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Tower Hill is a cluster of two hills, East Tower and West tower with several smaller rises and false summits on the foothills. Tower Hill is situated between Mathinna to the north, Fingal to the south east and Rossarden to the south west.
Access issues inherited from Tasmania
Many locals continue to use community run website thesarvo.com for crag/route updates and noting any access issues. The associated app can be downloaded and used offline!
http://thesarvo.com/confluence/display/thesarvo/Tasmania
Gerry Narkowicz also produces hardcopy guides to numerous venues across the state via the 'Climb Tasmania' website
Approach
If driving from Hobart, drive to Fingal, take a left on Mathinna Road, another left onto B42 after crossing the bridge and take a right onto C429 Tower Hill Road which is well signposted. Tower Hill Road is a well compacted gravel road with the odd deeper pothole here and there but most cars will make it up with ease. Follow Tower Hill Road for 14.8km and take a left onto Cabin Road. For the bouldering, follow Cabin Road for 3.8km and park in the bend of the road on the right, you'll see the boulders already. There is an unused Forestry gate at around 3.5kms in which you can open and close behind you. If driving down from Launceston, head to Mathinna, drive south on C429 Golden Gate Road, then right onto Tower Hill Road until you get to Cabin Road to your right.
Ethic inherited from Tasmania
Crag Stewards
Many Tasmanian climbing areas have Stewards assigned as a point of contact for safety or access concerns.
For more details and the list of Steward emails please visit: http://www.thesarvo.com/confluence/display/thesarvo/Introduction+to+Tasmanian+Climbing
Statewide Ethics
The operation and use of drones by park visitors on reserved land including national parks is not permitted
Peregrine Falcons nest from July - December each year. It’s important that climbers don’t climb near active nests during this period. Known sites (non exhaustive) are: Sand River (Far East, The Panopticon), Bare Rock (R of the Boneyard, L of Bisso of Orange), Rocky Cape, Pubic Wall/Duck Reach, Hillwood, Gunners Quoin, Lowdina.
Please note that Tasmania has notoriously patchy phone reception for particular service providers. Telstra is the most reliable. An emergency Personal Locator Beacon or similar is recommended kit when climbing in remote locations.
For more information - follow the link below for some local tips + tricks on how to better reduce your impact during your next Tassie climbing holiday
History
First discovered by Doug Fyfe back in the day, then forgotten about and re-discovered by Gerry recently.
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Author(s): Gerry Narkowicz
Date: 2021
ISBN: 9780646841946
Cracks, sea stacks, big walls, remote exotic locations, volcanic columns, no crowds and your choice of the predominant dolerite, some quartzite and a little sandstone to remind you of the mainland. Many a wilderness climbing experience can be had within a 2hr car trip from the main centers. By Gerry Narkowicz. This guide features 1280 routes.
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