Category Archives: Climbing day trips

This weekend I won’t be getting out on rock, so I thought I would share with you our before work Welly Dam training session. On Friday Howsie, Rongy and myself met in Bunbury at 4:30am and jumped into one car to head up the hill. As we drove the short 30min’ish trip out of townContinue reading “The early bird”

Now once a week it is quite normal for me to set the alarm and be out of the house heading to Welly Dam for the almost weekly training session. However, that happened on Wednesday this week when Rongy, Alana and I went there and today was Saturday. So after a night of noisy neighboursContinue reading “Copper Rocks”

I wasn’t going to go out this weekend but I simply couldn’t resists the urge to say yes to Wiggins when he texted to say there was a Saturday morning met at Wilyabrup. In truth our house is probably a more relaxed place for the girls without me there, as my need to ‘get thingsContinue reading “The old boys”

Lou had finished all her Uni assignments for the semester so was keen to celebrate with some trad climbing. Having had not such a great experience at another good easy access trad spot, Smith Beach, she plumped for Moses Rocks. This place has the second largest collection of climbs in the area, with the mostContinue reading “Rumpoles Rocks”

A 4:30 departure and Craig and I were on the road north to an inland crag near Pinjarra, just for something different. As the sun poked over the horizon at 5:30’ish it had a red hue due to the controlled burns that are being carried out as spring sets in: An hour later we wereContinue reading “Heading inland”

This weekend seems to be the first in a long time that the forecast for both days was for clear sunny days.  So Glenn, Lou and I decided on a trip to Willyabrup.  As we walked in there were more flowers out than our previous trip and these beautiful red blossoms were springing up allContinue reading “Spring is in the air”

Rongy has been telling me to start breaking in my new shoes before we head off for a climbing trip over east. So today a few of us headed out and we were all busting to put some trad in, as this winter has seen most climbing occur on the sports crags away from theContinue reading “Breaking in”

Look whose birthday it was today (sorry Craig I just had to use that photo!), and seeing the sun had come out from behind the clouds for a day we also just so happen to have gone up to Welly Dam: The initial reason for the trip was to meet up with Ali and Ben,Continue reading “Happy Birthday Craig”

It’s been well over a year and possibly two since I have climbed at Wallcliffe, and there are several reasons. First technically it is illegal to climb here, but that said the local bye law that stands had been previously contested in parliament and thrown out so the current law may be on equally shakyContinue reading “Time for something different”

Saturday was a lovely, cold and crisp day with blue skies, so of course it made complete sense to head out on Sunday morning. Being a mid-morning start gave the clouds and rain that had been forecast and threatening a chance to get hold. As I was driving out to Castle Rock to meet Lou,Continue reading “Rain, rain, go away…”