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class="heading1" new="false">St Helens</text><text class="text"
new="false">There are plenty of granite boulders around St Helens, Binnalong Bay and the Bay of Fires, but not much to boulder on. There are one or two problems scattered in most areas but not many worth the effort to get there.
If you are in the area and have a car the best area found to date is at the end of Cosy Corner beach.
Areas that have been looked at are:
- Binalong Bay - One possible area just out of Binalong Bay as you head to the coastal walking track. Only worth visiting if you are in the area.
- Binalong to the Gardens - Only real area is Cosy Corner the rest is disappointing.
- Skeleton Point - Six metere faces at the point with bad landings and not much else.
- Beer Barrel Beach - Nothing worth visiting.
Areas that may be worth a look:
- Eddystone Point
- Humbug Point
- In the hills behind Cosy Corner are a lot of boulders</text><text
class="heading2">Cosy Corner</text><image new="false"
noPrint="false" src="OverviewTopo.png" width="500"/><text
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new="false">To get to Cosy Corner take the road to Binalong Bay from St Helens. Turn onto the Gardens Road (C248) a couple of kilometres before Binalong Bay. Drive along the Gardens Rd until you pass the road at the Norrthern end of Cosy Corner beach. Take the next road right, it is on a bend and unmarked, this will take you to the car park and the first boulder on the headland.</text><text
class="heading2" new="false">Car Park Boulders</text><text
class="text"
new="false">These are the boulders next to the car park in the casurinas.</text><text
class="heading3">The Thumb</text><image
src="St Helensthumb.jpg"/><problem extra="(Stand)" grade="V6"
name="Absolution" new="false" number="1." stars=""/><text
class="text">To the left of this boulder is a slab with several lines to be done.</text><text
class="heading2" new="false">Waterfront Boulders</text><text
class="text"
new="false">Take the track from the Northern side of the car park and head down to a little inlet. head right and you will come to the first few problems.</text><image
new="false" noPrint="false" src="Cosy4Topo.jpg"
width=""/><problem extra="(SDS)" grade="V0" name="" new="false"
number="1."
stars="*">Grab the break then the jug.</problem><problem
extra="(SDS)" grade="V1" name="" new="false" number="2."
stars="">Use both cracks.</problem><text class="text"
new="false">A few metres further round is a short overhanging crack.</text><problem
extra="(SDS)" grade="V0" name="" new="false" number="3."
stars="">Climb the crack.</problem><text class="text"
new="false">Continue around the Waterline until you come to a series of walls. This is the main area and will be awash at high tide.</text><text
class="heading3" new="false">Paddling Pool Boulders</text><image
new="false" noPrint="false" src="Cosy3Topo.jpg"
width=""/><problem extra="(Stand)" grade="VE" name=""
new="false" number="1."
stars="">Follow the diagonal.</problem><problem extra="(Stand)"
grade="V?" name="" new="false" number="2."
stars="">Move up using crimps and diagonal. Sit should probably go.</problem><problem
extra="(Stand)" grade="V?" name="" new="false" number="3."
stars="">Crimp fest up face.</problem><problem extra="(Stand)"
grade="V2" name="Make a splash" new="false" number="4."
stars="**">Lay off the arete all the way to the top.</problem><image
new="false" noPrint="false" src="Cosy1Topo.jpg"
width=""/><problem extra="(Stand)" grade="VE" name=""
new="false" number="1." stars="">The diagonal.</problem><problem
extra="(Stand)" grade="V2" name="" new="false" number="2."
stars="">Up the slab.</problem><problem extra="(Stand)"
grade="V1" name="" new="false" number="3."
stars="">Step up and grab the jug.</problem><problem
extra="(SDS)" grade="V0" name="" new="false" number="4."
stars="">Rock over your foot.</problem><problem extra="(SDS)"
grade="VE" name="" new="false" number="5."
stars="">Layback the back arete.</problem><problem
extra="(Stand)" grade="V1" name="" new="false" number="6."
stars="">Too lazy for a sit. Start at the base of the crack.</problem><problem
extra="(Stand)" grade="V2" name="" new="false" number="7."
stars="">Smears and slopes. Hard sit possible.</problem><image
new="false" noPrint="false" src="Cosy2Topo.jpg"
width=""/><problem extra="" grade="V?" name="" new="false"
number="1."
stars="">This problem is steep, slopey with not so many holds. The wettest of these problems requires mid to low tide.</problem><text
class="heading2" new="false">Reserve Hillside</text><text
class="text" new="false">Plenty of granite boulders on this hillside, position and some images are on Google maps. http://maps.google.com.au/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&msa=0&msid=115989656407107465266.00046d738268eb40057a0&ll=-41.211592,148.24625&spn=0.054432,0.132093&t=h&z=14 f.</text></guide>
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