Reply from NPWS to an enquiry I submitted back in January.... It's now over SIX YEARS since the closure and they say they still need more time! Absolutely no regard from NPWS for the loss of income to local businesses or lost opportunities for the public to enjoy the wonders of the summit experience. In my view the walk is safe for experienced walkers in its current condition. NPWS are incapable of effectively managing Mt Warning and control should be handed over to a local board that includes local businesses and the bush walking community. Please let Minister Sharpe know how you feel... office@sharpe.minister.nsw.gov.au Dear Mr Hendrickx I refer to your email of 12 January 2026 to the Minister for Climate Change, Minister for Energy, Minister for the Environment and Minister for Heritage, the Hon Penny Sharpe MLC , regarding the Wollumbin (Mount Warning) summit track. Your email was referred to the National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) for reply. As you are aware, the ...
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.