Gayview Park Bouldering Wall

A free boulder in a West Wodonga park

Gayview Park Bouldering Wall is a free outdoor bouldering block in Gayview Park, a council reserve on Serpentine Avenue in West Wodonga. It stands on the bark-chip softfall beside the park's playground, a few metres from the swings and a play unit under a shade sail, with the big grassy field and the Wodonga Softball Club's diamond beyond.

The boulder

The block is an Edge, one of the outdoor bouldering structures that Bouldering Australia designs and builds in Melbourne. Its angular panels, some in a timber finish and some in grey laminate, carry purple, yellow, green and black holds and a few large volumes, and one side leans out over the fall zone. The maker's specification gives:

• a height of 2.92 m, on a footprint of about 3.7 by 2.2 m
• 26 m² of climbing surface, with about ten holds per square metre
• seven route-set problems for all abilities, and room for up to nine climbers at once
• a fall zone surfaced to the Australian playground standard

Visiting

There's no fee and nothing to book, and the park is open all day, every day. Nothing is for hire either, so bring climbing shoes and chalk if you want them. The landings are bark chips rather than crash mats, so climb within your limits. The maker designed the Edge for climbers of all ages, so it suits a first go at bouldering as well as a quick session on the way home. The park has toilets, and Wodonga Council takes reports of damaged play equipment on (02) 6022 9300.