Guest Post by Dr John Perkins. John gave me permission to repost his letter to the Minister. It's a plea for reason. I understand the Minister is attending the official ceremony to ban awe and wonder in the Park. Hopefully, she reads it and it's not answered by a departmental hollow man. "While many of those on the Management Board may have literal belief in the Tjukurpa, it is not proper that these beliefs should unduly intrude into Park management decisions, to the detriment of Park visitors." 24 October 2019 Hon Sussan Ley MP Minister for the Environment House of Representatives Parliament House Canberra ACT 2600 Dear Minister Ley Re Uluru – closing the climb I would like you to review the decision to close the climb of Uluru/Ayres Rock please. The conditions for closing the climb have not properly been met. In particular, adequate new visitor experiences have not been established. The attention of the Uluru - Kata Tjuta National Park management has ...
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.