Nodes in St Helens Point

This is an extension of the Bay of Fires to the south of Georges Bay and includes various granite boulder fields scattered around St Helens Point. The rock is more smooth here than further north.

Beerbarrel Beach is all granite bouldering. Best at low tide but still good whenever. Has some really cool slabs and faces.

A large collection of vertical and slabby walls

Hand crack, stand start then move up crack and face to top. Base gets water at high tide. Waiting for a sit start variant.

Stand start on good holds, mantle, then nicely up and over steep part of the face. Could be water at the bottom at high tide.

Start hanging on the ledge, mantle, and then up the gentle slab.

Start matching on rail and big move to horn then top out. Note, can't use chockstone.

Pumpy traverse L to R. From V1 crack hands along the horizontal break, then past little red horn and along breaks, finish on the fat detached flake rock - you can use the block under the little horn for your feet. Best at low tide to start.

Start hanging on the small red horn, rocket up and mantle, no feet on blocks/ boulders underneath, just hand and go!

Reverse of The Very Hungry Caterpillar. Start Matching on the rail, traverse L, past nice face holds, the Red Horn, then drop town to ledge, traverse staying low then finish up the V1 hand crack.

Slab and little to left, top out.

Up the steeper orange slab, avoid holds to the right. Grab the flake over the top as best you can and caterpillar your way over the top.

Walk up slab with no hands.

Sit start on rail and move up and slightly to the L, fun mantle move to top out.

Stand start, move up keeping to the right of Dung Beetle, mantle with fancy palm work, and top out.

Sit start on pinchy cracks then follow them up to topout.

Sit start with good feet laybacking the crack. climb up the face with fun moves and topout over the bulge on juggy hands.

A corner with a vertical and slightly overhung wall. located just opposite The Sleeping Caterpillar.

Start hands in crack L of Prize Novel follow crack up to top out.

Small bulge then up centre of the face and L arete. Over the top to finish. Less a grade if you exit R at half way.

Sit start on crack and climb up.

Stand start bridging between both walls. v1 if you don't use the two large cracks for hands.

Thin crack on R face. Using only the crack and a couple of foot nubs down low. Shoot for flat jug at top.

Stand start on sidepull, travers left until you hold a set of three baubles then pull up throw for side pull and top out to the left.

A collection of easy climbs fit for a beginner.

Start on sidepull, traverse up and to the left. Only use holds on the face.

Start on small rail then head up and top out.

Sit Start on sidepull and traverse R only using holds on face

Sit start on rail and traverse the nook then top out.

Start on arete and traverse across the "Musketeers"

low ball! on the middle musketeer, sit start on rock using squeeze then top out. no mat required.

A wall with easy climbs for beginners.

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start far left with hands in crack. traverse across keeping lower and finish hands in crack.

Stand Start on two jugs and top out

Sit start on baubles then top out

Great climbing off the beach.

Many locals continue to use community run website thesarvo.com for crag/route updates and noting any access issues. The associated app can be downloaded and used offline!

http://thesarvo.com/confluence/display/thesarvo/Tasmania

Gerry Narkowicz also produces hardcopy guides to numerous venues across the state via the 'Climb Tasmania' website

https://climbtasmania.com.au/collections/frontpage

Many locals continue to use community run website thesarvo.com for crag/route updates and noting any access issues. The associated app can be downloaded and used offline!

http://thesarvo.com/confluence/display/thesarvo/Tasmania

Gerry Narkowicz also produces hardcopy guides to numerous venues across the state via the 'Climb Tasmania' website

https://climbtasmania.com.au/collections/frontpage

Start two hands on undercling with feet on ledge for a very cramped start. make your way up with a very commiting move on slopers. Move left after first mantle and top out.

Start same as "something sentimental" and travers left then top out.

start two hands on matching sidepull, go up then walk through the crack to finish.

The line directly up small face, over and onto the rounded arete, and to the top. It is the slightly contrived straight line up the arete - not using the boulder to the left. Slap away!

Up the scooped slab, using L arete and face, with committing moves to the top. Reduce the grade by 1 if you use R arete and move R at halfway and go for the "ear".

Start matching on far L sloper rail traverse R not going too high. Only use this boulder for holds

Stand start, up slab following small crack line and face, over the top. Don't move out to the aretes.

Easy climbing off the beach, Barefoot friendly.

Sit start on rail, throw to crack and mantle.

Sit start one hand in each crack, mantle up.

Easy but scary slabs, best barefoot and no boulder pad needed (soft sand)

Many locals continue to use community run website thesarvo.com for crag/route updates and noting any access issues. The associated app can be downloaded and used offline!

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Gerry Narkowicz also produces hardcopy guides to numerous venues across the state via the 'Climb Tasmania' website

https://climbtasmania.com.au/collections/frontpage

Mantle over the most bulgey part.

Traverse, Keep feet in the crack.

Lowball Sitstarts.

If there was a way to put negative stars on a problem this would have -3 stars but if your in the area you may as well give it a go. Laydown start matching on the far right of the juggy rail with feet lower on the rail. somehow mantle the rail without dabbing and reach for the top. topout.

Sit start matching the vertical crack. Move up the crack and topout

Sit start on low compressions and good feet. climb up the arete then do a very funky topout over the bulge

This is the stretch of rocky coast between Beerbarrel Beach and The little Beaches.

Many locals continue to use community run website thesarvo.com for crag/route updates and noting any access issues. The associated app can be downloaded and used offline!

http://thesarvo.com/confluence/display/thesarvo/Tasmania

Gerry Narkowicz also produces hardcopy guides to numerous venues across the state via the 'Climb Tasmania' website

https://climbtasmania.com.au/collections/frontpage

A small crag with a boulder in the middle that is surrounded on two sides with a wall

Sit start on the juggy undercling in the cave with funky feet (no bat hangs). Climb over the bulge then finish up the fun face on great holds.

Climb as per Soggy Chai Chalk but start in a bathang.

SDS on the juggy crack and power up the arete.

Stand start on the arete, climb up through good holds and topout.

SDS on whatever holds feel comfortable. Powerful first move out right to the crimpy undercling then throw to micro crimps rail. move out right to establish the jug then go up and left to the horn and topout above the start.

Sit start on whatever holds are comfortable. huge through up to slopy crimp on the lip, match and head up through holds on the left.

Start same as Project Slap but after establishing the slopey crimp, traverse out left on tiny crimps and knobs to the arete and mantle to topout.

SS on the arete and throw upwards through bad holds to topout

SDS with the jug and crimp. Pop out to the sloped crimps and knobs on the face then Pop to good topout holds.

Appropriately Named

Sit start on rock using the great foot hold with hands where the orange meets the white. climb up the diagonal rail then traverse to the arete to topout.

SS left hand side pull and right undercling. go up the layback or just throw to the top and topout.

SS on the face crimps or undercling on the right side of the face and climb up.

VB sit start. as easy as a SDS gets. SDS on the obvious jug on the bottom right of the face and standup to topout.

SS on the arete and climb up the arete to topout

A vertical wall with two faces

ser-en-dip-it-dite. Stand start L hand on high juggy sidepull and R hand wherever feels natural. climb up and topout just to the left of the juggy sidepull. the good flake to the left for feet is out.

Ser-en-dip-ity. Start the same as Serendipitite, traverse right through the blank section on amazing micro edges. Keep traversing right with sustained difficulty moves and finish up Serendipititous.

Ser-en-dip-it-tie-tus. Stand Start on good foot and hands wherever. climb up the slopey tufa looking thingos and topout on great holds.

Ser-en-dip-it-tie-tus-ology. Stand start around the corner on the juggy feature. climb up the gradually getting worse arete then finish with a scary topout

Many locals continue to use community run website thesarvo.com for crag/route updates and noting any access issues. The associated app can be downloaded and used offline!

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Gerry Narkowicz also produces hardcopy guides to numerous venues across the state via the 'Climb Tasmania' website

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The main boulder in this sector. Access from main walking track. easy to spot as in peaks over the treeline.

SS on the crimps in the horizontal running crack at about shoulder height. feet on the headwall and throw to the juggy crimp out left then up to topout.

SS on the juggy ledge and climb straight up to topout.

SS on good holds to the right of Iceberg Lettuce. climb up through the megajug and topout.

SS on the blank wall to the right of Underwater Iceberg Caving. through great trust in feet it is possible to scale this wall.

SS on the far right side of the boulder with R hand sharp crimp horn and good right foot. lean your left foot out to a selection of horrible feet and dyno to out left the topout sloper for Cold Alabama. FA up for grabs, felt like v5.

SS same as Alabama Dyno But instead of dynoing, layback your way up the slopey rail to reach the topout sloper for Cold Alabama.

A cool wall that is slightly overhung.

stand start on easy crack with good feet. climb up and easy topout.

Stand start on good hold. climb up and topout.

Sit start on good hold with bad feet. Throw up to juggy crack and topout over easy slab.

Sit start same as Legume but travers right through the crack with slopers and gaston crimps. finish by topping out. FA up for grabs.

Stand start R hand on crimpy gaston pocket thing and L hand on slopey crimp. topout directly over the start.

start somewhere on crimps and climb up

A wall with easy problems

sit start on left crack and climb up to topout.

sit start on middle crack and follow it up to topout.

Sit start hands in crack and follow the crack up to topout.