a focus spot for tension between climbers and the local Aboriginal community. Be informed and respect closures. Clean up chalk and rethink adding additional new routes to crags with access issues.

This climbing area has recently become a focus spot for tension between climbers and the local Aboriginal community. Be informed and respect closures. Clean up chalk and rethink adding additional new routes to crags with access issues.

Start RH edge of cave at bottom, working up flake, then traverse left above cave and over bulge. Then straightish up.

Classic sand jug pulling.

Start: Left of TG16 at line of rings. Almost shared start with Bamboozled, but straight up. I think it's also called 'Pasty Poofs', although the latter gets a bonus grade.

Line of rings going straight up left of TG16 and right of Bamboozled. Another name for Sword Swallowing Cum Junkies?

All ring bolted classic

This climbing area has recently become a focus spot for tension between climbers and the local Aboriginal community. Be informed and respect closures. Clean up chalk and rethink adding additional new routes to crags with access issues.

This climbing area has recently become a focus spot for tension between climbers and the local Aboriginal community. Be informed and respect closures. Clean up chalk and rethink adding additional new routes to crags with access issues.

This climbing area has recently become a focus spot for tension between climbers and the local Aboriginal community. Be informed and respect closures. Clean up chalk and rethink adding additional new routes to crags with access issues.

A short intense orange wall, capped by an overhang to keep it dry.

The short slab on the very left of the cliff.

Start 2m right of BaC. Single carrot bolt to top out.

Start 3m right of the corner. Light coloured wall with single carrot bolt.

First climb on the wall with stainless steel rings.

Start 2m right of BL. Great rock thin moves.

Marked BB. Shares the same start as BBB but heads straight up.

Start 4m right of BB. Was once graded 22 so may be a softy for its grade. Thin diagonal leading leftwards.

Central route up the main wall right of AB.

Start 1m right of V, just left of Messi Dog. The crag classic. Keep left of the bolts until transitioning at the 3rd to enjoy the cooler grade appropriate sequence and run of finger pockets.

Route name changed at the request of the first ascensionist.

RH Variant of 'To Death'. Start as for 'Messi Dog', straight up then moving right through the little cave, then straight up. Much easier moves than left of the bolts TD even with half the bomber hold being torn off near the 3rd bolt.

Start at renamed 'To Death' (Previously LBD), then traverse diagonally right past little cave to Feckless Mutt anchors.

Start 3m right of LBD. Straight up to shared anchors with Messi Dog. Dramatic hands only start pulling on crack.

The right most route up the black slab.

When you walk over the fence head down and right (instead of left to main area) and there is a tall butress visable.

Up flake to steep corner and ledge then launch up overhanging arête to lower offs.

Up wall for a couple of moves then reachy span to arête. Up to ledge then cool head wall above.

This climbing area has recently become a focus spot for tension between climbers and the local Aboriginal community. Be informed and respect closures. Clean up chalk and rethink adding additional new routes to crags with access issues.