Summit Cairn 1962. There are few photos online showing the survey cairn erected by National Mapping Surveyor Reginald Arthur Ford in 1958. This photo from the Film Australia Collection shows the cairn in 1962. The dog (kelpie?) a sign of the less regulated nature of the National Park in the 1960s. I understand it is a still from a short film " Äppointment with Alice "-- see below. Credit: National Film and Sound Archive. Appointment with Alice A description of the tourist attractions of Central Australia. Series: Australia Presents | Episode: 1 | Year: 1962 | Total Duration: 15 Minutes CU "brain" crater marking in Uluru (Ayers Rock) and high angle WS of the huge "Womens Cave" dwarfing visitors. Tilt to roof of cave with eroded sandstone forming hanging rocks. VS "Roo Tail" rocky outcrop on Uluru with VS of tourist climbing between it and the rock. LS then GS couple and dog climbing up the western slope o...
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.