Grampians Day 2

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The Frog

The Frog.

We were debating a return trip to Mount Rosea versus something new for the next day. In the end, we went for the Bundaleer Cliff and climbed the 3-pitch The Frog route (rated 16). Again, short but with some photogenic positions and baking in the sun. After this 4 day Arapiles and Grampians detour, we were back on the original schedule and so drove 5 hours to our next planned destination of Myrtleford outside of Mount Buffalo National Park. A side note here regarding driving in Australia. This was the first place in the world where we saw these photo based, average driving speed measuring systems. As you’re leaving a town on a two lane road, you pass a camera array. A 100 kilometers of nothingness later, there’s another set of cameras at the entrance to the next town. Your trip time has just been calculated and compared to the one prescribed by speed limits. I can only hope that all those stops to take pictures of kangaroos were enough to sufficiently lower our average…we’ll wait and see what arrives in the mail.

Photos

Bundaleer

Shirley on the short approach to the Bundaleer cliff (Dec. 2019).


Bundaleer

Bundaleer cliffs from the approach hike (Dec. 2019).


Bundaleer

Shirley racking up at the base of Basilisk route on the Bundaleer cliff (Dec. 2019).


Basilisk

Starting up the Basilisk route on the Bundaleer cliff (Dec. 2019).


Basilisk

Shirley starting up pitch 1 (we combined it with 2) of Basilisk (Dec. 2019).


Basilisk

Shirley higher on the same pitch (Dec. 2019).

Basilisk

Shirley topping out on pitch 2 of Basilisk (Dec. 2019).


Basilisk

Views from pitch 2 of Basilisk (Dec. 2019).


Basilisk

Shirley in the chimney belay on pitch 2 of Basilisk. From here we made a left and finished up via the two short pitches of The Frog route (Dec. 2019).


The Frog

Shirley cleaning the anchor (Dec. 2019).


The Frog

Shirley on the first pitch of The Frog (Dec. 2019).


The Frog

The Frog (Dec. 2019).


Bundaleer

Odd looking, spiky rock atop the Bundaleer cliff (Dec. 2019).


The Frog

Shirley topping out on the Bundaleer cliff via The Frog (Dec. 2019).


Bundaleer

Shirley making her way to the rap station (Dec. 2019).


Bundaleer

Rapping down from the top of Bundaleer (Dec. 2019).


Bundaleer

On the hike down (Dec. 2019).


Bundaleer

OK, off we go – a few hours of driving would take us to Mount Buffalo (Dec. 2019).


Victoria

Random sights from the drive to Mount Buffalo (Dec. 2019).


Victoria

Hey girls (Dec. 2019).


Victoria

Along the drive (Dec. 2019).


Myrtleford

Prepping Christmas dinner at a cabin in Myrtleford, Vicotria. Bourbon and hot chillies – a taste of home for Christmas (Dec. 2019).


Myrtleford

Packing up for the following day’s shenanigans (Dec. 2019).


Myrtleford

The cabin did not suck (Dec. 2019).

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