World class bouldering! Quality granite boulders some as big as houses.
Boulders in amongst bushland ranging in sizes and grades a must do in Townsville!
The new “Townsville Climbing 2023 guidebook” is available at
https://www.climbinganchors.com.au/townsville-climbing-2020-edition
https://k2.com.au/products/townsville-climbing-guidebook
The old guidebook is available here: excellent guide by Steve Baskerville and Madoc Sheehan
Stay well away from the rifle shooting range (http://www.tmrc.com.au/). This is private property and potentially extremely dangerous.
Follow Hervey Range Road out of town, past Willows Shopping Centre. Once you've driven up the range, take the first left and follow it until the road ends at the army gate. Park well away from the gate then head up the small embankment, left of the gate then follow paths to areas.
Please respect the local ethics and at all times, look after the environment. This means definitely no chipping, use your wire brush sparingly and only on the holds that you are using, leave the trees alone (it is often possible to pull them aside temporarily if they are covering a problem), and of course take out everything that arrived with you. The rocks are covered in beautiful paint-like lichen that for the most part doesn't interfere with climbing. If you need to clean lichen from a problem, remove only what is essential, and preferably as little as possible.
Harvey's has innumerable very high lines, such as Spenser's "Deliverance"[1895563041] and "Walk The Line"[13505269]. Despite this, Harvey's Marbles remains a bouldering crag and therefore no bolting is allowed. Top roping is fine if you want to do something that is too high for you to boulder.
This is private land and we are very lucky to have permission to access it please follow some simple rules:
Discovered in 1999 by Dr Madoc Sheehan. More history can be found on Wanderstories.
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