Just around Pt Robertson, north of Joyce Bay
To find Tunnel Cove and Robertson's Cove, you have 2 options.
1 from the north of Joyce's Bay scramble around the rocks and find a fisherman's track leading to Point Robertson.
2 Branching off this track up a gulley to the right is a rough track leading to Tunnel Cove (and also Goat Cove). From there you can scramble south to reach Robertson's Cove.
Routes
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| Keyboard, 15 | 15 |  |
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A face route on good jugs halfway between Tunnel and Robertson's Cove, exit
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| The Sun also Rises, 19 | 19 | |
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Banana shaped wall gully and crack.
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| The Flying Rat, 15 | 15 | |
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takes TSAR gully to the overhang, traverse R 4m up a crack, R and up to the
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| Glider, 15 | 15 | |
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Wet chimney on R of cove then cracks on L wall.
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| Rest Homes, 16 | 16 | |
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10 m From the point just R of the diagonal descent from the Robertson's cove
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| Too Easy, 10 | 10 | |
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Crack to the R.
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| RNR, 14 | 14 | |
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Wall on R
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| Jack the Gripper, 15 | 15 | |
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Last groove before the white wall.
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| Third Time Lucky, 17 | 17 | |
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Steep grooves at the far R of the white wall.
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It seams to me like “Rest Holmes” and all the routes below are actually supposed to be on the “white Wall / Joyce bay wall”.
Be great to have some clarification on what is what on this wall. There are some great lines, description is wildly annoying.
I have put DDB at the top of the best routes so now you can have an enjoyable days climbing quality trad routes without the Flax basing and bollarding that used to be required.
Be great if someone can point the route names out on the photo above.