The trip finally began last Monday when Stu, Paz and Danny hit the road to Mt Arapiles in Western Vic to climb some rock.

Paz and Stu hit Watchtower Chimney on Watchtower Face on Wednesday, a cruisey three pitch grade 12 with a lot of bridging up a chimney.

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Rookies that we are, we didn't get a pic of the climb from the base.
Here's some shots from the second belay ledge



Looking up to the third (short) pitch




And from the top of Watchtower face



The salt lake in the distance that isn't really a lake at all, despite appearances