Right to Climb

Comment piece by Mike O’Connor in today's Courier Mail asks the question: Are ‘culturally inappropriate’ bans reverse racism?

 Article in today's Courier Mail - appropriate headline.

Article in the Courier Mail today by Jeremy Pierce in which a payment option is proposed to help pay for track maintenance thereby negating any issues NPWS have on costs. It's a good read: Link Here and page image below:

 Great opinion piece in the Courier Mail today by Mike O'Connor... An organisation called Right to Climb operates under the banner “Our Mountains Belong To All Of Us.” It’s right but it’s not just our mountains. Our islands also belong to all of us. Sacred Indigenous sites and landmarks are everyone’s to share Surely it is of greater benefit to enlighten visitors about sacred Indigenous landmarks rather than pressure governments to lock them up, writes Mike O’Connor. That does not seem to be a welcome to country. It is named, auspiciously, Mount Warning and is set to become the latest landmark to be declared off-limits to non-Indigenous people. The extinct volcano, sitting across the NSW border in the Tweed Valley, attracts tens of thousands of people every year who climb its peak to enjoy the sunrise and a view that stretches to the Pacific Ocean. Freedom of Information documents obtained from the NSW Parks and Wildlife Service show it has drawn up hitherto secret plans to close t...

Some recent appearances in the media: The Echo 16 February 2021 https://www.echo.net.au/2021/02/geologist-says-mt-warning-is-safe-to-climb/ The Echo 18 February 2021 https://www.echo.net.au/2021/02/mt-warning-ban/ Courier Mail 16 February 2021 https://www.couriermail.com.au/news/queensland/mt-warning-walking-track-to-be-closed-permanently-under-secret-plans/news-story/3e47b1ee47861c046367d1c8422562db Channel 7 Gold Coast 17 February 2021. The interview was about 10 minutes long but cut down to a few seconds. Sorry the sound is slightly out of sync. ABC North Coast Radio Breakfast Show 18 February 2021. The interview got truncated half way through. We spoke further about the wonderful comments about the summit by Ngaraakwal elder and Mount Warning custodian Marlene Boyd who stated before she died in 2007:   "I do not oppose the public climbing of Mt Warning - how can the public experience the spiritual significance of this land if they do not climb the summit and witness creati...