Nodes in The Hide Away

Single pitch sandstone sport-climbing with almost all day shade and lush rainforest surroundings. A good local alternate to a day at Nowra for those with a shortage of time.

Short grey walls with lots of bolts and easier grades.

Nice easy longish problem starting from the left side of the cave all the way thru to the nice high jug on the right side of the cave.

Undercut start just R of cave

Shares first bolt with Wolverine, then straight up

Wall just right of wide crack (right of cave). Undercut start at scoop, then easy slopers.

20m right of previous route. Nice grey face with little flake in the middle.

15m right of previous route at closed corner. Up corner for 5m then left and out bulges to break under rooflet. Hand traverse right to lip, mantle onto ledge and clip anchors.

Start as for Pyromaniac for 1 bolt then right under bulge and onto arete and anchors.

There is a lone very very poor carrot high on the arete just right of Corner Project. Grade, name, first ascentist unknown.

A short featured wall with an easy starter on the left and two tricky routes on the right. Rock quality isn't as good here compared to the rest of the crag.

The L most line on the wall up the easy corner, step L, then back R to the anchors. The bolts have now been replaced.

Clip the 1st bolt on IRB then step R and up the middle of the wall. Up to the top roof and out the flake. Finish with hands on the top jug.

3m R of IRB. Follow the FHs up the pocketed wall to a slopey move to the mid break. Balance up the arete to the anchors. WARNING - This climb is currently missing 2-3 upper bolts. Inconsiderate climbers have stolen them.

South Centralish - a large very steep cave with assorted graffiti and junk at the base. If you ignore the trash and look up you'll see an impressive pocketed cave with some stellar roof routes. All roped routes start from a sloping terrace about 6m off the ground. Scramble up to this terrace on the right side and belay off the first bolt. There is also an excellent assortment of boulder problems on the 4m wall below the roof.

Just to the right of the main cave is this overhung prow with an undercut roof to start. Through roof, up juggy prow to reachy crux section. Finish up onto slab and anchors. If you're really rad you can top out.

The following boulder problems are on the short graffiti covered wall below the main cave. Although they look a little ugly the rock is stellar and the problems are excellent. There are currently two large green tarps to protect you from the dirt.

Right side of cave on big holds.

Steep juggy/ledge prow

UPDATE - the descent gully rungs have been replaced and the old holes patched. The chopped bolts are slowly being replaced or patched if not needed. History - In mid 2015 someone has chopped several of the ground level bolts, and the access rungs. If you know who did this, or saw anything suspicious please contact nsw [at] safercliffs.org Climbers have removed a lot of bogan rubbish from the base of this crag, including hundreds of bottles and cans. Please keep the place clean! Don't throw orange peels into the bush, they don't rot. If you see any trash left by others please take it out with you.

There are two large Tarps in the Main cave to keep gear and boots clean - please leave these!

Lower right hand start to Booty.

Edges to mantle

Traverse in from the right on slimpers then long move to good hold.

UPDATE - the descent gully rungs have been replaced and the old holes patched. The chopped bolts are slowly being replaced or patched if not needed. History - In mid 2015 someone has chopped several of the ground level bolts, and the access rungs. If you know who did this, or saw anything suspicious please contact nsw [at] safercliffs.org Climbers have removed a lot of bogan rubbish from the base of this crag, including hundreds of bottles and cans. Please keep the place clean! Don't throw orange peels into the bush, they don't rot. If you see any trash left by others please take it out with you.

There are two large Tarps in the Main cave to keep gear and boots clean - please leave these!

Start left - trend right via long move.

Cool moves. Start as for SD and work R into Boofa. Finish up that.

Slopers trending left above dugout dirt cave then up high wall.

The hard 'direct' line up the arete. Sit start on the low horizontal rail. Climb up using cool crimpy rails and compression on the water-polished arete. Pretty unique! Top out as per 'Shazza Dazza'.

These routes climb the massive cieling above the boulder problems. Scramble up the 'slab' right of the Toy boulder problem to small ledge. Belay off bolts.

Starts as for GS before head straight to the roof lip. From here work L to the seam then up the head wall to the anchors. Very Hard - OPEN PROJECT - test yourself.

A 20m roof in Sydney and on good rock. Fun gymnastic climbing. Big holds but upside down absolute pumper. The right most route in the cave heading far left out following the pockets and scoops to join the Riot Wing at the large flake, follow it to the anchors. This route was bolted as a tag team effort by Matt and Neil over three weekends. Crawling up into crouch cave after midway gives you a very long 24.

Blast above the anchors of Ghetto Superstar for a hard boulder extension. Mantle out over top to fixed loweroff above for the tick.

Au naturale roof route through centre of cave and finishing out the right side of the large scoop. The first five metres is bouldery upside down climbing on pinches. Shares the second half with Ghetto Superstar. Grey perma-draws on the first 5 bolts.

Start as for Riot Wing and from the middle of the roof go L to the anchors of WOSA.

Superstar into Hats , feels more fun than superstar and less drag and sandy grovel.

The line left of Riot Wing finishing high up in the back of the cave. A gymnastic and unusual sequence on some pockets brings beautiful featured holds to the top.

Work in progress - may need a further clean up and some important holds reinforced. Start as for WOSA, but stay low on the lip and low roof holds, through the large scoop and break to the lip. Go for it.

A slab with a capped roof starting about 5m above a series of blocks. Routes have slabby moves down low then burly steepness through the upper section. Because of the roof the slabs remain weather protected in light rain. Bonus!

One move wonder, crimp, pinch, or undercling through bulge. 16V3?

Nice warmup up slab, crack, and bulge. Head up left and traverse R to anchors.

The right hand route off the ledge. Up past 2 bolts onto the slab, traverse R along the break, up the small corner to the bulge and anchors.

Shared start with MaF, then up right of the vertical seem to a steep finish.

A rising traverse of Grey Slab clipping everyone else's bolts! Start up Tapering and then traverse left across Dob in a Dumper, Leed Lemon and step across into Wet Fridays (crux), up a bit and left again all the way to Obscured Pedicure's anchors. Rap off.

Line of FHs in the centre of the slab, finishing at chain rap anchor under roof. Very well bolted.

The central line of Ubolts, starting up slab with pockets, then balancy face and final steep orange bulge. Clip anchor in roof off undercling to the left.

Right facing flake to start then reachy moves between scoops to small ledge. Swing right under roof on juggy rail to clip-and-go anchor in roof.

A good selection of wall routes up flakes and edges. The steeper right side up the prow is currently bare of routes.

Short and technical with a cool undercling crux move. Start 2m of OP on the L end of the ledge just off ground level. Boulder through the roofs and onto the slab and up to the scoop cave. Duck under the nose of the cave and onto the top slab.

A fun mix of moves. Start approximately 20m R of the prow at ground level L of the Grey wall. Up and R over small roof past steep pull onto the slab. Up the slab past a few intricate moves.

Start 2m L of OP at small juggy crack. Up the lower juggy wall onto small edge under roof. Go slightly L through the roof and up the upper slab.

The first bolt has been chopped on this route. Start at wide left-facing flake 10m left of Obscure Pedicure.. Up flake roof, then hand traverse left along break and finish with rising traverse to anchors on Jack Spaniel. Clean on second.

Start as for JS and follow it to its 4th bolt. Go diagonally R crossing TAR, around the bulge and up the wall.

Subtle arete on crimps to stance, then up bulgy wall to anchors under big roof. Starts behind small tree, with a ringbolt to begin, then FHs above. This route is waterproof due to the large roof above.

Start just right of Tim's project. Slippery traverse right to start, then hard mantle onto small ledge. Up through the awesome pockets to juggy break - either climb direct to under roof (22) or bail right along break and finish up Jack Spaniel (21). Shared anchor with JS.

One of the king lines of the Hideaway up juggy wall then steep prow feature all the way to the top. Closed project - stay off.

Yet another Monty traverse. Start on ledge at base of Seam of Much Scrubbing - and traverse the horizontal weakness with magic pockets to anchor on Jack Spaniel. Requires trad - hands to finger sized cams. Clip any bolt on the up routes at well.

2m R of JB at the closed seam. Give it a go! Will be 27/28.

Super Traversin'. Picks all the best parts of the wall. Start the same as Booby Gem but instead of going to it's anchors traverse (just under the roof) and do the pockety finish of Ergonomics

Link "Booby Traps" to the finish of "Hidden Gem" .

Start 5m R of HG at the fist size pocket. Through this up the jugs and up L onto the flake. Make a hard move to the next flake and then up onto the ledge. Finish with hand on the top.

Up Hidden Gem and link right onto ledge of Booby Traps and finish up that. Good warm-up with no crimpy crux moves.

The flake, grey face and flake 40m left of the steep prow. Finish with hands on top of cliff after the rooflet.

Start just left of 'Hidden Gem'. Up the vertical wall with big moves to big holds. Victory jug is just AFTER the anchors.

Bouldery down low to a slopey traverse and a fun finish. Start 4m L of Egonomics below the grey rock. Climb this to the break, traverse R and boulder to the anchors of Egonomics.

Bringing back the bold. Corner to slab to steep 5m L of HG.. Needs a hold added to the blank slab, feel free to try it otherwise..?

Start approximately 20m L of Jengas project below the L facing seam/flake feature.

A 15m high water polished steep wall. Lovely rock - dubious ethics. This wall seeps badly after heavy rain.

Fun climbing on superb rock and pockets. Burly start and interesting finish. The far R route on the CC Wall, 3m R of CM. Over the roof, up R to flake, up pockets to break and final crimps to the anchors. Stick-clip the 2nd bolt unless you cruise this grade.

The mega right route. Starts with a long dyno through bulge then rightwards on pockets to flake. Finish up deep fried potato holds to break, then one last baffling move to chain on lip.

Three big moves. Start as for dyno start of Chisel Mode for one bolt then directly up, right a bit then left up black streak with two very spaced mega pockets. Finish up ethically enhanced holds.

Start 3m L of KaD straight up the wall on the big breaks and pockets to a crimpy final.

Start as for the previous route but at the bulge step up and L up the wall to the top scoop.

Partially bolted roof flake traverse thing.

Another Rod Young style single bolt to bags a project line.

Might be a project? Short corner then left under roof to..... no anchor. The first bolt has seen better days due to some hammer action.

Short and poxy past this point.