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Access: Access to Gulp Road Crags ( Supa fun Happy + Rave Cave)

As of July 2023, Access to this cliff line is gated just 2.4km from the carpark of the crag. Which is where the land transfers from the state forest to Morten National Park.

If a local climber would be invested in working on access to this area, please get in touch with me. It would be a shame to lose access to a plethora of excellent rock when all we need to do is communicate effectively with the land manager of Morten National Park.

The State Forest however, has an excellent free campground with toilets which would be a 10 minutes drive from the crag carpark if the gate was unlocked.

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Created 9 months ago

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Sumário

Wingello has a good variety of climbing combined with fairly easy access and camping which make for a fantastic weekend away. If a day trip is more to your liking, Wingello is only an hour down the freeway from Liverpool in South Western Sydney. So it is well within the 2 hour day trip limit.

Descrição

The crag is located in a great location over looking beautiful bushland about 20 minutes out of Wingello. The best coffee in Wingello is served at the Wingello Village store, which is located just over the railway tracks in the down town metropolis. They also sell pies, bread and basic lunch supplies. Open seven days. They open early on weekdays, but 8am on Saturdays. The walls of Supa Fun Happy and La Paz have some fantastic climbing with amazing almost Grampians like sandstone. Supa Fun Happy is a good wall to start at with a good mix of grades.

Sydney climbing has a detailed guide of the Gulp Rd area at http://www.sydneyclimbing.com/confluence/download/attachments/5406966/Wingello+Climbing+Guide.pdf?version=2&modificationDate=1302047466000

Questões de acesso

In 2013 National Parks erected a locked gate 200m from the fire fighters memorial and placed several very large boulders on the road at the entrance of the memorial. Park in the designated car park to avoid blocking the gate or being blocked in by other users.

From Sydney: Wingello is about 1 hour from the M7/M5 intersection and the crag itself is about 20 minutes out of Wingello (depending on your car). Wingello is best reached (from Sydney) by busting straight down the Hume Hwy to the turn off just after the Paddy’s River bridge. You can also go through Bundanoon but its probably a bit slower. From Macca’s on the Freeway its 11.5km to the Wingello turn off, and another 8km from there to the Wingello Railway Crossing. Reset your speedo on the railway line or at the shop .

From Canberra:

Reset Speedo at NSW Border on Federal Highway. The BP at Marulan is 110kms or 1hr drive. Wingello turn off is 124.7km or 1hr 10 mins. The railway crossing at Wingello is 131.6km or 1 hr 15mins.

Acesso

Detailed Directions from Wingello

  1. (0.0km) - Cross the railway track and turn right. Stop at General Store for supplies or lunch. Grab a coffee and a pie.

  2. (0.1km)- Take 1st LEFT onto Forest Road.

  3. (2.8km)- Continue along into Wingello State Forest,, past the state forest sign.

  4. (4.2km)- Turn RIGHT into Running Creek Road at campground ie. The grassy area between the tall trees

  5. (4.4km)- Turn LEFT about 100m later into Gulp Road

  6. (4.8km)- Veer leftish onto smaller looking road (its still Gulp Road) at first intersection

  7. (5.5km)- Veer right at next ‘V’ intersection

  8. (8.6km)- Take the LEFT most track at the clearing with the big tree. There is a sign "Morton National Park" at this point. The track gets a little rough from here but is ok for 2wd with a little care. Please ensure you get someone to check your vehicles ground clearance when going over the sharp rises.

  9. (10.9km)- Arrive at a fenced carpark with large gate at the northern end. Park here, grab your gear and walk through the gate to the fireman’s memorial.

  10. Take the LEFT fire trail down the very steep hill.

  11. Eastern Access: After approximately 200m down the hill is a track on the right, this track is to access the cliff from the eastern end. Follow this track for 150m till a small cairn marks the track decent down on the left, follow over a some rock drops and down to a gully.

  12. Western Access: (Super Fun Happy Wall, etc) Continue straight down hill to a large flat rock platform. (Tape used to marks most of the trail but if in doubt just follow the cliff line until you come across the access gully). A small cairn marks the track on the right of the platform. Follow down for 100m till you reach some fixed ropes and rungs. The walk in to this access gully takes approx 20 mins from the car.

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