Park at the carpark and walk 15min on level ground to the lookout. The rock is solid 'Hillwood' basalt and the climbing is steep 10-15m (under the lookout) or a huge featured roof and then step wall for 10-15m on the other side of the fall. Perfect for a quick climb between single malt tastings when staying at 'The Lodge'.

There are also some nice looking boulders under the power lines up the hill from the power station, but I didn't get a chance to get to them.



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  1. Mark Polinski

    Looks pretty good...and featured you say? Looks like it could have some Ali-hulk style boulder problem/routes. What's the access like (i.e. will I get arrested if I rock up with a some pads, a drill, pry-bar, and whatnot to do some developing?)

  2. Ben Thorp

    It does look good but it does seem like a bit too much of a popular tourist spot to be drilling at - check this link:  http://www.touringtasmania.info/tarraleah_falls.htm

    This area might be worth exploring for bouldering though.  My mate has done some bouldering in the Brady's Lake area which is nearby and it looks like this area has dolerite boulders with overhanging faces.  Here are a few photos:

  3. Dave Humphries AUTHOR

    I don't know about popular. The track was overgrown in spots and required maintenance in others. The only concession to tourism is the viewing platform. It is in a forestry reserve and cars drive around with 'I like Huntin n' Fishin' stickers across their windscreen. I would be surprised if the locals were anything but pleased to see more people coming to the area. I will take a drill, tools and climbing gear next time.

    The access is good 15 min of level walking from the car. Then either a rap off the dilapidated tourist fence or the viewing platform to take you to the bottom of the right hand wall. Crossing the creek and installing some anchors would make it easy to get to the left side.

    The scramble to the bottom is pretty straightforward (if steep) if you don't want to rap in, although getting to the big roof could be easier if some of the drift wood was placed as steps.

    There were a lot of features in the roof but its hard to say how useful they would be without trying to use them. The roof looked hard. Past the roof and onto the steep bit looked to have enough features to make me want to bring the rope back with my gear to have a look next time.