Right to Climb

Recently appeared on the Bolt Report with Andrew Bolt discussing closure of rock climbing at the world class climbing spot - Mt Arapiles in Victoria and what we can do about it.   Marc on the Bolt Report 8 April 2024 Video link below Help us save Mt Warning by signing our NSW e-petition.- Link HERE 

Some renewed media interest in access bans at National Parks and Climbing areas following reports that climbers at the Grampians are facing covert surveillance by Park Officials leading to Stasi like behavouir from the Orwellian "Victoria’s First Peoples — State Relations Unit". The potential fines for being in the wrong place are up to $346,000, but with very poor signage how would you know? This mirrors the behavior of NPWS Park Officials chasing down walkers at Mt Warning and issuing notices to attend meetings or provide information that may incriminate them.  Four protesters who climbed on Australia Day with permission of Ngarakwal women are in legal limbo as NPWS delay taking any action on information they were forced to provide. Given these are summary offences it's likely the statute of limitation has run out and NPWS have missed their opportunity to issue fines. Wait and see. Sad to see the public sector playing lawfare with citizens' lives.  Mike Tomkins ( AC...

Bolt Report Interview 31 October 2022 Audio of interview with Andrew Bolt, on the Bolt Report available from Soundcloud. Click the link below. Sound Cloud Link

Great to be able to discuss the ban once more with Andrew Bolt. Interview available through the link below. Bolt Report 24 October 2019 I had prepared for some discussion about the role of media in reporting of the Climb but we ended up speaking about different issues. Some of this below... #Nopressfreedom at Ayers Rock In a week when the media have been highlighting issues affecting Press Freedom one thing that perhaps hasn’t really been discussed that much is the media’s ability to self censor itself, particularly soft left media outlets, from asking the hard questions on sensitive issues. And Climbing Ayers Rock is certainly one of those issues. Not a single Australian based reporter I spoke with over the last two years was prepared to take on Parks Australia’s draconian media restrictions and interview people at the summit monument or climb and take their own photos of the remarkable World Heritage Listed views that people go up there to see. It’s been quite surreal. I thi...

Interview with Andrew Bolt, Bolt Report 2 May 2019. With just 6 months to go till those nonsensical bans are enforced, it was great to discuss the facts with Andrew Bolt.  Video: https://weeklytimesnow.com.au/news/national/author-challenges-uluru-climb-ban/video/3bc1c481d3b50d257dbaf788a4a76ef7 Podcast: http://more.skynews.com.au/podcasts/the-bolt-report-podcast/