Australia

Australia is the largest single working in the Dinorwig Quarries, consisting of a vast open cwm high on the side of Elidir Fawr. The quarrymen thoughtfully developed the area in tiers, giving walls of around 30m in height and allowing relatively easy access to the various sections along terraces. Most of the best walls are on the west side where there are around six or seven tiers of quality walls and slabs. The north side and east walls have less to offer, but still feature the odd decent bit of rock.In the late noughties this area saw a boom in easy sport climbing. The Sidings is one of the best areas in the quarries for low-grade clip-ups, although there are many other routes in this area that cover the full spectrum of the slate experience. Australia has become a very popular place to sport climb, although there are some excellent trad lines to be found as well, and some that blur the lines between the two. The nature of the walls on the western side means that it is possible to climb routes on successive tiers creating some enjoyable long link-ups.


Order Climb Buttress Stars Grade
1
Great Bores of Today Lower Walls 2 7a
2
The Wow Wow Lower Walls 2 E4 6a
3
The Dunlop Green Flash Lower Walls XS
4
Fontaineslab Lower Walls 1 7a
5
Darkness Visible Lower Walls E4 6a
6
Oyenstikker Lower Walls 1 7a+
7
Illegal Smeagol Lower Walls VS 4a
8
Runup Lower Walls VS 4a
9
Dekophobia Lower Walls 7a
10
Son of Rabbit Lower Walls E2 5c
11
Temple of Boom Lower Walls HVS
12
My Secret Garden Lower Walls 7b
13
Arnie Meets the Swamp Monster Lower Walls E1 5a
14
Toilet Trouble Lower Walls E2 5c
15
Stinky Boots Lower Walls E2 5b
1
Joie De Vivre The Rognon HS 4a
2
Theftus Maximus The Rognon E1 5b
3
Little Mo The Rognon HS 4a
4
Abattoir Blues The Rognon 1 E2 5c
5
Genital Persuasion The Rognon E3 5c
6
Single Factor The Rognon 1 E2 5c
7
Second Thoughts The Rognon VS 4b
1
Puddy Kat Looning the Tube 5a
2
Just for Fun Looning the Tube 1 E2 5c
3
The Burning Looning the Tube 1 6b+
4
Groovy Arete Looning the Tube 1 6a
5
The Mutant Strain Looning the Tube 1 6b
6
The Deceptive Dyke Looning the Tube 1 5c
7
1066 Looning the Tube 6b
8
N.E. Spur Looning the Tube E3 5c
9
Loony Toons Looning the Tube 1 E3 5c
10
Brief Encounter Looning the Tube 1 HVS 5a
11
Astroman from the Planet Zzzoink Looning the Tube E3 6a
12
The Man Who Fell to Earth Looning the Tube E2 5c
13
Donald Duck Looning the Tube 1 6c
14
Gadaffi Duck Looning the Tube 2 6b+
15
Sad Man Who's Sane Looning the Tube 1 VS 4c
16
U.B.L. Looning the Tube HS 4b
17
Hyperfly Looning the Tube 1 6a+
18
Turn of the Century Looning the Tube 2 E2 5c
19
Maximum Tariff Looning the Tube 1 6b
20
Buffalo Smashed in Head Jump Looning the Tube E4 5c
21
Dried Mouth Sesame Seed Looning the Tube 5c
22
Technical Hamster Looning the Tube 6c
23
Technical Hamster Dance Looning the Tube HVS 4b
24
Dried Mouth Frog Looning the Tube HS 4a
25
Swan Hunter Looning the Tube 2 E4 6b
26
Goose Creature Looning the Tube 2 E3 6a
27
Menai Vice Looning the Tube 2 E4 6c
28
Looning the Tube Looning the Tube 3 E1 5a
29
Hysterectomy Looning the Tube 1 E5 5c
30
Zzzooming the Tube Looning the Tube 1 E3 6a
31
Pruning the Tube Looning the Tube 1 E2 5c
32
Exhuming the Tube Looning the Tube 1 E3 5c
33
Bise-Mon-Cul Looning the Tube 2 E2 5c
34
Mad on the Metro Looning the Tube 1 E4 5c
35
Gerboa Racer Looning the Tube E4 5c
36
Fuck Les Clotures Looning the Tube 1 5a
37
A Selfish Act of Loonacy Looning the Tube 1 6b
1
Sport 4 All Above the Rails 5a
2
Kinder Surprise Above the Rails 1 5a
3
Surprise Surprise Above the Rails 1 6a
4
Shorty's Dyno Above the Rails 1 6a
5
Orangutang Overhang Above the Rails 2 6a+
6
Cyber World Sl@te Heads Above the Rails 1 6a+
7
Slatehead Arete Above the Rails 1 6a+
8
Steps of Glory Above the Rails 2 5a
1
Cartoon Lesbians Railtrack Slab 6a+
2
Patio Doors of Perception Railtrack Slab E3 6a
3
The Fat Controller Railtrack Slab 1 6b
4
Scarface Claw Railtrack Slab 2 6b+
5
Red Throated Diver Railtrack Slab 2 6b+
6
Second Class Passenger Railtrack Slab 1 E2 5c
7
Sleeper Railtrack Slab 1 6c
8
Crazy Train Railtrack Slab 2 6c
9
Ancestral Vices Railtrack Slab 1 E4 6b
10
Off the Beaten Track Railtrack Slab 3 E3 5c
11
Uncle Nick's Broken Toe Railtrack Slab 1 E5 6b
12
Here to Stay, Gone Tomorrow Railtrack Slab 1 E3 6a
13
Between Here and Now Railtrack Slab 2 E3 6a
14
The Toms Approach Railtrack Slab E4 5c
15
Now or Never Never Railtrack Slab E5 5c
16
A Grand Day Out Pitch 1 Railtrack Slab 6a
17
Psychodelicate Railtrack Slab 2 7c
18
The Ghan Railtrack Slab 1 6b
1
Zut Alors The Salt Pans 3 6c+
2
Y Rhaffwr The Salt Pans 2 6c
3
Stretched to the Limit The Salt Pans 1 6c+
4
The Rack The Salt Pans 1 6b+
5
Narcolepsy The Salt Pans 1 7a+
6
The Australian The Salt Pans 2 6b
7
Jenny Wren The Salt Pans VD
8
The Stream of Obscenity The Salt Pans 1 7a
9
Kosciusko The Salt Pans 1 VS 4b
1
Puffing Billy The Sidings S 4a
2
Sidings Enigma The Sidings 1 6a
3
Not Known The Sidings 1 6a
4
Glass Axe The Sidings 1 E5 7a
5
'N' Gauge The Sidings 1 5c
6
Side Line The Sidings 1 4c
7
Derailed The Sidings 4a
8
Thomas the Tank The Sidings 1 4a
9
The Level Crossing The Sidings 1 5c
10
Rack and Pin The Sidings 1 5c
11
Sodor The Sidings 1 6a
12
The Mallard The Sidings 1 5c
13
The Polar Express The Sidings 1 5c
14
Ivor the Engine The Sidings 1 5a
15
Gordon The Sidings 1 3c
16
Being a Bob The Sidings 1 5a
17
'Those who climb...' The Sidings 1 5c
18
Choo Choo The Sidings 1 5c
19
Hogwarts Express The Sidings 1 5c
20
The Railway Children The Sidings 2 6a
21
In Loving Memory The Sidings 2 6a+
22
A Grand Day Out Pitch 2 The Sidings 2 5a
1
Solitude Standing Fruitbat Level E3 6a
2
Eric the Fruitbat Fruitbat Level 1 E3 5c
3
Harder than it Looks Fruitbat Level 2 6a+
4
M.I.L Arete Fruitbat Level 1 E1 5b
5
Genevive Fruitbat Level 1 E2 5c
6
Rory's Unfinished Business Fruitbat Level HVS 4c
7
Pontiac Arete Fruitbat Level VS 4c
8
Stretched Limo Fruitbat Level 1 E2 5c
9
Gymnastic Fantastic Fruitbat Level 1 6c+
10
Slatebite Fruitbat Level 2 7a
11
Albatross Fruitbat Level 2 7b
12
The Christening of New Boots Fruitbat Level E1 5b
13
Rock Athlete's Day Off Fruitbat Level HVS 5b
1
Jepp the Knave Zippy Level 1 7b+
2
Thumberlina Zippy Level 2 7c
3
Last Chance for a Slow Dance Zippy Level E3 5b
4
In on the Kill Taker Zippy Level 1 E5 6b
5
Beanstalk Zippy Level 2 7a
6
...and a Pen Please Zippy Level HVS 5a
7
Boulevard of Broken Dreams Zippy Level 1 6c+
8
Rastaman Vibration Zippy Level 1 E2 6a
9
Razorback Zippy Level 2 HVS 5a
10
Putting on Ayres Zippy Level 1 E4 6c
11
Feeling Rusty? Zippy Level 1 6b+
12
Zippy's First Acid Trip Zippy Level 1 E1 5c
13
Your Ma Zippy Level 2 E1 5c
14
Ziplock Zippy Level 2 7b
15
Indiana Jasmine and the Topple of Doom! Zippy Level 1 5c
16
Second's Chance Zippy Level VS 4c
17
Cross Eyed Tammy Zippy Level HVS 5a
18
Resurrection Shuffle Zippy Level 2 E4 6b
19
The Samba Drum Zippy Level 1 E3 5c
20
Pulverised Zippy Level 7b
21
De Nouement Zippy Level 7b
1
Digital Delectation Skyline Buttress 2 HVS 5a
2
Good Afternoon Constable Skyline Buttress VS 4c
3
Dolmen Skyline Buttress HVS 5a
4
Menhir Skyline Buttress VS 4c
5
The Skyline Club Skyline Buttress 1 E2 5c
6
Antiquity Skyline Buttress 1 E1 5a
7
Act Naturally Skyline Buttress 1 VS 4b
8
Ruby Marlee Meets Dr Holingsworth Skyline Buttress 2 E1 5b
9
Ronald Reagan meets Doctor Strangelove Skyline Buttress 1 E2 5b
10
Lindy Lou Skyline Buttress HVS 4b
11
Plastic Soldier Skyline Buttress 2 6a
12
Clash of the Titans Skyline Buttress 2 6a
13
The Dreaming Skyline Buttress E1 5b
14
Mad Dog of the West Skyline Buttress 2 VS 5a
15
The Methane Monster Skyline Buttress E1 5b
16
Binwomen Skyline Buttress VS 4b
17
Up the Garden Path Skyline Buttress HS 4b
18
Billy Two Tokes Skyline Buttress E1 5b
19
Youthslayer Skyline Buttress E3 5b
20
Slab Slayer Skyline Buttress 2 6b
21
Harri Bach Llanrug Skyline Buttress 1 6a
22
Rock Yoga Skyline Buttress 2 7a+
23
Put it on the Slate Waiter Skyline Buttress 2 6b+
24
Toe Be or not Toe Be Skyline Buttress 7b
1
Mynd am Aur The Gorbals 1 7a
2
Slab Rog The Gorbals 3 6b+
3
Olympic Torch The Gorbals 2 6b+
4
The Shining The Gorbals VS 4c
5
Mister Blister The Gorbals 1 7a
6
Men at Work The Gorbals 2 E3 6a
7
The North Face of the Aga The Gorbals 1 E3 6a
8
Filler The Gorbals 1 E3 6a
9
Sprint Finish The Gorbals 1 6a
10
Old and Complicated under the Oak Tree The Gorbals 1 5b
11
Youthanasia The Gorbals E2 5b
12
See You Bruce The Gorbals 2 E3 5b
13
Glasgow Kiss The Gorbals 2 7c
14
The Gorbals The Gorbals 2 E4 6a
15
Slabaholics Anonymous The Gorbals 2 7a+
16
Black Daisies for the Bride The Gorbals E5 6b
17
Slabology The Gorbals 1 7a
18
Fetzer The Gorbals E2 5b
19
Tennent's Creek The Gorbals E2 5b
20
Franzia The Gorbals E2 5b
21
Turkey Trot The Gorbals VS 4c
22
A Swarm of Green Parrots The Gorbals VS 4c
1
The Ghostly Hipster Alice Springs 1 5b
2
The Last Amendment Alice Springs 1 5b
3
Bear Knee Cessity Alice Springs 2 6a+
4
Koala Bare Alice Springs E2 5b
5
Men of Leisure Alice Springs 2 6c+
6
No Feart of the Boaby Alice Springs 2 6b+
7
Celtic Blood Alice Springs 1 6a
8
Flying Death Fin (or is it Dutch?) Alice Springs HVS 4c
9
Captain Condom and the Mothers of Prevention Alice Springs E3 6b
10
Eyes Wide Shut Alice Springs 1 E5 6b
11
Where is My Mind Alice Springs 1 E6 6b
12
Goblin Party Alice Springs 1 VS 4b
13
Out There Left Alice Springs 5b
14
Out There Right Alice Springs 5b
1
A Very Trad Day Out Grand Days Out 2 E1 5b
2
An Extreme Day Out Grand Days Out 2 E4 6a
3
A Grand Day Out Grand Days Out 2 6b+
1
Big Thursday Back Wall 1 XS 5c
2
If You Kill People They Die Back Wall XS 5b
3
Conquistadors of the Useless Back Wall ABO
1
Another Wasted Journey Darwin Level E1 4c
2
Easy Routes Can Have Bolts Too! Darwin Level 5c
3
Room with a View Darwin Level 2 7b
4
The Faffer Darwin Level 2 E6 6b
5
The Very Old and the Very New Darwin Level A3
6
Wish You Were Here Darwin Level 3 7c
1
Cape York Approach Cape York Slab 4b
2
Lucky Break Cape York Slab 2 6c+
3
Cape York Traverse Cape York Slab 1 6a+
4
Cape York Crack Cape York Slab 6a+
5
High Stakes Cape York Slab 6b+
6
A Brucie Bonus Cape York Slab 2 6b
7
Cape York Slab Cape York Slab VS 4b
1
Ayer Head Ayers Rock 1 6c+
2
Kata Tjuta Rib Ayers Rock 2 6a+
3
Ayers and Graces Ayers Rock 2 6c+
1
Road to Botany Bay East Face 2 7a
2
Impact Zone East Face 2 7a
3
Wave Rock East Face 2 6c
4
Sylvanian Waters East Face 2 E2 5c
5
The Garet Slide East Face 4a
6
Birthday Girl East Face 1 7b
7
Spicy Little Octopus East Face 1 6a+
8
G'Day Corner East Face 1 7a+
9
Hogiau Pen Garet East Face 1 6a+
10
Walk this Way East Face 2 7a
11
Raise the Roof East Face 1 7a+
12
The Koala Brothers East Face 6b
13
G'Day Arete East Face 3 6c
14
Jack the Ripper East Face E4 6a
15
Far From the Madding Crowd East Face 1 E4 6a
16
The Curious Incident East Face 1 6a
17
To Infinity and Beyond! East Face 2 6b
18
Ride Like the wind! East Face 1 6b+
19
Cirith Ungol East Face 2 7a+
20
Atticus Finch East Face 6c
1
Not Quite Snakes and Ladders The Dark Tower HVS
2
Where the Green Ants Dream The Dark Tower E5 6a
3
The Dark Tower The Dark Tower 2 8a+
4
The Serpent Vein The Dark Tower 3 8b
5
Buffer in a Crack House The Dark Tower XS 5b

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