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Grade Route Gear style Popularity
Wollongong Scarborough Cliffs Kenny's Wall
13 Escape the Dungeon

Up the dirty crack in the corner under the rap in. Go straight up navigating the loose holds and a few bushes.

FA: Mungo Skyring & Kezia Eyre, 10 Dec 2017

Trad 12m
Wollongong Mount Keira West Face
13 Zatidee

Double ring top rope anchors installed. Access cautiously from top. Tim Booth An old crack climb. Natural protection. Up the cracks past the old bolt marks.

FA: Bill James & Co.

Mixed trad 12m, 1
13 Bangers & Flash

Natural and bolt protection. Run-out and slightly contrived but excellent. Small freind or nut to start. Onto thin wall and clip fixed bracket. Up the middle of (without pulling left onto the arete for a rest!). A #2 cam placement appears as it eases. Up the easy ground (bolt) to pull over final easy overhang to toprope/belay bolts. Can use Fingers ring anchors to top rope

Trad 12m
13 JonnyMorgan

Very last climb on the West Face (as you walk west along the access track ). Or very 1st if you start from the Nitro Wall access gully. Walk past the 'Volkswagon' small gully and turn right at the corner and head up the large open gully. 15m up, on your right - the climb with the small cut-out cave.

Start up the left side arete, all the way on jugs to the lower-offs at the top ledge.

Maint: March 2012 new

FA: Terry Jackson, 2012

Sport 8m, 4
Wollongong Mount Keira South Face
13 School of Rock - Lead Traverser

Start on SOR - Junior (top rope). Then traverse around to top out on Prow Prowess anchors. (Make sure your rope is long enough for lowering)

FA: Chris Allen, 2013

Sport 20m, 5
13 Gummy Bear

4m left of 'Slip Slab Slop'

2 to 3 pieces needed... Nice rock anchor (bollard) at the top

FA: BJ Adams, 2012

Trad 5m
13 Updog

Straight up the crack with the undercut start. Immediately left of Slip Slab Slop.

FA: Jesse Windle & Bella Risi, 2021

Trad 5m
13 Rastus

Take your trad gear. 2m to the right of El Packo in the big arsed crack. Face climb the crack then up the easy crack at the top. One lone carrot bolt on top arete section for fixed protection.

FA: Frank Hodges

Mixed trad 25m, 1
Wollongong Mount Keira East Face
13 Sacrilege

Staright up the chimney as for 'Death's Head' and keep going.

FA: Bill James

Trad 25m
Wollongong Mount Keira Pox Crag
13 Abraided Nuts

FA: Graeme Hill & T.Ogle

Trad 8m
Bass Point Rockpool Amphitheatre
V0- High Tide

Start on the obvious jug to the left of the cave. Climb straight up to the highball topout.

FA: James McMaster, 22 Nov 2022

Boulder 4m
Nowra Hospital Rocks Slabby Wall
13 Scarlet Dog

FA: 's, 1980

Sport 10m, 4
13 Jesse Fetch

Right side of the arete.

FA: 's, 1980

Sport 11m, 4
Nowra Thompson's Point Thompson's Sunrise Lookout Wall
13 Dweller in Darkness (Tolkien)

East of decent gully, on right arete of block tending left. Anchor placed a bit to far left.

FA: 7 Oct 2023

Sport 10m
Nowra Thompson's Point Thompson's Sunrise The Block Environs
13 Great Warrior

As the name implies be prepared for a battle in order to overcome this imposing line.

Start: Start as for 'Burnum Burnum' but move right and up after the 1st RB.

FA: John Koster, 2005

Sport 8m, 4
Nowra Thompson's Point The Very Nice Wall
13 R Not Very Nice

The chimney - on trad. Rock quality and gear questionable until the last 10m

FA: Neil Monteith, 2010

Trad 40m
Nowra The Grotto Cliffline Hogwarts
13 Wingardium Leviosa

Start under the roof on the left side of the crag. Traverse out the roof and once on the headwall follow the left line of bolts

FA: M LeBreton, 2011

Sport 12m
Nowra The Grotto Cliffline Donutland Leftside
13 Blade Flake

FA: Rod Young & Alistair Fogg, 1999

Sport 22m, 6
Nowra Babylon Areas Occupied Territories Slabs
13 Just Right

Up the groove feature past three bolts to DBB under roof.

FA: Steve Hawkshaw, 2000

Sport 10m
Nowra Closed Ben's Walk
13 Anarchlypt
Unknown 12m
Nowra Flat Rock Uppers
V0- Reservoir Bitch

Straight up the slab closest to the back of the pump station.

FA: mathew smith, 27 Jul 2018

Boulder 6m
V0- Mr Blonde

Up the left hand side

FA: daryl jones, 3 Jul 2018

Boulder 3m
V0- Mr White

straight up, good for confidence.

FA: mathew smith, 27 Jul 2018

Boulder 3m
New Nowra - Braidwood Road Capricornia Southern Sector
13 Face the Music

Only half the route is done to a set of anchors before the real dificulties start. The rest of the route is an open project. Start at the bottom of a left leading ramp/crack. Up the ramp to the anchors. Something to loosen up on.

FA: John Lattanzio, 2011

Sport 12m, 6
New Nowra - Braidwood Road Tianjara Falls Bill James Testimonial Gully
13 Usurper

Another way old climb that was done before recorded time had begun. Probably by the old cockroach himself (Bill James). PS changed named from Cabrank senile?

Start: At the bottom of the right leaning diagonal ramp which splits the face in this area.

FA: Bill James

Trad 40m
13 Triantiwantigongalope

The corner crack to peapod and overhang. Done in the days before Friends were invented and the hexs rattled out around your ankles as you passed them by. I rather like the newer names.

Start: Corner crack on the left side of the cave structure

FA: G Hill, 1977

Trad 35m
13 Shittin Bricks
Unknown 35m
New Nowra - Braidwood Road Tianjara Falls Huskinson Homo (Ricky) and the (Graeme) Hill Top hoods gully
13 Strike Path

The longest and easiest route on this first wall. A good one to start on. Start as for the first bolt on Bingo Wings however head straight up to slightly steep finishing jugs on the mini arete.

FA: Simon Vaughan, 29 May 2022

Sport 19m
New Nowra - Braidwood Road Tianjara Falls Free Bird Wall
13 The Girl who Befriended the Crows

Start at the left end of the wall, 1m left of Free Bird. Easily up slab to ledge then through more vertical terrain. DBB on generous ledge if you want to practice multi-pitch. Double bolt lower offs.

FFA: KM, 31 Mar 2019

Sport 26m, 10
13 Emergent

Directly up the crack when you emerge from the chimney walkthrough 15m right of Seafood Tapas and 10m left of Prawn Cracker. Up the crack, trend to the left of a cave then back right and up the face to finish.

FA: Duncan McIntyre & Jim Rock, 11 Apr

Trad 15m
Point Perpendicular Bayside The Deeps Area
13 Banksia Corner
Trad 40m
13 First Mate
Trad 12m
Point Perpendicular Seaside Seaside Lower
13 Grey and Green
Trad 40m
Point Perpendicular Thunder Head Roy's Wall
13 Beware The Bleary Eyed Dragon
Trad 20m
Point Perpendicular Crocodile Head Main Wall
13 Mandy's Route

Start as for Ian's route. At the horizontal break with the pocketed roof, traverse precariously right onto the face. Head straight up past block on right to slightly flaring crack. Top out on sandy rock left of large block.

FA: Mandy Cooke & Yosef Murphy, 30 Jun 2015

Trad 34m
Point Perpendicular Closed Devil's Gully Area Arch Bluffs North
13 Whale Blubber
Unknown 15m
Point Perpendicular The Town Cliffs Chippendale THE BASEMENT
13 Snapper
Trad 10m
Point Perpendicular Wilsons Beach
V0- 14 Pts of Contact
Boulder 2m
Jervis Bay Booderee National Park Moe's
V0- Speedy

The quick way up and the quick way down. Handy for negotiating your way around.

Boulder 4m

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