The You Yangs, Rock climbing

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1 Big Rock 2 Lower Picnic Ground 3 The Turntable Car-park Area 4 The Saddle Car-park Area 5 Rockwell Road North 6 Great Circle Drive North 7 The Stockyards Car-Park Area 8 Cressy Gully Road Area 9 Great Circle Drive East 10 Drysdale Road

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Summary

Granite

Typically this granite outcrop of boulders and slabs offers mostly short low angled face climbs on rough rock with small holds.

Description

Only 352 m in height the granite peaks of the You Yangs dominate the Werribee lava plains and are clearly identifiable from Melbourne and beyond.

Access issues

Allowed

January 2020 - Great Circle Drive is now open again.

National Park. Parks Vic website (Oct 2014) says "[...] Bookings are required for groups. Individuals are not required to book, but should check with the Park Office to enquire about the availability of sites. [...]"

Approach

Gentle

You Yangs Regional Park is 55 km south-west of Melbourne and 22 km north of Geelong (Melway ref: Key map 11). Access to the park from the Geelong-Melbourne Freeway is clearly signposted via Little River or Lara.