Brasenose
This crag is about 4 km south-west of Stony Bay Peak (Map Ref: N37 082078, Landowner: Packard & Thompson). Access is from Lighthouse Road above Akaroa. There 's lots of blank rock with a few strong, long lines. It's a neat place - nice outlook, sunny, and a pleasant short walk. The first visits were probably in the 60s, but the crag has had very little development. There are two large crags. All the climbs below are on the left one. Nothing is recorded on the right crag .
On the left wall is...
| Silver Surfer | 19 | Pete Hunt '90 |  |
Arete on L-hand side of the main face. Start in groove on L side of arete. Traverse onto it. #4 CD and #1.5 Friend in horizontal break. May be possible to start on R of arete?
| Truck Stop | 19 | Bill McLeod '90 | |
The obvious crack L of K.C.. Probably been climbed before. You can finish up the direct finish of K.K. (below).
| Karachi Corner | 16 | 22m | Hugh Logan '75 | |
Tricky wall at the bottom. Then up a groove to a platform. Step L off the climb.
| Karachi Corner Direct Finish | 17 | |
This better, direct finish used to be the 2nd pitch of Sind Groove.
| Sind Groove | 17 | 25m | Hugh Logan,Warwick Anderson '75 | |
Next to Karachi Corner. Follow the groove for the first pitch and step L to a platform to belay. The second pitch leads R following a difficult-looking corner.
| Sind Groove Direct Finish | 20 | Bill McLeod '90 | |
A more natural line and harder.
| John Allen's Route | 21 | 45m | John Allen | |
Go up the wall (intermittent pro) to reach a groove. Follow the groove (crux).
On the R wall are a series of routes with excellent pro.
| Dominatrix | 20 | 10m | Gavin Tweedie '90 | |
The first, bulging crack-line.
| * Bleedin' Obvious | 19 | 18m | Clare Kermode '90 | |
The middle crack.
| * Exhaust Specialities | 18 | 20m | Gavin Tweedie '90 | |
Up the brown groove between B.O. and Prima Donna. Good bridging up crack and wall.
| Prima Donna | 17 | 20m | Lindsay Main '79 | |
The R-most of 3 cracks, starting from a vegetated platform. Bridge up the obvious groove to a small bulge, then L and up.
| Not a Contraceptive | 17 | 30m | Gavin Tweedie '90 | |
Up the groove, step R and finish up the headwall.