Noeuds dans Carss Park

Some great slab boulders, both easy and hard as well as a cave with a vertical wall on the side. All just next to the bike track and car park.

The cluster of boulders that start right on the path at the north-west edge of the carpark. The Upper Section is just above the lower one, handily.

The low-angled slab just left of The Dome/Egg boulder is a good place for young kids to do their first bouldering. Ages as young as 2 have had fun on it.

Left-most boulder, slightly back from the path. Right next to the Main Drag.

Start high and left just next to the tree, work right and down around the bulge keeping below the lip. Head all the way to Gorgonzola and then top out.

Nice easier slab route. Up the left face just in from the arête.

Straight up the slopey arete. Learn to trust your feet 'cause your hands won't be doing much.

Named after the tube of personal lubricant tossed nearby.

Just to the right of the slopey arête using dishes, knubbs and slopers. Even less in the way of feet and holds. Great!

To the right of Dish It Out up the light green streak. A slightly milder version of the climb next to it.

Start matched on sidepull around the arête. Head straight up the arête.

The rocks right next to the path at the north-west end of the car park. Be considerate with pads on the path, leave space for walkers/cyclists/prams/aliens.

Start deeper into bush with hands on far left arête. Use slopey top and slabby feet to traverse right along the slab, into the first crux going around the corner. Keep going right across both gulleys, staying high without quite topping out, until you get to the last gulley at Reversing Trucks Go Beep. Top out there or clean all the lichen and continue.

Start on the log around 1m from left edge. Head up thin crimps to slopey top.

Start on the log in the middle of the face. Head up crimpy wall. One for the people.

Just left of arête. Like the name says: two feet and you're up.

Work up this arête, with plenty of hidden finger ledges.

Start at the obvious break in the boulder. Head on up using both sides of the break in a bridging fashion.

Start on the two crimps about two meters right of the crack for A Bridge Too Far. Traverse left and up without using anything left of the crack.

Start with left hand just right of the crimps for the start of Shorties Love Crimps and right hand on thin sidepull up and right. Straight up thin edges. Enjoy. Tom Bes FA

Sit start with left hand on the hold just right of the crimp start of Shorties Love Crimps, right hand on low rail. Pop up to the thin sidepull and up as for Worst Ladder Ever. Thin, technical.

According the the NSW government's Aboriginal Heritage Information Management System there are 9 recorded Aboriginal sites in Carrs Park, with two of them being along the cliffline where Up in the Nose Bleeds sector is located. The remaining 7 sites are along the waterline on the eastern end of the park. Take care of the place - avoid digging out caves especially as these could be midden sites.

Start from the higher of the two flakes on the right, with wide feet just below the level of the hands.

Press your body upwards, and use the slopers and/or nub to top out, while sticking to the main face and avoiding using any part of the arête.

V2 proposed grade, with a sit start from the lower flake adding ~2 grades (needs grade consensus).

Sally Bradfield has the first ascent, so feel free to update details/rename as you see fit.

Start low, hugging the arête on two side pulls. Straight up.

Powerful compression start on two thin sidepulls, left one deep in the crack. The first crux is not dabbing the back of your hand and arm on the other face. Throw out right to a slopey knub. Move up the slopey arête. Tom Bes Beta

Start with right hand on high crimp, left on mid-height sloper. Move up for a slopey top out. Would be really great if a lower start could be found. Maybe a link-up with The Dab Machine? Tom Bes Beta (second vid)

Follow the right hand arête up. Don't let the annoying beep of a reversing truck break your concentration.

Proud, stand-alone boulder. About 10 meters right (facing in) from the Main Drag.

Up the face immediately left of the main prow. Up onto slabby feet and straight up.

Climb straight up the angled prow, squeezing both sides. Slabby!

Climb the slab just right of the main prow.

A big obvious cave, about 20 meters uphill from the Main Drag.

Step onto left-most section of wall. Walk across right on good feet but pure slope on the top of the bulge. Head all the way round to the crack and top out there.

Start with feet on the detached block and hands underclinging the bottom lip. Move up and left using side pull and pockets to gain a big, beefy, sidepull jug. Then up and away.

Named after a hold made by Uncarved Block that feels like the tasty hold.

Start with both hands on the big, but crimpy, rail. Move up using slopey pockets to an even slopier mantle.

Sit start with both hands on the rail just below the bottom lip, and both feet on the bottom of the same block. Throw up to the normal starting rail and continue.

Start on the undercling just left of the crack. Move up into the pockets and pinches mid-height, then a slopey top out. Crack is off.

Use the crack to move up. Enjoy the one bomber fist jam.

Obvious line up the left lip using jugs inside and out of cave. Rated R because I was a bit spooked by the sound of the highest part of the lip and, if it popped, it would not be a good time.

Climb the face immediately right of the cave. Resist the temptation to put your foot in the stirrup 'cause this is Sydney sandstone.

Tip-toe up the ledges and edges in the middle of the wall.

Start on the right arête and traverse left and up towards the top of Don't Put Your Foot In That.

Straight up, through the pocket and out the top. Easy warm-up.

Straight up. Even easier warm-up.

One higher wall and lots of scattered boulders along the top path further into the park. Please be considerate to the residents as many boulders here are directly underneath their back yards.

Start on the undercling and go up using the arête. Make sure not to dab on the detached rock.

Start on the undercling, traverse right then mantle above the sloper.

Sit start with both hands in the big sidepull. Using the undercling, move up into a sloper, left to a rail of ironstone, and mantle. Bit easier than Mouldy Lasagne (and better for your digestion).

Start with left hand on obvious jug and mantle comfortably on the right hand. Climb up to the crimp rail then traverse left to the edge of the rock. Top out after reaching the edge.

Start in the cave and mantle through the top hole of the cave.

Traverse left to right using the underclings then go up and top out. Inside of the cave is in.

James Fenech

Tallest area, some highballs, trad possibilities and a slew of boulders.

Climb straight up the left face of the boulder.

Climb the far-left edge of the slab.

Start 1 m in from the left edge on rounded edges. Follow these up. Beautiful

Start just below a big sinker jug, move up with right hand into sinker and up.

Start right in front of tree. Go straight up enjoying the big hollow sounding sinker with left hand.

Start 1 m in from right edge and head straight up.

Start on the far right edge of the slab. Use arête and face holds to get up and away.

Up the corner. Not much in the way of feet.

Start on the juggy lip. Go up to the two crimps and then reach around the arête for a juggy sloper. Make your way up the face of the boulder using the arête and top out.

The direct line up the breaks. Slopey topout. Trad anchor up top and easy walk off.

Highball. Start below the big dish and head up the first two breaks, then head right a bit to top out. Could go on gear too at around 15–16?

Behind the Well Known in the 90s area and to the left of Veggie Traverse is a little path that leads to a beautiful little spot that has definitely seen some action, judging by the condom packets.

Start low hugging the big feature. Embrace it in its sandy glory as you head into the light.

Start on little scoop crimp—go up through slopers to top. Bottom ledge and everything on Back Alley Blowout and Back Alley Beauty is out.

The right hand edge and inner face of this boulder looks great to climb. I wouldn't recommend it. The only way back down is a jump from the top unless you want to try the spicy mantle through the bushes (don't). 0 stars.

If you have enough pads you could cover the whole area and maybe traverse left at the top and finish out as for Back Alley Beauty.

Keep walking along the path and you will see the iconic cross-bedding of the Hostility Transfer boulder on your left.

Start on jug where the branch comes out over the lip. Head right on the jugs and finish up Runnel of Love. Pumparama.

Start on far left hold next to tree as for Veggie Traverse, but keep going right and finish up Keyboard Climber. Pumpy.

Start on big lowest rail below the tree in the rock. Head straight up to another rail and then a big crimp next to the tree. Move out right across smaller crimps to the top rail. For full tick, touch both hands to big sloper on top.

Start low on a huge jug on the rail directly beneath the bulge. Head straight up through slanting breaks and finish as for Young Cheeks Run Free, with both hands on the top sloper. Tom Bes FA

Start on pointy jug deep under ledge. Big move to jug on the lip, then move up and right for an even bigger move to dusty ledge. Match on hold just up and left of this for full tick.

Start deep under the ledge on crimpy jug and work out under the roof using small crimps to the big jug on lip. Then move up as for Runnel of Love, but use green side pull to head left around the bulge to flat ledge on the other side of bush. Finish matched on hold left and up a bit of this as for Sticky Brush.

Start deep on lowest holds, feet up and head through roof on small crimps to big jug on lip. Then head left and up through jugs in runnel and finish on rail to right and feet on starting jug (if you can reach). Downclimb/jump off.

Start on thin tight crimps low in the back of cave with feet only on the same block the crimps are on (not the low slanty rock). Reach back to sideways leaning rail in roof. Slap out to lip and head up through small breaks to gain ledge just below the top. Finish here with feet on ledge for full tick. Jump off.

Start on thin tight crimps low in the back of cave. Feet up and reach back to sideways leaning rail in roof. Gain lip and move up and right through pockety breaks and finish on the blackened victory jug. Jump off.

Finally a top out! Start around 3 m right of Keyboard Climber in a big low break. Go up and out to gain big juggy ledge, mantle once into a tight wriggle to gain a second matle out left. There are enough holds without removing any plant life or pulling on it.

Basically an easier start to Bristle Density. Sit start on the edges, move out to the lip and traverse left on slots to match the jug up high.

Sit start with matched hands on rail, throw out right and then traverse left, match top rail to finish.

Keep walking past a couple of 0.5–1 m high boulders close to the path, then bushwhack about 20 m up to the left to reach the Tall Boys Can't Mantle boulder, directly underneath the houses.

Start on bottom jug and make your way up using the undercling into hard mantle.

Alex Lopes

Start as TBCM but go directly up and mantle without the use of the undercling and right heel hook.

Sit start left and traverse right into TBCM.

Start as TBCM and traverse then mantle right.

James Fenech

Walk further down the path around 20 m until you see some rock drop off to the right. Head into the bush until you are almost in line with the toilet block down below.

Up the fun but short hand crack.

Start just left of the right-most low break. Head up using the pockets into a slightly exciting top out.

Sit start on the rock with hands on crimpy ledge. Move up and reach up and back to first big jug over lip of roof. Head back fully onto the roof and move up on good jugs and edges to top out just before prow. Somewhat committing top. Tom Bes FA

Up the obvious corner crack—head out using sandy lip and up crack/edge of roof block. Tom Bes FA

Sit start on low pockets, right hand in 1–2 finger pocket. Stand up off these and move up and right to gain lip and exit as for Enemy Destruct. Big crack is off. Tom Bes FA

A great pocket route. Sit start on big right-hand pinchy pocket and low left pocket. Move up into small pockets, FA found a stacked mono worked best, gain sidepull and head straight out through crack and jutting rocks. Tom Bes FA

Boulders continue up left of main path.

Start on big low block. Move a bit right and head up small face around from big scoop.

Start in the big low block. Move right through undercling to big juggy block and go straight up.

Big section of good rock at the top of the hill close to the Carwar Avenue carparks.

P.S.: there is some good looking rock on left-most side behind some fallen down fences that's probably best to avoid.

Sit start with hands on low jug and feet on same block. Block on right is out. Pop up into the overhead small undercling and move right through crimps into the two big pockets. Heave ho up to the jug and out.

Start on rail and go up to left peak of the mid-height hammerhead feature. Straight up through the interesting juggy features.

Start on block below right prow of hammerhead feature. Up and away.

Start just below small tree growing out of rock. Head slightly right and up arête.

Start as for Ahoy. Go right on rail, bottom rock is off for feet. Move up and right to second break and go all the way up as for Boss Noodles.