VCC Guidebooks

Click on the text in the map to find guidebooks for that area. Guidebooks written by the VCC are available for members to purchase directly from the VCC at a significant discount on standard RRP. Other guidebooks may be purchased from a retail outlet which gives VCC members a discount.

Guide books can be purchased at General Meetings (to avoid postage costs), or via mail order, in which case you will need to print out and mail an ORDER FORM.

Buffalo Guide Book Updates

Buffalo2.jpg (12K) Josef Goding, with the assistance of John Schwerdfeger, Kevin Lindorff and James Macintosh, have created a number of additional A4 colour photo-topos to improve route finding, which do not fit in the format of the printed guide, and so are provided here for use with the VCC's Mt Buffalo Guide. The areas that have additional photo topos to date are:
• The Mothballs: Good overview showing all routes, and walk in. [download] 405k
• The Monolith: Two new routes have been added to the map as shown in the guide. [download] 219k
• Nug Nug: Shows the only line on this massive cliff. One of the vast possible new routes has also been marked in. All you need now is a 2-hour bash uphill and the route’s yours! [download] 219k
• The Cathedral 1: Shows the Cathedral from the South West (Aerial view). The Rap ring above Strange Angels has been included. [download] 219k
• The Cathedral 2: Shows the Cathedral from the South South West (aerial view) - Routes such as Edge of Pleasure are more clearly documented in these additional photo topos. [download] 142k
• The Cathedral 3: Total Recall area plus one other area from the air - south west view Note: Some route locations TBC. [download] 219k
• The Cathedral 4: Shows the Total Recall area from the south west (aerial). Note: Some route locations TBC. [download] 219k
• The Cathedral 5: Shows Sideshow, Twin Cracks, Sideswipe, Sultan and a few more from the track. [download] 219k
• The Hump 1: A close up of the fantastic Cows with Guns area - including the new route "Run Free with the Buffalo" (Labeled RF). [download] 219k
• The Hump 2: Joins The Hump 1 topo on the right hand side and shows the routes near The Initiation (18) as well as showing the abseil station location a little more clearly. [download] 219k
• The Hump 3: Shows The Initiation (18) from the south so you can get a good feel for the line. [download] 219k
• Addendum: Some additional beta, new routes, and reccommended routes. [download] 219k

Quick access - FREE PDF Guidebooks & Guidebook updates

Rip down a free guidebook:
• A VCC guidebook to Mt Pilot is available to [download] 153 k

Rip down a free guidebook update:
• South Eastern Grampians UpdatePart 1 [download] 111 k
• South Eastern Grampians Update Part 2 [download] 275 k
• The Black Guide update [download] 297 k
• Mt Difficult Range Update [download] 200 k

Victorian Guides:

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Southwest Victoria:
A Rock Climbing Guide
Edited by Hugh Hardwick, Russ Crow, Bill Andrews and Chris Watson

Guide covers all known climbing areas in the southwest of Victoria excluding Mount Arapiles, the Black Range and the Grampians.

Edition 2. Published Oct 2003. 264 pages

RRP $45.95 - VCC Members Price: $32.00

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Northwest Victoria:
A Rock Climbing Guide
Edited by Chris Watson, Bill Andrews and Michael Hampton

Covers all known climbing areas in the northwest of Victoria. Over 1100 route descriptions.

Edition 2.1 Published Nov 2005. 300 pages

RRP $45.95 - VCC Members Price: $32.00

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Eastern Victoria:
A Rock Climbing Guide
Edited by Michael Hampton, Robin Holmes, & Paul Martin

The fattest guide ever produced by the VCC. Covers all climbing from the Hume Highway to the east coast of Victoria except Mount Buffalo

Edition 1.1 August 2004. 464 pages

RRP $49.95 - VCC Members Price: $35.00

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Buffalo Guides:

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Mt Buffalo:
a rock-climbers guide.
By Kevin Lindorff & Simon Murray.

Edition 5. Published Jan 2006. 224 pages

An extensive new guide to one of Victoria's premiere climbing destinations. Features 46 new photo-topographs, including 5 "big wall" topos, over 800 routes, color photographs, and a humorous introduction / history section.

(Old Edition) RRP $15.00 - VCC Members Price: $10.00
(New Edition) RRP $59.95 - VCC Members Price: $42.50

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Arapiles Guides:

Arapiles/Djurite - Second Edition
Edited by Louise Shepherd

Copyright © Victorian Climbing Club, Inc. 1999
278 pages.

A comprehensive guide covering all 1650 climbs recorded
at the time of publication.

RRP $34.95 - VCC Members Price: $25.00

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The Grampians & Black Ian's Guides:

Click here for a detailed map of the Grampains guidebooks

A Grampians Rock Climbing Guide
The Mount Difficult Range
Online Update Now Available

Edited by James McIntosh and Bill Andrews

Copyright © Victorian Climbing Club, Inc 1999.
190 pages.

Covers all 300 climbs in the Grampian's Mt Difficult range.

RRP $39.95 - VCC Members Price: $27.50

The Asses Ears Area
Edited by Glen Donohue

A comprehensive guide covering 20 cliffs in the Asses Ears area of the Grampians National Park.

Copyright © Victorian Climbing Club, Inc.

RRP $29.95 - VCC Members Price: $20.00

The Victoria Range
Edited by Keiran Loughran

Copyright © Victorian Climbing Club, Inc.
150 pages.

RRP $9.95 - VCC Members Price: $7.50

South Eastern Grampians
A Rockclimbing Guide
Online Update Part 1 and Part 2 Now Available

Edited by Chris Baxter

Copyright © Victorian Climbing Club, Inc 1991. 258 pages.

This guide covers the many and varied climbing areas from Halls Gap in the North, to Dunkeld in the South.

RRP $19.95 - VCC Members Price: $15.00

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A Rock Climbers Guide
to the North Grampians
Edited by Bill Andrews

Copyright © Victorian Climbing Club, Inc.
338 pages.

This guide covers the areas from Mt Zero in the North, to the Glenelg River Road in the South.

RRP $14.95 - VCC Members Price: $10.00

Rock Climbs of Halls Gap
and The Wonderland Range
Edited by Bill Andrews

Copyright © Victorian Climbing Club, Inc.
100 pages.

This guide covers climbing in the Grampians in the vicinity of Halls Gap.

The Black Guide
Online Update Now Available

Edited by Bill Andrews

A rock climbers guide to Black Ian's Rocks, Mount Talbot
and the cliffs of the Black Range/Burrunj.
Pub. 1997, by the VCC. 101 pages, maps and photographs.

RRP $34.95 - VCC Members Price: $25.00

ISBN 0 949451 05 3

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Tasmania:

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Cataract
The definitive rockclimbing guide to Launceston's Cataract Gorge.

By Robert McMahon

146 pages, lots of climbs, line topos, maps, b&w photos

RRP $29.95 - VCC Members' Price $22.50

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South Esk
The second volume to Launceston's Cataract Gorge.

By Robert McMahon & Gerry Narkowicz

182 pages, over 550 climbs, photo topos, maps, b&w & colour photos

RRP $29.95 - VCC Members' Price $22.50

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North Esk
The definitive rockclimbing guide to Launceston's North Esk Gorge.

By Robert McMahon

90 pages, lots of climbs, maps, b&w photos

RRP $26.95 - VCC Members' Price $20.25

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Climb Northern Tasmania
A comprehensive rockclimbing guide to Fingal Valley, Mt Blackwood, Flinders Island, Hillwood, North-West & more.

By Robert McMahon

279 pages, 800 climbs, maps, 155 photo topos, maps, b&w & colour photos

RRP $39.95 - VCC Members' Price $30.00

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