Routes in Nowra

Variants to NDCS : just before the final crux, drop-down onto Cheesemonster's final big jug. Finish as for Cheesemonster or Stinky Cheese.

Same start as Gympie Kraft. From the flake, big move to lip, traverse left then mantle and up.

Stand Start on the ledge, straight up to the crack below the moss covered top section.

A hell of a desperate number - especially in summer!

Takes the line up the middle of a 20m wide, slabby pillar. Starts climbing the lefthand flakes of a cave. Start is same as MoshPit, but straight up.

Sustained face climbing!

Crimp your way up the wall tending slightly to the left to the crux at 2/3s height. Take care getting to the anchors.

Start: Start just by big tree.

An old 90's project finally put to rest! Starts to the right of 'Butterfly Wall Direct' on the detached block. Up through a scabby section (glued rail), then sustained crimping and a fun fight to the finish.

Start as per GITH then go right.

Right end of Lime Wall. Sit start in hole. V8ish. Small crimps.

Keep walking past the cave and climb the boulders and look for the line of bolts up the arete Crimp like a billygoat for a few bolts and your safe... Stick clip the first bolt to save your ankles!

Starts up SMH then moves into anhor of D then finishes on breaks to top of wall.

Route name changed at the request of the first ascentionist.

S1. Steep bottom section to slopey top half. Underwater rock close to wall, be careful on bottom section.

Start right at the back of the cave. Follow the jugs to the last. V2 if you stop before the crux.

Uses the link up bolt to Little Boxer Girl to skip the crux of Scarlet Dog. Move left to the little cave under the link up bolt, go straight up. Once past the (high) first bolt, traverse right to finish the rest of Scarlet Dog.

Nice variant for beginners.

Another long abandoned hard-as-nails 'Nowra' project, probably circa 1990s. Give it a shot!

Low sit start with left hand on good crimp (far left) and right hand on pinch block. Head up face to eventually pull onto right side of arete for the top out.

Sit start with left hand side pull and right hand crimp. Up face then step right to top out.

Hard little move off the deck then it gives up.

Start: At little corner crack right of S.

The hardware up the incredible arête on the R side of the Conehead wall. 30m of 30 degrees!

Highball pinnacle. V4/5ish.

Start as for 'Project 2 Nowhere'. Move right via pockets to an airy finish. Bad landing, pads and spotters recommended.

Sit start at the jug. Traverse right then up.

Start on the left hand edge of the boulder. Stick clip the first bolt and a low bolt assists with keeping the rope out of the start moves.. Thug your way up the start or have a technical brain about you... Finishes on the same anchors as Cheesy Noblicker

up the fun stuff. although tempting stay straight big holds on the left at top not in.

Another Nowra steep ultra-hard project abandoned, circa 1990's? Come along and claim it!

Sit start on jugs. Pull straight up into undercling and then traverse right to join Lime and Coconut, finishing leftwards (see that heuco? yes that one) to top out in cave. The sus block jug is eliminated.

Extension of 'TP'.

You guessed it crimping and slope slapping at its best.

Start: Next line right of PS

Hard 22

This is the direct. Hard to believe it goes at just 23. Well it does if you don't rip your finger nails off trying.

(The line no longer exists) Sit start just right of Mr Olympia and go up RH to the pocket and head left to join Mr Olympia and finish up that problem.

Sit start and up right to finish at the break.

Crimp off the bad hold, mono off the bad hold high step off the lousy footer.. You get the picture

Sustained goodness, hardish start, stick clip 2nd bolt if you aren't a boulderer

Fun boulder with a pipe ladder to come down.

Bulges. Route information needed.

On right side of the face, start on the two crimps in the hueco thing. Head up and left, before moving to the right to finish up Weak And Gympie.

A bit goey at the crux. Start as for Belgian Tourists but step right and up wall and over bulges.

Rings up arete above four pronged tree.

Start on the starting holds of Pearl Necklace but head left via shallow underclings and pockets to finish up Bumpy Boys.

Start up WBTM, traverse right into "Strike of the Silver Fox" then continue right through roof for a few more meters before turning the lip and finishing up head wall.

S2. Steep bottom section to slopey top half. Visible underwater rocks at low tide along with the ledge to the right. Take care when attempting.

Project Steve. Campus start.

Another long abandoned hard-as-nails 'Nowra' project, probably circa 1990s. Give it a shot!

Sit start, left hand undercling, right hand pinching square pebble. Head up, trending left to top out. Note that arm barring the low boulder is allowed, but feet are NOT allowed on low boulder.

The original start is now generally superseded by BWD

Start: Just right of the corner at a flake, as for BP.

Only goes up to the same level as where there's Pork. Rope drag (and ability)prevented continuation.

Up sun Machine then up on left of arete all the way to top left set of anchors

Start as for Nappy Nuggets but keep climbing right following line of holds right then back left to rejoin. Ledge on the ground is NOT in!

The steep arête & hanging lip starting just R of Jammer, with heaps of fixed nonsense.

Sit start and traverse left on the big undercut to join in to the crimps on 'Harder Than You Think'.

S1. Just right of 'SOTD' on the steeper (just overhanging) wall.

Start on the left hand edge of the boulder. Stick clip the first bolt and a low bolt assists with keeping the rope out of the start moves.. Thug your way up the start or have a technical brain about you... Finishes on the same anchors as Cheesy Noblicker

Start right in crack, head left to join in to THTJB. Pocket now smaller and sharper.

Extension of "Sexy is the Word".

Sit start on slopers. Head up and diagonally left to top out.

A little more reasonable still hard enough to have fun on.

Start: Next right of TCTS.

Hard last move

Low sit start at the back of the roof, big moves out following the break in the roof.

Start on the undercling and move up to the two crimps, then a long move to the first break. Go straight up from here to the next break it's Australia's first V11.

Links into 'Special Delivery'.

Crouch start on good sloper. Move under roof on slopers to small undercut/sidepull, massive move to roof lip, find shallow dish on face. Foot magic (toe hook maybe?) to gain other dish. Heel hook (maybe?) to gain finish. Looks in the V12+ range. Open to whoever can do it...

Sit start on the same hold as Blowing Blood but head right and finish up quite high as per Gorilla Grip.

S0. Just right of the cave. Double dyno from slopers to slopers. Not big but a hard catch.

Sustained goodness, hardish start, stick clip 2nd bolt if you aren't a boulderer