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Where to boulder around Melbourne 6-Mar-2016 At 12:46:44 PM dalai

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On 5/03/2016 shortman wrote:
>Dalai will give you nothing.

Seriously if someone thinks all there is are some boulders in the You Yangs and a few documented problems at Camels then they really haven't tried!

Most of the local crags around Melbourne have reasonable bouldering, with the only real exception being Werribee Gorge.

You Yangs, plus Granite belt areas Black Hill, Cobaw, Mt Alexander have good granite bouldering - some in Maldon too. Lysterfield is fine too for somewhere close. Cathedrals for Sandstone blocks - although not another Font, I've spent many a day up there at the 3 developed areas. Camels for Trachyte - plenty more developed that isn't listed on Thecrag. Then there are the Basalt edges both natural and quarried around town offering another 200+ problems up to V7.

Cloak and dagger only as some is on private land, others on public but unlikely to be deemed a suitable recreational use and could easily get banned by someone not keeping a low profile. Once an area gets known there is always going to be a percentage of people doing the wrong thing and stuffing it up for the rest of us!

I made a good start on a guidebook with a number of areas written up, but given the above I shelved it.