Gordons Hill bouldering

Gordons Hill

Another bouldering spot in suburbia worth at least one or two visits with a handful of good sandstone problems is Gordon's Hill Rocks.
From Lindisfarne take Gordon's Hill Road and turn left onto Kent St. Take the first right (Avoca St.). The exact place to park and start walking seems to change all the time, with the ever increasing encroachment of suburbia on the bush. At the time of writing the best place to park is just near the gate to 19 Avoca St. Walk along the wire fence line from here, then turn right and wander down to the boulders. As well as the boulders shown, there are a couple more problems around the area.

Top Face

1.      V0  (Stand)
Blocky left arete then slopey topout
2.      V1  (Stand)
Face through large hueco
3.      V3  (Stand)
Up the blank middle of the top vertical wall, from an undercling to small double pockets to the top.
4.      VE  (SDS)
Juggy face

Main Boulder:

1. No Entry     V1  (SDS)
Move up from the black cave via jugs to the top. Eliminate the big holds to make it more interesting
2.      V6?  (SDS)
Project - Sit start at flakes in the middle of the back of the cave, out to underclings on lip and up middle of face.
3. Gordon     V3/4  (SDS)
Sit start with your hands on the good hold at the lip on the right of the face and dyno up to the jug and then mantle. You could probably start it further in, but it doesn't climb that well.
4. Bong On     V4/5  (SDS)
Do the first moves on Gordon and then traverse leftwards from the jug along the horizontal break without using the top of the boulder (or the big jugs at the left end), then finish up the left hand side of the face on slopes.
5.      V?  (SDS)
Arete just right of Gordon, avoiding the holds on the problems to the left and right.
6. Trash     V2  
Sit start at the right hand edge of the overhang. Up to a sidepull then up and left to topout.
7.      V5  
Start as for Trash, then traverse leftwards along the lip to the starting hold on Gordon. Either finish upwards (easier) or as for Bong On (harder).
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