Mt Arapiles – Taking care of the magic

As many of our readers will have noted, the staff at Open Spaces are involved in various aspects of the outdoor industry. Whilst OSP is a big part of our lives, the reason why we are here in the first place is because of our interest and experiences in that area. Besides climbing, one of [...]

Ben Lomond Guide update (3) As of 17/5/2013

Memory of a Journey (Ben Lomond)

Memory Of A Journey, the climbing guide to Ben Lomond, was published in November 2008. For those of you who already own the guide and have climbed at Ben Lomond, you will know that it is the premier crack climbing venue in Australia. The guidebook was comprehensive up until 2008, giving route descriptions and topo [...]

Park Secrets

CLIMBING, CYCLING, WALKING

For those people that are a little time poor, be it Melbournites or visitors with a limited travel schedule, this ‘guide’ is an absolute must and will certainly point you in all the right directions. The deck of cards feature 52 of Victoria’s best parks and nature reserves and contains maps, directions and potential activities [...]

Grampians Flood update

CLIMBING, CYCLING, WALKING

Following the recent heavy rains and ensuing floods, many of the parks in Victoria have closures in place. Either full closures like the You Yangs or partial closures such as the Grampians. In regards to the Grampians, a huge amount of the park took a beating – with landslides and road collapse hitting the top [...]

Portraits of Climbers – 1975 -2010

CLIMBING

Rockclimbs Around Melbourne Corrections

CLIMBING, Rockclimbs Around Melbourne

These corrections have been listed by page number. They have been provided by the author and various other users of the guide. If you have any corrections that you believe are relevant please send them to Tracey Skinner at admin@osp.com.au. Corrections in black text have already been added to our Rockclimbs Around Melbourne iPhone app. [...]

Rockclimbs Around Melbourne – new guidebook out now!

CLIMBING, Rockclimbs Around Melbourne

Open Spaces today released the new Rockclimbs Around Melbourne guide by Glenn Tempest. It will be available in most good climbing shops and in our online bookshop from today at a RRP of $29.95. This full colour selected climbs guide is 156 pages and has been produced in a unique landscape format to better cope [...]

Cathedral Range Visitor Updates

CLIMBING, Daywalks Around Victoria, ENVIRONMENT, WALKING

With plenty of work going on at the Cathedral Ranges, thought it would be good idea to get the information around. Not only are there major works going on with tracks, the new shelter and toilet facility is being built in the Sugarloaf area along with an Information Board to give visitors a little background [...]