Go back to Australia.
![On The Lee Side](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/IMG_5908-225x300.jpg)
Peak Head, WA.
![Outside Chance](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/IMG_6239-2-300x225.jpg)
Moonarie, SA.
Sabbatical number three: delayed a year but finally a “go.” Way older and with more of mid-life’s normal baggage but still excited at the prospect of climbing in new places. After about a decade and a half of climbing outside the US, we’ve come to know our preferences pretty well; and so we planned this stretch of time to include the logistically easy Australia and the less easy
India, with a bit of
Indonesia sightseeing thrown into the mix.
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![Old Man Of Torbay](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/IMG_6379-2-225x300.jpg)
Old Man Of Torbay.
![Gibraltar Rock](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/IMG_3492-2-300x225.jpg)
Gibraltar Rock.
We had two Australian destinations in mind for this trip: Moonarie in the outback of South Australia and some seaside cliffs in the southwest corner of Western Australia. We had learned about the existence of the former when I stumbled onto a then new guidebook to the area some five years earlier. Like most of Australian climbing venues, Moonarie routes were not long (4-5 pitches max) but the bright orange rock and the remote setting were the draw.
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![Outside Chance](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/IMG_6255-225x300.jpg)
Outside Chance.
![Albatross](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/IMG_5483-300x225.jpg)
Albatross.
Simon Carter’s coffee table book on Australian climbing included a few photos from Western Australia; specifically Peak Head and The Old Man of Torbay, a pseudo sea stack. Both of those featured some nice looking rock above a blue ocean – a pretty exotic mix for US climbers.
Details
![Pagoda](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/IMG_4803-225x300.jpg)
Pagoda.
![The Raven](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/IMG_6108-300x225.jpg)
The Raven.
Moonarie Day One
Moonarie Day Two
Moondarie Days Three And Four
Albany Day One
Albany Day Two
Albany Day Three
Albany Day Four
Albany Day Five
Videos
![Old Man Of Torbay](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/P1010285-225x300.jpg)
Old Man Of Torbay.
![Moonarie](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/IMG_3252-300x225.jpg)
Moonarie.
Horizontal Chimney On Flying Buttress
Views From Pitch 1 Of Albatross
Access Pitch For On The Lee Side
Shirley Following On Old Man Of Torbay
Old Man Of Torbay Summit Pano
Beta
![Flying Buttress](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/IMG_6226-225x300.jpg)
Flying Buttress.
![On The Lee Side](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/IMG_5636-2-300x225.jpg)
Peak Head.
For Moonarie climbing, we relied on the newish (2019) guidebook called
Moonarie – A Rock Climber’s Guide by Rob Baker and Joseph Goding. For Albany area climbs,
West Australian Rock – A Guide To The Best Rock Climbing In WA (2012) was pretty good. You should supplement that with information from
thecrag.com.
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Go to Moonarie Day One.
Go back to Australia.