I appeared on Michael Gray Griffith's Cafe Locked Out show on April 23, 2024. Link to video HERE . Some notes I made for the show... Re-Open Mt Warning The distinctive peak of Mt Warning in northern NSW was named on 16 th May 1770 by Captain James Cook as a warning for dangerous shoals along the coast further north. The first recorded ascent was in 1868 by Frank, Lou and Arthur Nixon with Aboriginal men Nelson and Maloney. Mt Warning and shield – peak on left, photo by Steven Gibbs Locals in the nearly town of Murwillumbah saw the potential of the mountain to attract visitors owing to the awe inspiring views of the north coast available from the summit, and in 1909 volunteers completed a 4.4km track to the summit. The last 200m or so involved an adventurous scramble up a steep rock slope. Construction included numerous drystone walls and steps worthy of heritage listing but ignored by its current managers, the NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS). On August 3, 1929
Right to Climb
Our mountains belong to all of us. The Right to Climb them and bask in their views that inspire awe and wonder is as old as the human genome. This long-established cultural tradition is under threat by a small group of bureaucrats determined to impose their way on the rest of the world. It is right to Climb because we have the Right to climb. If you don’t exercise your rights you lose them. Don't let petty nanny state bureaucrats take them away.