Received this letter yesterday (Below) from the latest Stooge in the conga line of trough wallowers to hold the title of NSW Minister of Environment. According to the letter the Aboriginal Management Plan for Mt Warning is completed. Under the Act absolutely no consultation with the public is required. And as any consultations NPWS have with Aboriginal groups are confidential we will not be permitted to know the reasons why. "A public version of the APMP is being developed that removes any culturally sensitive information. Once this is finalised, we will be able to provide you with a copy." Perhaps there will be a surprise and walking to the summit will be permitted? Or will we be forced to just exercise our rights and climb anyway? Watch this space.... I asked Russell some questions, his response in bold: Hi Russell, Can you provide a short synopsis for what the plan says about public access to the summit? Hi Marc The local Aboriginal community has expressed a view that
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.