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new="false">Other Southern Crags</text><text class="text"
new="false">This section contains information about other crags in the South and West of Tasmania for which we do not have full guides for.</text><text
class="heading2" new="false">Apsley Edge</text><text
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new="false">Apsley Edge is a sandstone crag on private land out towards Bothwell. There was a guide written up for it back in the day. If access details are ever sorted out, we may put it online here.</text><text
class="heading2" new="false">Broadmarsh</text><text class="text"
new="false">There is a very small dolerite crag called Fool's Paradise across the river at Broadmarsh - you can see it from the road. Pretty damn worthless.</text><text
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new="false">Cape Pillar and Tasman Island</text><text
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new="false">Cape Pillar is a huge dolerite sea cliff on the Tasman Penisula. There have been several routes put up there, but its big, remote, and scary. Several routes have also been done on Tasman Island. If we get details, we'll write them up.</text><text
class="heading2" new="false">Chauncy Vale</text><text
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new="false">Chauncy Vale (otherwise known as Chossy Vale) is a sandstone valley near Bagdad, about 30 minutes north of Hobart. The road to the start of the walk is sign posted from the main road in Bagdad. Climbing is currently banned, however a couple of bolted routes were put up in the late 90s. To find them, head up walking track that goes up the hill, after about 10 minutes it passes under the first buttress. There is a big roof crack at about 22, then a nice route with about 5 bolts at grade 20. Further right is a good bolted arete. More cliffs were explored and cleaned, but the vast majority of cliffs in the valley are total choss.</text><text
class="heading2" new="false">Green Valley</text><text
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new="false">Green Valley is a sandstone valley to the west of Bagdad. There are some sandstone cliffs up there that could have potential, but I don't know if they've been climbed on. There are on private land.</text><text
class="heading2" new="false">Kingston - Alum Cliffs</text><text
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new="false">Some routes have been done on the mudstone cliffs north of Kingston Beach. </text><text
class="heading2" new="false">Meehan Range</text><text
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new="false">There is an obvious mudstone/siltstone cliff on the Meehan Range that is visible from almost anywhere. It has half a dozen or so sport routes, but was burnt pretty badly in 2006. The rock is covered in charcoal now instead of lichen, but there are actually some solid sections in between the chossy layers. To get there walk up one of the fire trails on the ridges either to the left or right, and then across to the top of the cliff. Walking up from below is awful. Details of the routes, or who put them up, are not available.
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class="heading2" new="false">Mt Hobbs</text><text class="text"
new="false">Mt Hobbs is a dolerite peak near Woodsdale, out the back of Buckland. Some obscure routes were done on it in the 70s.</text><text
class="heading2" new="false">Nicholls Rivulet</text><text
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new="false">There is a small sandstone crag about 8km along the Nicholls Rivulet Rd (C626), on the left as you are going south. It was toproped in the 80s. Its on private land.</text><text
class="heading2" new="false">Pelverata Falls</text><text
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new="false">There are some small dolerite cliffs along the escarpment that forms Pelverata Falls. Some of these have been toproped and led. There is a very nice bridging corner, about grade 23. With a decent 4WD (or mountain bike) you can drive right to the top of the cliffs via the Snug Tiers. Otherwise you can walk to the bottom via the walking track that starts near the township of Pelverata. Either way, this cliff is of dubious value.</text><text
class="heading2" new="false">Richmond</text><text class="text"
new="false">There are two cliffs at Richmond, in the same general area. Drive right down Henry street and you can see the obvious Barwick's Rocks. Spice Cliffs are further around the hill (apparently). The rock is loose sandstone, and its on private land.</text><text
class="heading2" new="false">Shag Bay</text><text class="text"
new="false">Shag Bay is a pile of choss, but apparently "was climbed out by phil steane in early eighties". No further details are available.</text><text
class="heading2" new="false">Sorell Creek Crags</text><text
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new="false">There are three different small dolerite cliffs at Sorell Creek which were developed in the 1970s. They are in the gorge that the road which heads south from the Sorell Creek township goes through. They currently languish in obscurity, and will probably stay that way. But if someone is super keen, there are descriptions in the CCT circulars in the State Library.</text><text
class="heading2" new="false">The Rookeries</text><text
class="text" new="false">The Rookeries is an old dolerite crag on South Arm with access problems. There are some good moderate climbs there. If the access ever gets sorted out we might write it up.</text></guide>
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