Hinsby Beach
5 min
Morning sun
Siltstone/Mudstone sea cliff
Acknowledgement
By Paul Pritchard
Introduction
The Hinsby sea cliffs offer the easiest climbing in the Hobart area. It is also very well protected with numerous glue-ins and in a scenic setting. The nature of the rock here is very friable and loose-rock is abundant. A helmet is strongly recommended to be worn at all times.
Access
From the right end of Hinsby Beach (looking out) walk south along the base of the beginning of the Alum Cliffs. In 100m you will arrive at the first buttress - Dawn Small. The routes are described Right to Left in order as approached.
Crag Steward
Rock climbers please contact the Cliff Steward (hobartcraglets@climbersclubtas.org.au) if you have any queries or concerns regarding social or environmental impacts of rock climbing at this crag. Do not email regarding general travel, seasonal advice, or lost property - this is not the Steward’s role. If you have important safety information to communicate (e.g. risks due to recent and large rock falls) please also consider updates on thesarvo forum, facebook group and/or online guidebooks as appropriate. Please copy in cct@climbersclubtas.org.au if you feel you have a high level concern which may imminently impact the crag or climbing community.
Non-climbers, other users, land managers: please also contact cct@climbersclubtas.org.au if you have important climbing related queries at this location.
GPS
The Dawn Small
The first buttress you arrive at is on the pebble beach behind a tree.
The chimney passing 4 bolts to double bolt lower off.
Bill Hatcher and Paul Pritchard 13/2/20
The arete left of the chimney. 4BR to BB.
Eli Pritchard, Rowen Middendorf, Charlie Burton 25/8/19
Central Wall
Buttress right of Black Mamba. 3BRs to BB.
Conrad Wansborough 2019
The corner past 3BRs to BB.
C. Wansborough, D. Meerding, P. Pritchard,P. Allen 2019
Buttress left of The Mamba past the eyes. 4BRs to BB.
P. Pritchard, E. Pritchard 25/8/18
Up the sporadic waterfall on clean rock passing 3 bolts. Step R. to another bolt and traverse to the belay of 1AU.
E. Pritchard, P. Allen, P. Pritchard Feb 2022.
20m left of 1AU is a line of 8 bolts. Follow these passing a tree en-route to a double bolt lower-off.
D. Barnes, C. Wansborough 2020.
On the elevated slab 100mL of BM. Right hand line of 5 BR’s to DRB belay.
Douglas Harvey and Dave Barnes, April 2019
On the elevated slab 100m L of BM. Follow the middle of slab past six or so BR's finish R to BB.
Dave Barnes, June 2019