White Rock Conservation Area, Bouldering

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1 The Board Walk 2 Pappy’s Blocs 3 Little White Rock 4 Slab Land 5 The Bat Cave 6 SuperHard to Miss 7 So Long Gravity 8 The Underground 9 SuperHardToFind Wall 10 Tatooine 11 White Rock 12 The Rat Cave

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Summary

Sandstone

Varied bouldering on rough sandy sandstone. *DO NOT CLIMB ON WET SANDSTONE!! (It breaks holds and destroys problems).

Description

This isn’t the super high quality, compact Grampians sandstone people know Australia for, but White Rock is high quality for Queensland standards most definitely. The rock is very slopered and hueco’d- with a lot of people saying it is most similar to Font in style as well as stone. Many classics litter the areas with a lot of them having mantel cruxes on sweet nothingness. People have been bouldering at White Rock Conservation Park for at least the last 30 years. The park covers a huge area with a multitude of sectors scattered throughout. Lots of the areas can be accessed by a mountain bike. On a bike the half-hour walk to White Rock is reduced to about 10 minutes!

Development, so far, has mostly been concentrated on the areas before White Rock. This park still has a huge amount of potential and undiscovered areas. So get out there brushing! A brush is also a compulsory kit item to bring. Instead of complaining about a boulder being sandy or dirty, please help the community by brushing the problem down.

Research so far:

A mud map and some routes:

http://www.climb.org.au/index.php?page_id=10&action=crag&crag_id=233

Mentions:

http://www.neilshaulbag.com/guides/qld_bouldering/redbank.html

http://queenslandclimbing.yuku.com/topic/6154/More-videos

pics:

http://www.pbase.com/simon_vos/redbank_plains&page=all

http://www.jottie.com.au/bouldering/Redbank300705/index.html

Videos

https://vimeo.com/30519866

Access issues

Be aware that there is a rare plant that calls the boulders we climb home. It is in our interest to accommodate it. More details can be found on the ACAQ web site:

http://www.qldclimb.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/White-Rock-Rare-Plant-Notice-4Sep13.pdf

Approach

Flat

'White Rock Conservation Area' is in the suburb of Redbank Plains, half an hour or so southwest of 'Brisbane'. Driving west along the Ipswich Motorway from 'Brisbane', take the Brisbane Rd exit. Follow the signs to Redbank Plains, driving along Brisbane Rd, Queen St and then Redbank Plains Rd. Keep following Redbank Plains Rd through a couple of intersections before turning left into School Rd. Follow School road to its end, then take Norton Sands Drive onto White Rock Dr under the overpass and park in the Paperbark Flats picnic area carpark at the northern end of the conservation area. Note that even though the Centenary Highway goes right past the conservation area, there isn't an exit onto School Rd.

Ethic

Redbank is home to some extremely rare plants that call the top of some of our boulders home. If there are logs defining top outs please respect these and avoid trampling anything that isn't grass. For more information check out http://www.qldclimb.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/White-Rock-Rare-Plant-Notice-4Sep13.pdf .

Be mindful of other users, don't leave rubbish or disturb any vegetation. Stick to the established tracks where possible. Do not use steel wire brushes as these will take away the holds.