Grampians Day 2

Australia

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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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