Grade | Route | Gear style | Popularity | Crag | |
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18 | Mad to the Bone
A moderate ground-up way to access the Boneyard all on Trad, mossy; but the abseil traffic has cleaned it up considerably. Starts at the rap line, just left of the nose of the original 'Boneyard Route'.
FA: Goshen Watts & Mark Rewi, 24 Apr 2019 | 60m, 2 | Bare Rock | ||
28 | ★★★ Forever Young
Climb Crayfish Crack to reach first bolt. Crank into line, follow bolts rightwards via. some very creative movement to finish at Beamans anchors. The exiting moves now succumb to an extreme reach as some holds have disappeared since the first ascent. FA: Simon Young, 2011 | 25m, 5 | Freycinet National Park | ||
30 | ★★★ The Hourglass
At the very top of The Gonk is a spell binding corner. From the top of The Gonk rappel from a double bolt belay onto a ledge which is the top of The Life of Meaning. The crux is well protected by cams and the second half of the route is sparsely protected with small wires and potentially ball nuts if you have them. FFA: Simon Bischoff, Oct 2018 | 20m | Freycinet National Park | ||
19 | ★ Open book
The line 2m left of FI through the open book feature after half height. No gear after half height. | 15m | Freycinet National Park | ||
14 | ★★ Original Route
14 going on 17 The easiest route to the summit. Bring a standard rack of cams from micro to #2 along with a small selection of nuts (micro to large) and roughly 10 alpine draws. Expect the placements to be average and the climbing to be around grade 17 on average rock quality with high ledge fall potential. To find the start scramble up into the large, dark east notch and abseil 10-15m down the other side to a hanging belay on the spiky shrubs (bring a spare sling for this rap point) P1 - Climb the mossy wall up the easiest weakness, trending left and mounting a few tricky mantles. Follow the line of easiest weakness up the jam crack (passing old piton) and into difficult vegetated mantle. Build belay here. P2 - Scramble up diagonal slope to the left (15m) P3 - Up the easy but barely secured boulders, belay from a large boulder and single bolt on the far side of the top. A 60m rope is enough to rap back down into the notch (30mish) FA: K. Lancaster, M. Cutcliffe & 10 July 1954. | 60m, 3 | Nichols Needle | ||
12 | West Gendarme
FA: Climbed by M. Douglas, D. Webber, T. Terry, Easter 1966, but they found a cairn on top bearing the names of John Elliot & Barry Higgins from the original Van Diemen Alpine Club who first climbed the route probably in the early 1960s. | 25m | Nichols Needle | ||
17 | South Face Direct
FA: Dave James, Tim Whelan, circa 2002 & 2002 | Nichols Needle | |||
28 R | ★★★ Fodiator
Continue up the steep arête of Exocet until it reaches the roof. Instead of traversing right, place some bomber gear and blast straight up just right of the arête. After some tricky moves, the difficulty eases and is protected by good RPs and wires. Move left and up the arête. FA: Jul 2017 | 47m, 2 | Freycinet National Park | ||
21 | ★★ Cruciverbalisation
The clean, sustained crack left of Swash. Access: Rap into hanging belay 2m above water at the base of bottomless corner Up initial corner, traverse right under the roof and pull into splitter crack bisecting the face. Thin jamming leads to a short technical corner to finish. FA: Chris Arvier & Daniel Darshan Hazell, 2020 | 20m | Freycinet National Park | ||
22 | ★ Silent Witness
Wide but straightforward offwidth a few meters right of Windjammer. 2x 6 cams helpful. FA: Simon Young & Gary Phillips, 2006 | 15m | Freycinet National Park | ||
15 | ★★ Chill your beans
The crack with the bushes at the base. Up this offwidth (crux) to the ledge, continue up the chimney which has two corner cracks in the back. Layback, good gear, nice moves, easy to throw a top rope over for teaching crack moves. FA: Chris Lang & Madi Rosevear, Jul 2020 | 10m | Freycinet National Park | ||
16 | Winter Weddings in December
Climb the block to gain the base of a rightward slanting crack, which starts on the right side of the ledge in Chill Your Beans. Possible to stay in the crack or hug the flake. Large cams helpful. FA: Rob Hardy, 2017 | 10m | Freycinet National Park | ||
20 | Andrew's Arse Crack
The off-width. Apparently, "it had to be done". The climbing itself maybe even worse than the name, but you'll have to climb it to find out. Don't expect much gear. FA: Gerry Narkowicz & Oct 2012, 2012 | 18m | Bare Rock | ||
20 | ★ New Horizons
Steep corner on R. Hard in the middle ... maybe more than 20. FA: Gerry Narkowicz, Robert McMahon & Marc Tierny, 1984 | 20m | Bare Rock | ||
18 | ★ You're a Tool
Start as for You're a Towel and follow the obvious horizontal hand crack left below the top of the boulder. Good jamming with minimal feet. Take small wires and micro cams for the anchor. FA: Pat Eberhard & T.Fulton, 1 Sep 2020 | 20m | Freycinet National Park | ||
18 | You're a Towel
On the South Park boulders, in the middle of the three biggest is one for the belayers. Up the awkward handcrack to finish up black water runnel. Tape up! FA: S. Young, 2010 | 10m | Freycinet National Park | ||
11 | ★ Rum on Rocks
Climb the easiest to access, slightly undervert crack, which widens to the top. Good hand/foot jamming, great gear. FA: Chris Lang, Oct 2020 | 20m | Freycinet National Park | ||
17 | ★ Skinny Dip
Start up the shallow crack around the arete right of the Deep Water chimmney. Follow this to mantle onto the spike/ledge on the arete (crux), then follow the crack just left of the arete. Trend right once you touch into Deep Water. Best climbing past the tower to belay from the top. FA: Chris Lang & Madi Rosevear, Oct 2020 | 30m | Freycinet National Park | ||
19 | Pan Fried Limpets
Start up Aspro Pink but head left into Deep water. Fist jam around the corner and traverse the obvious crack that splits the buttress, grab a few limpets for later on the traverse and Continue as for Sink or Swim. FA: Simon Bischoff, Nov 2018 | 25m | Freycinet National Park | ||
20 | ★ Good Friends
FA: Ashley Mason & Peter Witton, 2003 | 12m | South Sister | ||
20 | ★★ Three Ancient Treasures
FA: Gerry Narcowicz & Ashley Mason, 2003 | 13m | South Sister | ||
20 | ★★ The Loner
FA: Gerry Narcowicz, 2003 | 16m | South Sister | ||
23 | ★★ The Heights of Zaphon
FA: Gerry Narcowicz & Ashley Mason, 2003 | 16m | South Sister | ||
23 | ★★ The Great Unknown
FA: Gerry Narkowicz & Andrew Martin, 11 Jun 2016 | 15m | South Sister | ||
15 | ★★ The Corner
Start in the corner between the chimney to the left and the end of the wall to the right. Follow the obvious line above to meet Apline at the end. Less protection in upper part | 45m | Freycinet National Park | ||
21 | ★★ Ballet Variation
L/H variant of Ballet. This variation finishes up a final hand crack section, about 6 metres left of Ballet final head-wall - Variations of Ballet exist to climb this wonderful line which is characterised by a thin crack that gradually disappears. At an obvious 'undercling' either move right towards blunt arete, or left face climb to gain a jug, or ledge above. All are exciting and well worth your effort. Put on your Ballet shoes and get dancing! FA: T. Meech & COVID19, 2020 | 36m | Freycinet National Park | ||
17 | ★★ Have Hans, Will Jam
Follow the hands and off-hands to a tree. Up to the chains. Would be good if it was just the crack. FA: R. McMahon | 18m | South Sister | ||
20 | ★★ Emptiness, Eagles & Snow
Layback and Jam up to the offwidth. Up crack and face to chains. | 18m | South Sister | ||
18 | Couple of Lost boys
Left of The great unknown. Offwidth to body chimney, protectable on micro cams, from bd #0.3 down FA: Fraser & Stevie, Feb 2021 | 15m | South Sister | ||
21 | ★★ Farewell Companion
Impressive corner crack. FC scratched into rock on right wall FA: Gerry Narkowicz, Robert mcmahon & mick ling, 1984 | 28m | Appetite Hill | ||
19 | Spaz Attack
FA: 1984 | 23m | Appetite Hill | ||
17 | Troubles
FA: 1984 | 15m | Appetite Hill | ||
18 | Dirt Track
FA: 1984 | 16m | Appetite Hill | ||
18 | ★★★ Amundson
brilliant jam crack on the right side of the tier, thin hands with occasional good hands. DBB FA: 1984 | 15m | Appetite Hill | ||
19 | ★ Calabrisella
corner crack R of Amundson FA: 18 Apr 2015 | 25m | Appetite Hill | ||
22 | ★★ The Nameless King
A fun, mostly trad multi that extends Underestimated all the way to the Supernaut Ledge. Will make an excellent alternative to Tomorrow's Dream if you have done that a few times.
Set: Ingvar Lidman FA: Will Vidler & Match, 27 Apr 2021 | 100m, 4, 5 | Bare Rock | ||
16 | LunchTime Snack
Grunt up perfect offwidth to body chimney, void of any cheater holds FA: Fraser, May 2021 | 7m | South Sister | ||
20 | ★★ Absent Ascensionist
Hand to offwidth crack, slightly easier than offwidth to the right. FA: probably done by someone at somepoint. | 16m | South Sister | ||
16 | ★ Knerd Knowledge
Chimney up for two meters, to pefect hand crack in corner. Classic jamming for the grade. On the left side of the gully 20 m north of of absent friends buttress FA: Will Grant, Henry Garratt & Fraser, May 2021 | 11m | South Sister | ||
17 | Adjacent Friend.
In the gully on the left of absent friends main buttress. Hand crack which gets thin and flared before reaching a ledge and up second hand crack. FA: Fraser & Henry Garratt, May 2021 | 18m | South Sister | ||
19 | ★★ Well Hung (left exit)
As For Stud city until the obvious overlap is reached. Continue up the corner left of the overlap until a bolt on the arete can be seen. Clip the bolt and wildly move around the arete. Another bolt then DBB. Rap here (57m) or optional third pitch, mixed with 2 bolts. To descend, walk right past SC to regular abseil point. FA: H Jackson & S Joseph, Mar 2021 | 85m, 3, 4 | Freycinet National Park | ||
23 | ★★ Brand New Man
Right most finger crack, with tips through to thin hand. FA: Gerry Narkowicz & Ashley Mason, 2003 | 15m | South Sister | ||
20 | Higgs Boson
FA: Kim Ladiges & Mick Wright, 2013 | 50m | Freycinet National Park | ||
17 | ★ Crack Climb 17
Bottom as CC12, on top stay on right wall into offwidth section at the end | 25m | Freycinet National Park | ||
15 | Fashionista
start 2m left of the chimney and follow line straight up. dirty scramble on top | 45m, 2 | Freycinet National Park | ||
14 | ★★ Beyond blue
FA: B Baxter | 55m, 2 | Freycinet National Park | ||
25 | ★ Moby Dick
On the first buttress climb boldly up thin flake to a peg in the break, small cam also, then hard over bulge. FA: N. Hancock, 2005 | 6m | Bicheno | ||
22 | ★ Qui Quegs Coffin
On the main area 50 metres further south along the trail, climb the hanging groove. FA: N., 2005 | 8m | Bicheno | ||
18 | ★ Ashley Big Fat Crack
Up the crack. FA: Ashley Mason, 1990 | 7m | Humbug Point | ||
25 | ★★★ EIdolon
An incredible and inspiring diagonal line that packs a punch. Sustained jamming and laybacks all the way. Micro cams, finger sized cams and small to medium wires. Take a #4 and #5 BD cam for the belay plus a few cordelettes to extend the anchor if you want to top rope it. FA: Hamish & Marcel Jackson, 2003 | 14m | Freycinet National Park | ||
8 | ★ The Bridge to Compassion
Easy climbing on great rock. Follow the crack line up starting on the platform just above sea level. Solo first ascent, but appears that there would be good gear for a trad lead. FA: Matt Schimke, 12 Jan 2022 | 12m | Cozy Corner | ||
12 | ★ Equanimity
Excellent continuous crack climbing with a few face features. Solo first ascent but it looks like the gear would be good. FA: Matt Schimke, 12 Jan 2022 | 12m | Cozy Corner | ||
14 | ★★ Transforming Negative Emotions
Climb the splitter block. Excellent rock. Solo FA. FA: Matt Schimke, 12 Jan 2022 | 12m | Cozy Corner | ||
19 | Glory Days
Up the center of the first Rock. The thin crack with an overhanging start. FA: R McMahon | 14m | Freycinet National Park | ||
16 | Darling, Don't Get Upset, Cuddle Me Instead
On the Second Rock, the thin crack a meter to the right of the off-width. FA: Dennis Kearnes, Alan Williams, Oct 2003. & Bill Baxter, 2003 | 8m | Freycinet National Park | ||
20 | What A Weapon
At the right hand end of the Second Rock is a cosmetic RP crack. Up to this, then jugs at the top. FA: Dennis Kearnes & half of Launceston, 2003 | 7m | Freycinet National Park | ||
16 | ★ Lumpy Space Princess
Start beneath the obvious featured arete. Climb the RHS of the arete until the first rooflet. Turn the arete to the LHS and continue up the diagonal to the top. FA: T. Fulton & J. Riaz, Feb 2022 | 20m | Freycinet National Park | ||
18 | ★★ Wishful Thinking
As for LSP but continue up the RHS to climb through the two rooflets and mount the jug. Sew up crack with your smallest wires before teetering up the arete using side pulls and chicken heads. FA: T. Fulton & J. Riaz, Feb 2022 | 15m | Freycinet National Park | ||
15 | ★★ Blue dilemma face
A bit bold in places but worthwhile climbing. Stay as much on the face between the cracks as possible. A slight detour around the bush has better protection and avoids having to climb through a bush. | 45m | Freycinet National Park | ||
17 | ★★ Flying V
The obvious arête opposite of island zawn left of ANDFKG. Ends at the rap tree | 35m | Freycinet National Park | ||
15 | ★★ Gannet Planet
Up crack until you can step onto the slab and climb this with the help of the arete past 4 bolt.s | Freycinet National Park | |||
17 | ★ The X
up the wall just left of the offwidth of ISAICGO. Follow the twin cracks past the X (crux) to gain the ledge. Follow the groove on the left to gain the top of the cliff FA: Jeroen Jansen & Will Grant, 17 Jul 2022 | 20m | Freycinet National Park | ||
19 | I'm stuck and I can't get out
offwidth | 20m | Freycinet National Park | ||
17 | ★★ Iona
| 25m | Freycinet National Park | ||
23 | ★★ Inchworm
FA: Nick & Heather Hancock, May 2015 | 15m | Freycinet National Park | ||
22 | ★★ Spanner
FA: Marcel & Hamish Jackson, 1999 | 70m | Freycinet National Park | ||
18 | ★★ Rough Play Princess
| 10m | Freycinet National Park | ||
16 | There's No Place Like Home
100m north of the main buttress is a #3 and #4 size flake crack with an incut start. Tree and gear belay FA: Patrick Munnings, Gerry Narkowicz & William Gregory, 2022 | 12m | Bare Rock | ||
21 | Dangerzone
The freestanding pillar on the northern end of the cliff line. Start in the chimney on the left of the front face to gain a slab. Slab right to a steep crack and pull through this to again gain a slab. Trend left along a break to an arete and summit the pillar FA: Patrick Munnings & Jacob Dean | 40m | Bare Rock | ||
17 | ★★ Bonsai
On the north-easte side visible when coming from Sleepy Bay. Hand crack to offwidth past a small bonsai at the start and a bigger one mid route. Belay on tree at top and/ or scramble down gully to the left FA: Jeroen Jansen & Jai Friend, 16 Oct 2022 | 18m | Freycinet National Park | ||
16 | Baby Bonsai
Variant to Bonsai avoiding the offwidth section | Freycinet National Park | |||
15 | Dislocator crack
The crack to the R of DB. Belay as for that route then scramble off north | 12m | Freycinet National Park | ||
16 | Wait, this isn't
10m left of FV. Good climbing up the obvious rightwards diagonal crack up to a good stance. Step left onto a detached block and climb up the arete and around the bushes. The second half is poorly protected, dirty and ledgy. Belay off the rap tree. FA: T.Fulton, E.B.Dent & E.Street, Feb 2023 | 25m | Freycinet National Park | ||
17 | ★★ Lucky Streak
A very nice well-protected slab route accessed by abseil from the top of the Main Wall - a worthy companion to Winning Streaks. Follow the Skyline Traverse track past the top of the Suzuki Complex to the top of the Main Wall. Where the track levels off, and shortly before the top of Japhlion, a squeeze through a slot gives access to a short leaf filled gully on the sea side with a gum tree growing out of it. Down this for about 10m to a scrubby ledge that leads back left 20m towards Sleepy Bay and two U-bolts on the wall above. Abseil 80m (1x25m/1x35m/1x25m) off double U bolt anchors to a small stance at the base of a clean crack on the slab, above the steepening, where you can build a trad anchor.
FA: David Stephenson & Justin Otlowski, 2 Mar 2023 | 80m, 3, 9 | Freycinet National Park | ||
22 | If Fingers Were Xylophones
On the south eastern face of the big rock. Climb the finger crack and bulge. FA: Nick & Heather Hancock, 2006 | 7m | Humbug Point | ||
17 | ★ Tickle the Ivories
A fun traverse above the waves. Starting and finishing on dry land. Start on the north western corner of the big rock. Climb onto the boulder then step across onto the big rock using a big undercut flake. Traverse left along the break, under the roof and around the corner until an awkward step down onto a sloping ledge. From here step down onto the boulders, a couple of meters to the right of 'If Fingers Were Xylophones'. Well-protected with small and medium cams. FA: Jack Colbeck, 11 Mar 2023 | 18m | Humbug Point | ||
18 | ★ Gorky's Zygotic Mynchki
A good route. Climb the vertical seam to the break, place bomber cams, then make tricky moves over the bulge onto the top. FA: Nick & Heather Hancock, 2007 | 7m | Humbug Point | ||
18 | Yeah
Just south of Gorky's Zygotic Mynchki, climb the short wall then the seam splitting the orange and black bulge. FA: Jack Colbeck, 7 Oct 2023 | 8m | Humbug Point | ||
10 | Righto
The crack just right of Yeah. FA: Jack Colbeck, 7 Oct 2023 | 6m | Humbug Point | ||
20 | ★★ From the eye of an eagle
Classic, The first part climbs a groove recessed into the arête with a couple of finger pockets and well spaced hand holds providing exquisite climbing. Lower off from bolts. FA: Gerry Narkowicz & mick ling | Appetite Hill | |||
19 | ★★★ An Evil hour
the best looking crack third line R of the arête of the upper amphitheatre. The climb is sustained off-hand to fist crack but thins towards the top. FA: Robert mcmahon Gerry Narkowitz | Appetite Hill | |||
20 | Fly Off TheHandle
Great climbing up the diagonal crack going left across the face from Limp Wrist. Clip the first bolt of Limp Wrist, then up into the corner below a small roof, then spectacularly left across the wall to the half-way ledge of an off-width crack, finish up crack | 1 | Appetite Hill | ||
20 | Bone shaker
Right of the bolted face called Limp Wrist is a powerful looking crack, starting as a hand-crack then getting thinner towards the top. Challenging and worthwhile. FA: Gerry Narkowicz | Appetite Hill | |||
17 | ★ Jeremy Is An Idiot
First route you come across when descending into the crag. obvious from the large doorway style box at it’s start, has some intricate gear placements at the start, and as the climbing eases the gear lessens. cool movement down low, a little bold in spots FA: Gerry Narkowicz & jacob dean, 2020 | 15m | Appetite Hill | ||
18 | ★ Inglorious
You carried the big gear this far - may as well? The right trending fist crack faced before starting the scramble to White Stack Upper. Actually the same crack as Tashtego, but on the far side of the rock. When you reach the top of the wide fist crack, head left and up past the bush to top out. Climbs better then it looks, 2x 4s or 5s recommended, grade may vary depending on the size of your mitts. FA: Chris L, Nov 2023 | 9m | Freycinet National Park | ||
17 | ★★ Do Me Like You Do Yourself
On the face to the right of Die Hard is a seam up to a ledge, climb the seam with a nice finger jam crux to gain the ledge. Once on the ledge pull a couple of moves through the chubby finger crack roof. FA: Gerry Narkowicz & andrew martin, 23 Nov 2019 | 14m | Appetite Hill | ||
10 | Trout Tacos
Scramble easily up the ramp to a ledge, then finish on a few nice moves up the short corner crack FA: Brunswick East Fly Fishing Club, 7 Nov 2023 | 10m | Appetite Hill | ||
12 | Round The Twist
Start in right leaning crack and finger traverse around to the prow, continue up finger crack to ledge, then easily up unprotected face on good holds FA: Oscar Alaska & Carl Steffan, 14 Nov 2023 | 8m | Appetite Hill | ||
12 | Tick In the Pit
Up onto ledge then easily up through corner crack and out to right, FA: 21 Oct 2023 | 8m | Appetite Hill | ||
17 | ★ Unholy Matrimony
A short slab route following a thin crack up the face hardest moves are just of the ground on very fiddly nuts. Trends right following crack line to the anchors for “The Proposal” FA: Pierce Brickell, 1 Dec 2023 | Appetite Hill | |||
21 | ★★★ Just Boog On Up!
Heady slabbing which blasts up the blank face between Step Aside and Cordon Bleu, but stays entirely independent of the other lines. Classic! The gear is sparse but should keep you off the ground in most places. | 30m | Freycinet National Park | ||
20 | ★★ Sweet and Sour
Alluring looking finger crack that is much more technical than it appears, well protected FA: Andrew Martin, Gerry Narkowicz & Pierce Brickell, 10 Nov 2023 | 10m | Pretty End Ridge | ||
14 | Molasses
The deeply excavated wide crack you arrive at on the track, some nice layback moves, on some larger gear, belay from tree at top. FA: Pierce Brickell & Gerry Narkowicz FA: 27 Oct 2023 | 15m | Pretty End Ridge | ||
27 | ★★★ Holding The Line
The best climb on the crag, up the challenging seam, With good but fiddly gear, don’t be tempted to head out to the bolts on the face to the left! FA: Ingvar Lidman, 1 Nov 2023 | Pretty End Ridge | |||
18 | ★ Gish
Prominent right leaning jam crack with a couple layback moves and a strenuous crux FA: Pierce Brickell & Gerry Narkowicz, 18 Oct 2023 | 15m | Pretty End Ridge | ||
17 | ★ Shattered Dreams
Good moves up the sharp edged crack. well protected FA: Andrew Martin, Gerry Narkowicz & Pierce Brickell, 15 Oct 2023 | 18m | Pretty End Ridge |