1957 - members of the Petticoat Safari climb Ayers Rock - more enlightened times! Below is a longer version of an essay I wrote that appears in the March 2024 issue of Quadrant Magazine . If you are interested in helping save what was once one of the best family bushwalks in eastern Australia, sign the Reopen Mt Warning Parliamentary petition via the following LINK . Locked out of the sunburnt country Marc Hendrickx I love a sunburnt country, A land of sweeping plains, Of ragged mountain ranges, Of droughts and flooding rains. I love her far horizons, I love her jewel-sea, Her beauty and her terror – The wide brown land for me! -- Dorothea Mackellar Australia’s cultural identity has forever been closely connected with the Australian Landscape. The natural world around us has helped forge our unique Australian spirit from which emerges our sense of humour, creed of mateship, altruism, ingenuity, self-reliance, courage, and resilience in the face of hardship. Despite the fact the vast
A new E-Petition has been listed in the NSW Legislative council (NSW Upper House) to reopen Mt Warning. LINK HERE... https://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/lc/pages/epetition-details.aspx?q=mIh4VlYuV3MWXOB3MBXJYQ It's a NSW e-petition so technically available to NSW resident only. An earlier petition available to resident of other states is available HERE. Note this will have no influence to NSW Parliament but nice to sign regardless. https://www.ipetitions.com/petition/queenslanders-want-to-reopen-mt-warning-summit The e-petition is limited to a small number of words. Thanks to Ben Fordham and 2GB for their support of this important public policy issue. Our original version read as follows... To the President and Members of the Legislative Council Introduce legislation to reopen Mt Warning’s famous summit track and establish a NSW Parliamentary Inquiry into public access rights in the Wollumbin National Park. The NSW government has plans to hand control of all National Parks in N