Nodes em South West

Water worn rhyolite

Climbing some of the highest coastal cliffs in Victoria.

The left side of the Blow Holes Wall.

The platform at the bottom of the main part of Seal Wall peters out at the right hand end. Beyond this the wall continues and there is another platform. This section of the wall is only about 6m high

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The obvious corner directly behind the Access Scramble

Start at the flake about 1.5m off the ledge and 3m left of Calamari Corner.

Starts at undercut corner 3m left of Fried Flake. Awkward but well protected move off the boulders below the corner. Up to block and around right to exit.

Start as for Lucky Left Fin and continue up to the block but keeping left. At the block traverse left about 1.5 m with some difficulty to escape up and left.

Basalt sea cliffs in very atmospheric location just near The Blow Holes

L) end of wall. Directly up a steep well protected corner exposed traverse R) for two meters and up. The direct finish though roof is much better.

The next crack line Left of Bull Kelp. Up to where crack goes R). But traverse L) onto arête and finish as for absticle.

Start under obvious large roof in the middle of the wall. trad gear up steep face then delicate slab to bolt in the roof. Direct through cruxy roof to top. Use this roof feature to locate the other climbs on wall. Facing the wall the next route R) is weather window.

Crimpy steep start to slab, clip RB, Romp up slab, poor trad, to expposed finish on an arête 2nd ring bolt.

A shallow corner angles right.

Obvious crack, right hand side of wall is the first route if you approach from Seal wall Left side. This whole ledge is prone to very large waves,

The first cliff line reached before seal wall is aprox 5-10minutes walk from the blowholes car park. This is the wall located on the left as you drop down the approach gully. Continue Right around a corner to seal wall. These areas are prone to large waves and can be very sketchy (people have drowned in this area fishing.) on high seas, be VERY careful. Helmets are a must very loose rock at times.

First crack on the left of the wall.

First route with bolts on the wall. Traverse Left across wall 2 FH and up slab on trad gear.

Up steep pumpy wall 4 RB to devious slopey top out. Trad gear at start and end is useful. Belay bolts on top.

Pumper. Up wall through little rooflet. Traverse R), be very careful of block. And straight up steep headwall. Belay bolts on top.

Amazing limestone caves

Start on the right hand side of the arch of the main cave on the outside wall. Step up until the flowstone is reached, then step right below the nose and up. At about half height start angling left towards the overlaps before finishing next to the big, suspect looking block at the top.

Limestone solution pipe makes awesome rap through solution pipe into top of cavern and then free rap to floor. About 4.5m of pipe and another 9m of free rap. Don't miss it if you are in the area.

Use fence posts and tree as anchors. Jump the fence, clip in and drop on down. A head torch is pretty useful for finding your way back out. The walk out is very obvious but should be scout before taking the leap. Cave opening is down the hill about 35m following a faint track.

Prufrock is a scattered cliff on the east side of the Dundas Gap road on the hill opposite that of the towers. The climbing is short but rock quality is good typical of the Grampians.

The crack 1m right of the huge chockstone that leans between a pinnacle and the wall. This is the first wall you will see on approach.

From the top of the chockstone climb the thin weakness directly above.

Climb the face left of the chockstone veering right along the seam at the top. The bottom half is very contrived but the top makes it worthwhile.

On the orange east facing wall. Start below the steep left facing corner on the right side of the face. Up through the corner and face above.

Start 1.5m left of PP. Up ramp to break, right around the bulge and up.

Short steep L face of the alcove you pass on your descent from the other climbs in this area.

3.5M right of Hoodwink. Boulder straight up to a high wire in the vertical seam, move right and follow the obvious line to the top.

Climb is situated approximately 40 East of whispers of mortality wall, following the base of the crag. Right leading diagonal on deceptively slopey holds.

From the start of Hoodwink climb directly up the bulging wall.

The obvious corner slab then L through the roof cap.

In to the scoop then up. The description in the SW guide talks about going right but the obvious line is pretty much straight up. The old tree has come down.

Up the face past a BR to the flake and traverse 3m right and up.

A good line, up hanging Arete. A few PP wires were used on the FA - might need a bolt or two.