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Article in the Herald Sun (Subscription only) 15/2/2019

Article in the Herald Sun (Subscription only) 15/2/2019

https://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/victoria/popular-climbing-in-grampians-national-park-to-shut-sites-over-cultural-concerns/news-story/5b3ab262569047e9422af1a67b557ccf

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  • GRAMPIANS t-sHIRT cROWDFUNDING May 5, 2021
  • Climbers Survey Results April 23, 2021
  • Ashlee Hendy – A submission from the heart January 28, 2021
  • Management Plan Submissions Have CLosed January 9, 2021
  • Climber’s survey – Have your say December 12, 2020
  • Off the Charts – the real route losses in the Grampians November 19, 2020
  • New Management Plan Revealed – Only 22% of routes open to climbing, Permits required, Bouldering decimated November 11, 2020
  • Hollow Words – PV Ignores Tourist Damage at Aboriginal Site October 28, 2020
  • 4500+ Climbs Closed – 38% Gramps and Arapiles Now off-Limits October 26, 2020
  • Sign of the Times – Protection Rules Relaxed for Profit? October 21, 2020
  • Arapiles Protection Declaration Expires October 7, 2020
  • Legal Action in the Supreme Court (Plus Formal Complaints) September 25, 2020

ACAV Updates: Australian Climbing Association (Vic) Inc.

ACAV Submission – Draft GGLDMP

Have your say on the future of climbing and bouldering in the Grampians/Gariwerd National Park. Template available below. Submissions responding to Park Victoria’s Greater Gariwerd Landscape Draft Management Plan (GGLDMP) close on Sunday 24th January 2021. The GGLDMP is a critically important document as it will direct management of the Grampians for possibly the next […]

Victorian Climbing Management Guidelines – Version 4

Following a period of consultation, the Victorian Climbing Management Guidelines document has been updated to version 04. The Victorian Climbing Management Guidelines V04 This document has been issued to interested parties at all levels. It is intended to inform and advise with a view to establishing excellent climbing management practices for the benefit of everyone. […]

Time for an Audit, Parks Victoria

Blanket bans on rock climbing in Gariwerd/Grampians National Park and Tooan/Arapiles State Park have been introduced by Parks Victoria under the advice of one consultant archaeologist. When a site has been assessed by this archaeologist, the Aboriginal Heritage Act comes into play and the barriers go up. This has brought about climbing exclusions on a […]

New Grampians Management Plan Imminent

This ACAV update covers Victorian climbing access issues in the lead up to the proposed release of the draft Grampians Landscape Management Plan 2020 by Parks Victoria, due for review by the Environment Minister in June 2020. The 2003 management plan defined the Special Protection Areas (SPAs) that were later invoked in 2019 to ban […]

Archaeologist Complaint lodged by ACAV

The Australian Climbing Association Victoria has made a formal complaint to the Australian Association of Consulting Archaeologists regarding the conduct of a registered Archaeologist, Robert (Ben) Gunn in relation to the nature of his published work, reporting on alleged rock climbing impacts in the Gariwerd/Grampians region. Complaint letter The outcomes we seek are:1. To retract […]

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