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Moonarie 15-Jul-2015 At 11:57:27 AM Wendy

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The old guidebook will be completely fine for all the classic stuff at Moonarie. THe update is useful for locating some rap anchors that have gone in since the guide though. For a first visit, you probably wouldn't bother with any of the new routes, you'd be too busy with the old ones which are generally fantastic.

I think camping up top is problematic. There's not a lot of space, the water supply is very limited and it's nice to leave it for drinking water rather than waste it on washing, cooking etc, the places to toilet are also limited - it's very rocky and scrubby. It's also a massive effort to carry all your camping gear, food and climbing gear up there, whereas the walk up each day is fine after day one, when you stash all the climbing gear at top camp and romp up and down with a day pack each day. Takes less than 30min if you are fit and not carrying much. I always stay down the bottom.

There are absolutely no facilities at either camp, BYO everything and be responsible about toileting and rubbish. I've always managed to get a 2wd into the camp ground, but it can be a bit hairy. You can top up on water, get showers and a small range of food plus cold beer at Wilpena Pound which is 10m or so up the road. You can also camp there if you want - it's surprisingly quiet outside of school hols. So is the crag - we've had it to ourselves the past few times i've been. If you are antisocial like me, avoid school/uni hols and long weekends and you'll have a good chance of having it to yourselves too.