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<header name="Mt Wellington Other Areas bouldering" rock="Sandstone and dolerite" walk="0min to 30min" sun="Mixed sun and shade" intro="Mt Wellington offers some good opportunities for bouldering. Most of the bouldering in this part of the Wellington Bouldering Guide is sandstone with all boulders being close to the pipeline track." access="From the centre of Hobart drive up Davey Street, which becomes Huon Road. Drive through Fern Tree with the first area is off Brown's Rd (about 11.5km from the city). The remaining areas can be accessed from Neika, further along the Huon Road at about 15km from the city. There is a large carpark at Neika." id="562" acknowledgement="" history="" camping="" autonumber="true"/>
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<text id="588" class="heading3">Lyre Bird Boulders</text>
<text id="589" class="text">Lyre Bird Boulders are 15-20 minutes walk from the end of Brown's road. <br/><br/>Park at the top of Brown's Road (taking care not to park over driveways). Follow the track over the pipeline track and continue up the hill until you reach a nicely made stone water collection point (stone sump). The turn off to the boulders is around 40m past the stone sump. Look for the large fallen tree trunk to the right just past the cutting grass. Once at the tree trunk butt end you should be able to see the track markers. Head up hill for around 10mins.<br/><br/>The boulders are in the mountain park above a water reserve. As you might expect the rock can be wet at times. The simplest test is to check the little creek you cross just after crossing the pipeline track, if this is more than a trickle then the rock may be damp.</text>
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<problem id="591" stars="***" extra="(Stand)" number="1." name="Flight Risk" length="" grade="V4" fa="">Start on the left arete, with sidepull and poor crimp.</problem>
<problem id="592" stars="" extra="(Highball, Stand)" number="2." name="Open Project" length="" grade="?" fa="">Start on the opposing layaways 2m right of Flight Risk.</problem>
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<problem id="594" stars="**" extra="(SDS)" number="3." name="Rehab 101" length="" grade="V6" fa="">Start under the roof on the big jug and small undercling.</problem>
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<problem id="595" stars="" extra="(SDS)" number="4." name="Cling Project" length="" grade="?" fa="">Start on the jug 5m right of Rehab 101, head for the undercling then the poor face hold.</problem>
<problem id="596" stars="*" extra="(SDS)" number="5." name="Fingers O'Leary" length="" grade="V5" fa="">Start on the hanging block.</problem>
<problem id="598" stars="" extra="(SDS)" number="6." name="" length="" grade="V2" fa="">Start on the right hand end of the hanging block.</problem>
<text id="583" class="heading3">Solitary Boulder</text>
<text id="584" class="text">Park on Browns Rd then walk up to the pipeline track. Turn left and walk along the track cross the bridges 40m past the stone wall there is a small boulder beside the track near a relative clear area head off the track and uphill trending right until you reach a benched track (an old saw mill track), head left along this until it stops trend slightly up hill on a faint path follow this for 30m and you are there.<br/><br/>The walk from car to boulder is about 10 minutes.</text>
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<problem id="586" stars="" extra="(SDS)" number="7." name="Solitary" length="" grade="V4" fa="">Start on the rock under the roof, traverse the lip to the arete then head up.</problem>
<problem id="587" stars="**" extra="(SDS)" number="8." name="Punishment" length="" grade="V5" fa="">Start on the rock under the roof. Traverse the lip to the shallow corner then top.</problem>
<text class="heading2" id="525">Wellington Falls Track</text>
<text class="text" id="526">There are a few sandstone and dolerite boulders on the Pipeline Track out to Wellington Falls. The sandstone is similar to the Springs and the dolerite is 'softer' than elsewhere on the mountain.</text>
<text class="text" id="527">From Ferntree keep driving towards Nieka and park at Morphet's Road. Head up the track to the Pipeline Track.</text>
<text class="heading3" id="528">Pipeline Boulder</text>
<text class="text" id="529">Pipeline boulder is about 100m from the junction with the pipeline track (5 minutes walk from the car), it is a steep dolerite boulder metres from the track on the right.</text>
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<problem name="Slipshod" id="531" extra="(SDS)" grade="V4" number="9." stars="*">Start on the obvious jug head left to the top via the big slopes.</problem>
<problem name="Slipshod Direct" id="581" length="" fa="CW" extra="(SDS)" grade="V4" number="10." stars="">Sitstart under obvious jug, R hand in two-finger pocket. Bust up to jug, continue up Slipshod.</problem>
<problem name="Passport To Paradise" id="532" length="" fa="CW (with SDS only) " extra="(SDS)" grade="V5" number="11." stars="**">Hard start leads to an interesting top. SDS just right of Slipshod Direct, L hand on good edge just above two-finger pocket, R hand on good undercling to right.<br/><br/></problem>
<problem id="582" stars="***" extra="(SDS)" number="12." name="Passport To Perfection" length="" grade="V5" fa="CW (with SDS only)">Hard start and middle leads to interesting top. Sitstart just left of Passing Interest, left hand on small tips underling, right on small finger edge. Up and slightly left to finish up Passport To Paradise. A better, more logical version. <br/><br/></problem>
<problem name="Passing interest" id="533" extra="(SDS)" grade="V2" number="13." stars="*">Start on the arete and follow to the top.</problem>
<problem name="Slipped Interest" id="534" length="" fa="CW" extra="" grade="V4" number="14." stars="**">Start up Passing interest and finish up Slipshod.</problem>
<text class="heading3" id="535">Bumblebee Boulder</text>
<text class="text" id="536">About 3km along the track there is a blue water valve where a road goes down left. About 100m further on from this after a few slight bends there is a big burnt stump and a small cairn on the right side of the track. The Bumblebee boulder is visible in the bush 10m up the hill. The approach is an easy 15 minute mountain bike ride, or a 30-40 walk (which probably isn't worth it).</text>
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<problem name=" " id="538" extra="(Stand)" grade="V0" number="15." stars=" ">Slab to the left of tree</problem>
<problem name="Bumblebee" id="539" extra="(Stand)" grade="V3" number="16." stars=" ">Up through bulge on sidepulls. Project - sit start on flakes</problem>
<problem name="Rincon" id="540" extra="(SDS)" grade="V5" number="17." stars="*">Climb arete behind tree starting from big jug</problem>
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<problem name="Leatherwood" id="542" extra="(SDS)" grade="V4" number="18." stars="*">Sitstart at flake and up using edge, don't use holds on the arete or Giant. A bit contrived but still worthwhile.</problem>
<problem name="Giant" id="543" extra="(SDS)" grade="V3" number="19." stars="*">Sitstart at great pockets in scoop. Dyno up and left.</problem>
<problem name=" " id="544" extra="(Stand)" grade="V2" number="20." stars=" ">Up on far right side of face</problem>
<text class="heading3" id="545">Lucky Boulder</text>
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<text class="access" id="547">About 50m past the Bumblebee boulder there is a concrete culvert where a creek crosses the track. The Lucky Boulder can be seen 15m downhill.</text>
<problem name="Unlucky" id="548" extra="(Stand)" grade="VE" number="21." stars=" ">Featured slab on downhill side of boulder</problem>
<problem name="Got Lucky" id="549" extra="(Stand)" grade="V1" number="22." stars=" ">Climb the right side of the arete right of Unlucky with an awkward landing</problem>
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<climb>552</climb>
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<text class="access" id="551">Down about 10m from the Lucky Boulder a high ball buttress can be seen, which does not have any problems on it yet. Go across the hill for 10m to find a smaller boulder.</text>
<problem name="Mountain Laurel" id="552" extra="(Stand)" grade="V2" number="23." stars=" ">Up slopey arete to left of tree</problem>
<problem name=" " id="553" extra="(Stand)" grade="VE" number="24." stars=" ">Mossy slab right of tree</problem>
<text class="heading3" id="554">Man Fern Slab</text>
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<text class="access" id="556">Another 5m across the hill is a 6m high slab with a man fern at its left arete.</text>
<problem name="Man Fern" id="557" extra="(Stand)" grade="V2" number="25." stars=" ">Start just left of the man fern and follow the arete up and left.</problem>
<text class="heading3" id="558">Wedge Boulder</text>
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<text class="access" id="560">50m downhill down the creek from the Lucky Boulder is a large boulder.</text>
<problem name="Wedge Politics" id="561" extra="(Stand)" grade="V2" number="26." stars=" ">Start at corner, up through bulge and onto slab</problem>
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