How do you like your sandstone? How about with easy access, harbour views, steep and pumpy, and close to home?
Nestled around a picturesque harbour, Australia's largest city has hundreds of neat little sandstone cliffs providing pleasant single-pitch sport and trad climbing and awesome bouldering. Sydney's famous beaches are also punctuated with tottering sea cliffs, offering more adventurous climbing right beneath suburbia!
The picture is Catherine Destivelle on Clocks(22) at Balls Head. The photograph is by Simon Carter. For more fantastic pictures of climbing around Sydney, NSW and Australia, check out his website Onsight Photography.
Volume 1 of this Guide (Sutherland and Sea Cliffs) is available as a printed book
The full guide is now available as an iPhone app.
Introduction to Sydney Climbing
Symbols and Abbreviations
Weather
Getting Around
Bolts in Sydney Sandstone
Sydney Crag Map
Sydney Bouldering
Indoor Climbing Gyms
Warnings
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Climbing areas by region:
- Sutherland Shire
- Eastern Suburbs
- Inner West and City
- Northern Beaches
- North Shore
- North West
- Western Suburbs
- Hornsby and the North
- Hawkesbury River
- Colo River
- Central Coast
- Lower Blue Mountains
- South West
Labels
Page: Sutherland Shire
Page: South West
Page: Eastern Suburbs
Page: Inner West and City
Page: Northern Beaches
Page: North Shore
Page: North West
Page: Hornsby and the North
Page: Western Suburbs
Page: Lower Blue Mountains
Page: Hawkesbury River
Page: Colo River
Page: Central Coast
Page: Sydney Crag Map
Page: Indoor Climbing Gyms
Page: Disclaimer
Page: Access Issues
Page: Notes for the Visitor
Page: Using This Guide
Page: Bolts in Sydney Sandstone
Page: Introduction to Sydney Climbing
Page: Getting Around
Page: Weather
Page: Symbols and Abbreviations