Friday 19 December 2008

Bouldering Western Australia

Albany, Western Australia, is the centre for sea cliff climbing in the area. However, as a lot of the routes require an abseil in, bouldering is hard to come-by. The guide for the area suggests that there is bouldering within the town of Albany (Serpentine Drive, View Street and Mount St. Clements), however, these rocks were found to be in a neglected state with excessive moss and dense vegetation at the base.

However, exquisite bouldering with a sandy landing was to be found at Elephant Cove near Denmark, W.A., 35 km west of Albany. Here the beach and surrounding coast is strewn with
enormous granite monoliths. Perhaps some Deep Water Solos could be found by someone
with imagination?