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<guide guidestars=""><text class="heading1" id="1">Bluff River</text><text
        class="text" new="false"
        number="null." id="2">The Bluff River Gorge, north of Buckland, has a bunch of OK sandstone boulders. The area has potential for at least 50 problems, but a fair bit of cleaning is required. Unfortunately the lichen is already starting to come back on some of the boulders - the area needs much more traffic.</text><text
        class="text">From Hobart id="3">From Hobart drive to Sorell and then take the East Coast Highway towards Orford. At Buckland turn left and drive 12.8km. Turn right on the first road after the road becomes gravel (there is now a cairn here to mark the turn). Drive 1.2km down this road to where a sandy track goes right (there is also now a cairn here to mark the turn).  Head down the sandy track for 1.4km. Ignore the first scrappy bits of rock on the left, and go another 100-200m to where you can see some decent sized boulders down to the left, which should be the Trench area. You can park right above the climbing, after about an hours driving from Hobart.</text><text
        class="heading2">The id="4">The Trench Area</text><text class="text"
        new="false"
        number="null." id="5">The Trench can be found just below where you park.
GPS : 0554996mE 5292872mN (GDA 94)</text><text
        class="heading3" id="6">Trench Top Wall</text><image
        src="Bluff Rivertrenchtop1.jpg" id="7"/><problem extra="(Stand)"
        grade="V0" grade="V0" name="       " number="1."
        stars="       " id="8">
    </problem><problem extra="(Stand)"
        grade="V0" name="       " number="2."
        stars="       " id="9">Slab left of flake</problem><problem
        extra="(Stand)" grade="V0" name="       " number="3."
 stars="       stars="       id="10">
    </problem><problem extra="(Stand)"
        grade="V0" name="       " number="4."
        stars="*" id="11">Featured slab</problem><text
        class="text" id="12">To the right is a steeper, higher slab.</text><image
        src="Bluff Rivertrenchtop5.jpg" id="13"/><problem extra="(Stand)"
        grade grade="V4" name="       " number="1."
        stars="       " id="14">
    </problem><text
        class="text" id="15">Further right is another clean slab.</text><image
        src="Bluff Rivertrenchtop2.jpg" id="16"/><problem extra="(Stand)"
        grade="VE" name="       " number="1."
 stars="       stars" id="       17">Slab just right of tree</problem><problem
        extra="(Stand)" grade="V2" name="Red Raw" number="2."
        stars="*" id="18">Start as for no 4 and traverse leftwards across the slab to finish up no 1.</problem><problem
        extra="(Stand)" grade="V3" name="Pinch Me" number="3."
        stars="*" id="19">Up face left of tree to top out on bizarre pinches</problem><problem
        extra=" extra="(Stand)" grade="VE" name="       " number="4."
        stars="       " id="20">Slab right of tree on knobs</problem><text
        class="heading3" id="21">Radiator Boulder</text><text
        class="text" id="22">This small free standing boulder is down the hill and across from the previous problems. Needs some more cleaning.</text><image
        src="Bluff Riverfree1.jpg"/><problem extraid="23"/><problem extra="(Stand)" grade="V0"
        name="       " number="1."
        stars="       " id="24">Slab left of arete</problem><problem
        extra="(SDS)" grade="V1" name="The Radiator" number="2."
        stars="       " id="25">Up through bulge</problem><text
        class="heading3">Smelly id="26">Smelly Shoe Boulder</text><text
        class="text" id="27">The squat boulder 100 metres past the Radiator boulder.</text><image
        src="Bluff RiverBoulderTopo3LowResArrows.jpg" id="28"/><problem
        extra="(SDS)" grade="V3" name="       " number="1."
        stars="       " id="29">Start on flats. Up on ears.</problem><text
        class="heading3class="heading3" id="30">The Wasp Boulder</text><text
        class="text" id="31">The Wasp Boulder is the large free standing boulder that forms the bottom wall of the Trench. The first problems are in the Trench.</text><image
        src="Bluff Rivertrenchbot1.jpg" id="32"/><problem extra="(Stand)"
        grade="V0" name="       " number="1."
        stars="       " id="33">
    </problem><problem extra="(Stand)"
        grade grade="V2" name="Stench Trench" number="2."
        stars="       " id="34">
    </problem><text
        class="text" id="35">This face is to the right and through the gap.</text><image
        src="Bluff Rivertrenchbot2.jpg" id="36"/><problem extra="(Stand)"
        grade="V3/4" name="       " number="1."
 stars="       stars" id="       37">Just right of arete on small holds, up to break and top out.</problem><problem
        extra="(Stand)" grade="V?" name="       " number="2."
        stars="       " id="38">Project - very thin slab</problem><problem
        extra="(Stand)" grade="V5" name="       " number="       "
        stars="*" id="39">Face directly opposite no 1. on small holds without using the left arete. Move right slightly to top out next to the tree.</problem><text
        class="textclass="text" id="40">This face is the bottom side of the Wasp Boulder.</text><image
        src="Bluff Riverwasp1.jpg" id="41"/><problem extra="(Stand)" grade="V4"
        name="Hornet's Nest" new="false" number="1."
        stars="*" id="42">Project - Start at the big knob 2m left of the arete and traverse the boulder rightwards to finish up no. 5, quite sustained.</problem><problem
        extra="(Stand)" grade="V?" name="       " number="2."
        stars="       " id="43">Project - Knobs 1m left of the arete.</problem><problem
        extra="(Stand)" grade="V?" name="       " number="3."
        stars="       " id="44">Project - Follow the knobs to the top 1m right of arete.</problem><problem
        extra="(Stand)" grade="V1" name="       " number="4."
        stars="       " id="45">Go up. Top could be cleaner.</problem><problem
        extra="(Stand)" grade="V2" name="       " number="5."
 stars="       stars" id="       46">Up on knobs.</problem><text
        class="heading3" id="47">Fly Boulder</text><text
        class="text" id="48">This is the long low boulder to the right of the Wasp Boulder.</text><image
        src="Bluff Riverfly1.jpg" id="49"/><problem extra="(Stand)" grade="V2"
        name="       " number="1."
        stars="       " id="50">
    </problem><problem extra="(SDS)" grade="V3"
        name="       " number="2."
        stars="       " id="51">
    </problem><problem extra="(SDS)" grade="V3"
        name="       " number="3." stars="       " id="52">
    </problem><text
        class="heading2">Bushfire Boulder id="53">Bushfire Boulder Area</text><text class="text"
        new="false"
        number="null." id="54">From the Trench Area head south across the hill for 100-150 metres to find a group of about 6 free standing boulders.
GPS : 0555105mE 5292830mN (GDA 94)</text><text
        class="heading3" id="55">Bushfire Boulder</text><text
        class="text" id="56">This is the largest free standing boulder in the area.</text><image
        src="Bluff Riverbushfire1.jpg"/><problem extra="(SDS)"
       id="70" src="Bushfire-Boulder-top-side(fin).jpg" width="500"/><problem id="71" number="1" name=" " grade="V4/5" nameextra="The Bushfire(SDS)" numberstars="1.**"
>Start in the back of the cave on good side  stars="**">Climb up bulgey arete on knobs.</problem><text
        class="text"pulls/pinches. Traverse the left side out to crimp rail and up trending left.</problem><problem id="72" number="2" grade="V7?" extra="(SDS)" name=" ">Start as for 1 but continue moving right across the face and finish up as for Contort.</problem><problem id="73" number="3" grade="V6" extra="(Hang)" name="Diagon Ally" stars="**">Hang start matched on the diagonal crimp with feet on the left side of the cave, move up and right to finish up the groove.</problem><problem id="74" number="4" name="Contort" grade="V5" extra="(Stand)" stars="*">Stand start with the huge undercling and high little knob. Interesting moves to a slap for the top.</problem><problem id="75" number="5" name="Project" grade="V8+" extra="(SDS)">Start under the prow on good holds, move up over the bulge to some seriously hard moves to gain the undercling, finish as for Contort.</problem><image id="66" src="Bushfire-Boulder-right-side(fin).jpg" width="500"/><problem id="67" number="1" stars="**" name="Shlap de Shlope" grade="V5" extra="(SDS)">Sit start under the steep arete and power up through the slopes and meat hooks to an easy mantle.</problem><problem extra="(SDS)" grade="V4/5" name="The Bushfire" number="2." stars="**" id="58">Climb up bulgey arete on knobs.</problem><problem id="68" stars="*" number="3" name="Fire For It!" grade="V5?" extra="(Stand)">Start in the hollow with the awesome undercling and really high left ear. Power moves to an easy but committing top out. Sit start to add a grade.</problem><text class="text" id="59">These two boulders are directly above the Bushfire Boulder.</text><image
        src="Bluff Riverbushfire2.jpg" id="60"/><problem extra="(SDS)"
        grade="V2" name="       " number="1."
        stars="*" id="61">Up steep arete</problem><problem extra="(SDS)"
       SDS)" grade="V2" name="       " number="2."
        stars="       " id="62">
    </problem><text
        class="text" id="63">This boulder is just across from the previous ones.</text><image
        src="Bluff Riverbushfire3.jpg" id="64"/><problem extra="(SDS)"
        grade="V1?" name="       " number="1." stars="       " id="65">Arete</problem></guide>