Wood Hookers
20 Metres
Shady
Sandstone
Introduction
Wood hookers is part of the Mt Hobbs permanent forest production area and is a small area comprising a series of outcrops. The lower outcrop is undercut with 2-3m roof while the top outcrop is mainly off vertical. The area is Bluff River sandstone, which tends to be friable and is easily broken when wet.
Access
The most straightforward method is to drive to Buckland, about 60km NE of Hobart on the A3, then turn left on the C318 (Buckland Rd).
Follow the Buckland Rd. until about 1.5km past the Cutting Grass Rd junction. Watch for the dirt road branching off on the left just after a small rise.
Follow this road into the trees for about 1 Km, take care crossing the rock filled ditch at 800m then park off the road and admire the majesty of Wood hookers, well at least the proximity.
Sandy Cave
Start on lip crimp and sidepull.
City Hall Wrestling area
A memorial to Hobart City Hall in the 70’s, where big burly blokes feigned contest to delight and enrage the crowd. Many may feel the same about the bouldering.
After an epic cleaning effort this area has produced a range of quality problems. Despite the epic clean the featured nature of the wall means that after rain sand can accumulate on some holds so bring a brush.
The obvious independent straight ups have been done with all problems having a stand start that goes at least one grade easier. There is scope for a range of linkups and variants due to the highly featured nature of the rock.
The problems are typically physical.
Signified or signifier? A grunty start to a slabby top!
Dave Humphries 2019
Requires a little commitment to top out.
Hang on the pocket in the roof with feet on the back wall.
Dave Humphries 2019
Classic.
Start in the pocket at the back wall
Dave Humphries 2019
Same start as Kurt Von Steiger, hard moves through roof to big moves from good holds.
Mike Hitchcock 2019
Start on odd jug at back wall.
Start on back wall through jugs, move out to knob feature then up thinner wall.
Mike Hitchcock 2019
Straight out from the big pocket.
Start on flake at back wall then head for the big horn jug.
Brute Barnard project
Roof traverse from Gentleman Jack to Roland Barthes, gets hard around the Von Steiger Brothers.
Indian Death Lock project
Traverse the lip from Gentleman Jack to Flying head scissors.
Upper Wall
The upper wall looks to have several worthwhile problems (that will require cleaning).