Tasmania

Tasmania, Australia’s island state, offers a varied mix of climbing terrain and sits at latitudes where strong weather and distinct rock types shape objectives. Climbers visit for compact travel itineraries that mix bouldering, bolted sport lines and traditional routes, often linking short approaches with concentrated climbing sessions.

The catalog’s short feature, The BEST Climbing in Australia | ft. Jorg Verhoeven and Katha Saurwein, treats Tasmania as one half of a paired sampler (the Grampians in Victoria is the other). The nine‑minute piece does not try to be exhaustive; instead it alternates short sequences of boulder problems, bolted routes and trad moves with travel footage and voiceover, giving a practical sense of on‑rock choices and logistics. Jorg Verhoeven and Katha Saurwein show how experienced climbers move between disciplines on a short trip, how approach and access inform which sessions are attempted, and how line‑finding and movement differ when switching from boulder problems to sport routes and trad pitches.

Viewers will take away usable on‑rock examples of technique and camp‑style decision making rather than historical detail: the film shows line selection, movement style, and the practical juggling of gear and partner flow when two varied climbing areas are sampled in a single trip. It’s a compact visual primer for climbers thinking about adding Tasmania (or a combined Grampians–Tasmania itinerary) to a short climbing tour.