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  <header name="Waterworks Reserve" id="1" walk="" sun="" rock="" acknowledgement="By Phil Robinson" intro="“A Playground for Lunchtime” appeared in an article by Les Wood (CCT Circular 113, 1978). Lost in time and the original track now overgrown, this tiny array of sandstone outcrops with its top rope climbs was rediscovered in 2019. A 12-minute walk brings one to an attractive area of bushland with a fine view of the mountain. There are a small number of short buttresses with easier grade routes and one or two harder ones. Waterworks sandstone is of mixed quality. Although the climbs are mostly sound there are occasional loose rocks on the steep ground above which can leach out after heavy rain. Due to the nature of the rock, it is not suited to lead climbing but is an ideal top roping location. Being in a reserve, please do not bolt. There are plenty of trees on the slopes above to secure slings." history="Climbs are described from left to right. In 1978 the climbs were done on top rope by Les Wood, Adrian Bowden and Jamie Kirkpatrick from the Geography Dept. of Utas. Forsitt was top roped by Lyle Closs and David Bowman. New additions were made by Phil and Kim Robinson in 2019/2020 and the area was renamed ‘Waterworks Playground’." access="Drive into the Waterworks Reserve, follow the road to a sandstone toilet block and go straight ahead, do not take the lower road to the right. Continue past the playground to a car park at the end of the road. Walk on a few metres and follow a fire trail back uphill left (east) until one joins a wide fire trail road leading south west up to McDermott’s Saddle. The top of the cliffs can be seen down on the right after a further 9 minutes at a clearing before the road swings left. Scramble down on the eastern (RH end as you face out) side where the rock initially occurs in small buttresses and terminates in a prominent nose, 15m in height, with an apron slab and capped by overhangs. Signs suggest that rock, probably for the early buildings in Hobart, has been quarried from the edge, but much of it does not have the normal appearance of a quarry and provides good climbing in pleasant surroundings." camping="" autonumber="true"/>
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