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        class="heading1" new="false" id="1">St Helens</text><text class="text"
        new="false" id="2">There are plenty of granite boulders around St Helens, Binnalong Bay and the Bay of Fires, but not much to boulder on. There are one or two  problems scattered in most areas but not many worth the effort to get there.
If you are in the area and have a car the best area found to date is at the end of Cosy Corner beach. 
Areas that have been looked at are:
-  Binalong Bay - One possible area just out of Binalong Bay as you head to the coastal walking track. Only worth visiting if you are in the area.
-  Binalong to the Gardens - Only real area is Cosy Corner the rest is disappointing.
-  Skeleton Point - Six metere faces at the point with bad landings and not much else.
-  Beer Barrel Beach - Nothing worth visiting.
Areas that may be worth a look:
-  Eddystone Point
-  Humbug Point
-  In the hills behind Cosy Corner are a lot of boulders</text><text
        class="heading2" id="3">Cosy Corner</text><image new="false"
        noPrint="false" src="OverviewTopo.png" width="500" id="4"/><text
        class="text"
        new="false" id="5">To get to Cosy Corner take the road to Binalong Bay from St Helens. Turn onto the Gardens Road (C248) a couple of kilometres before Binalong Bay. Drive along the Gardens Rd until you pass the road at the Norrthern end  of Cosy Corner beach. Take the next road right, it is on a bend and unmarked, this will take you to the car park and the first boulder on the headland.</text><text
        class="heading2" new="false" id="6">Car Park Boulders</text><text
        class="text"
        new="false" id="7">These are the boulders next to the car park in the casurinas.</text><text
        class="heading3" id="8">The Thumb</text><image
        src="St Helensthumb.jpg" id="9"/><problem extra="(Stand)" grade="V6"
        name="Absolution" new="false" number="1." stars="" id="10"/><text
        class="text" id="11">To the left of this boulder is a slab with several lines to be done.</text><text
        class="heading2" new="false" id="12">Waterfront Boulders</text><text
        class="text"
        new="false" id="13">Take the track from the Northern side of the car park and head down to a little inlet. head right and you will come to the first few problems.</text><image
        new="false" noPrint="false" src="Cosy4Topo.jpg"
        widthwidth="" id="14"/><problem extra="(SDS)" grade="V0" name="" new="false"
        number="1."
        stars="*" id="15">Grab the break then the jug.</problem><problem
        extra="(SDS)" grade="V1" name="" new="false" number="2."
        starsstars="" id="16">Use both cracks.</problem><text class="text"
        new="false" id="17">A few metres further round is a short overhanging crack.</text><problem
        extra="(SDS)" grade="V0" name="" new="false" number="3."
        starsstars="" id="18">Climb the crack.</problem><text class="text"
        new="false" id="19">Continue around the Waterline until you come to a series of walls. This is the main area and will be awash at high tide.</text><text
        class="heading3" new="false" id="20">Paddling Pool Boulders</text><image
        new="false" noPrint="false" src="Cosy3Topo.jpg"
        widthwidth="" id="21"/><problem extra="(Stand)" grade="VE" name=""
        new="false" number="1."
        stars="" id="22">Follow the diagonal.</problem><problem extra="(Stand)"
        grade="V?" name="" new="false" number="2."
        starsstars="" id="23">Move up using crimps and diagonal. Sit should probably go.</problem><problem
        extra="(Stand)" grade="V?" name="" new="false" number="3."
        starsstars="" id="24">Crimp fest up face.</problem><problem extra="(Stand)"
        grade="V2" name="Make a splash" new="false" number="4."
        stars="**" id="25">Lay off the arete all the way to the top.</problem><image
        new="false" noPrint="false" src="Cosy1Topo.jpg"
        widthwidth="" id="26"/><problem extra="(Stand)" grade="VE" name=""
        new="false" number="1." stars="" id="27">The diagonal.</problem><problem
        extra="(Stand)" grade="V2" name="" new="false" number="2."
        starsstars="" id="28">Up the slab.</problem><problem extra="(Stand)"
        grade="V1" name="" new="false" number="3."
        starsstars="" id="29">Step up and grab the jug.</problem><problem
        extra="(SDS)" grade="V0" name="" new="false" number="4."
        starsstars="" id="30">Rock over your foot.</problem><problem extra="(SDS)"
        grade="VE" name="" new="false" number="5."
        starsstars="" id="31">Layback the back arete.</problem><problem
        extra="(Stand)" grade="V1" name="" new="false" number="6."
        starsstars="" id="32">Too lazy for a sit. Start at the base of the crack.</problem><problem
        extra="(Stand)" grade="V2" name="" new="false" number="7."
        starsstars="" id="33">Smears and slopes. Hard sit possible.</problem><image
        new="false" noPrint="false" src="Cosy2Topo.jpg"
        widthwidth="" id="34"/><problem extra="" grade="V?" name="" new="false"
        number="1."
        starsstars="" id="35">This problem is steep, slopey with not so many holds. The wettest of these problems requires mid to low tide.</problem><text
        class="heading2" new="false" id="36">Reserve Hillside</text><text
        class="text" new="false" id="37">Plenty of granite boulders on this hillside, position and some images are on Google maps. http://maps.google.com.au/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&amp;hl=en&amp;msa=0&amp;msid=115989656407107465266.00046d738268eb40057a0&amp;ll=-41.211592,148.24625&amp;spn=0.054432,0.132093&amp;t=h&amp;z=14 f.</text><text><text id="38" class="heading3">Sloop Reef</text><text id="39">Lovely day spot with mostly highballs with good landings, as well as the ultimate surprisingly deep natural rock pool just 20m away from the wall!!
Can park at Sloop Reef Point and the wall is south about 20 meters along the shoreline. 
Climbs are from left to right btw.</text><image id="40" src="slooop reef.bmp"/><problem id="42" number="1" grade="V0" extra="(Stand)">Left hand crack. nice enough</problem><problem id="43" number="2" grade="V1" extra="(Stand)">Face just right of corner. cool rock formation </problem><problem id="44" number="3" grade="V1" extra="(Highball, Stand)">Crack between small and tall boulder, can bail early over small boulder to take out the highball, grade stays the same</problem><problem id="45" number="4" stars="*" grade="V3" extra="(Highball, Stand)" fa="Eli">Nice problem starting on arête. Head up then traverse right through obvious line to ledge then topout direct.</problem><problem id="46" number="5" grade="V2" extra="(Highball, Stand)" stars="*" fa="Eli">Obvious crack</problem><problem id="47" number="6" grade="V6" extra="(Highball, Stand)" name="Afternoon Pleasantries " fa="Eli">In corner up right hand slab. Start on very small opposing crimps and directly up from there. </problem><image id="48" src="sloop reef 2.bmp"/><problem id="49" number="7" grade="V8" extra="(Highball, SDS)" stars="**" name="Hey... That looks easy!" fa="Eli">nice little problem, tricky pretty much all the way through :)
Stand start still good at V4</problem><problem id="51" number="8" grade="V1" extra="(Stand)">Start in the corner, nice and easy</problem><problem id="52" number="9" grade="V1" extra="(Stand)">Brilliant climb, start on jugs under overhang and traverse right then up on obvious easy line</problem><problem id="53" number="10" grade="V1" extra="(Stand)">Another brilliant climb. Directly up orange wall on good holds</problem></guide>