Mt Warning: Why ban awe and wonder? A view from the summit Open letter to the NSW Environment Minister Hon James Griffin MP Dear Hon James Griffin MP – NSW Minister for Environment, RE CONTINUED PUBLIC ACCESS TO THE SUMMIT OF MOUNT WARNING – IN YOUR HANDS In 2014 NSW Government declared Mt Warning National Park an Aboriginal Place for parts of the park above 600m in height (1). This includes the summit of Mount Warning which has been a highly popular tourist attraction since the summit track was constructed in 1909, attracting well over 100000 walkers annually. James, you may have completed this awe-inspiring walk yourself at some point and would be well aware of the importance the summit has to the Australian and International community as a place of wonder and discovery of the natural world, and an important tourist destination in northern NSW; the first place in Australia to see the sunrise each day. Perhaps one day you would like to take your children to the s...
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.