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    Ayers Rock - no more climby climby

    Uluru climbs banned from October 2019 after unanimous board decision to 'close the playground'




    Climbing Uluru is set to be a thing of the past after the Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park board decided unanimously to ban the activity, starting in 2019.

    How would a ban be enforced?


    • Under Commonwealth laws, there are steep fines for people who ride or walk in a Commonwealth reserve and go off track
    • The management board could have all walking tracks on the rock removed, making any climb illegal
    • In practical terms, a chain currently in place could be removed, which would make climbing Uluru physically difficult
    • Under NT legislation, sacred sites including Uluru have special protections, and a serious breach of the Sacred Sites Act can lead to penalties of more than $60,000 and two years' jail


    The board, made up of eight traditional owners and three representatives from National Parks, made the decision after consulting with the
    wider Anangu community, who it said was overwhelmingly in support of banning climbs.

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    From the article ... "More recently, tourism operators rejected claims a ban would result in a drop in visitors, saying ending the activity
    and teaching people about why it was inappropriate to scale the rock might increase visitation."


    How far is Ayers Rock from the nearest Town?
    5 h 46 min (462.9 km) via National Highway 87 and State Route 4

    So, it's a full day's round trip drive to the big rock to be lectured as to why you can't climb it.

    ... and that's going to increase tourism? Reality check, lane 5 please.
    Someone is sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago ...


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    Well of course it'll increase tourism. There's gotta be a couple of law abiding folk with "climbing Ayers rock" on their bucket list. They'll be booking flights any day now.

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    ^^ You need to spend less time hanging out with under-tens.

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    I climbed the fooker once in 40 degree heat with a skin full of piss when I was about 20 wouldnt even consider it now.

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    It is a geological feature predating the human species by several orders of magnitude.

    The brothers can have it to themselves on Tuesdays since they rocked up first if it is that big a deal.

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    I don't know Oz, but I'd imagine plenty of visitors will still make it a destination.

    I'd wager around 3/4 of Natl. Park visitors only want to take pictures, eat decent grub and have a soft bed with a view.

    Bless em


    https://www.ayersrockresort.com.au/accommodation

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    Hopefully they have sorted out that dingo problem they had some years back

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    I watched an Australian video where they scattered dead mums ashes on Aires Rock, didn't think that would be allowed, but still it was a movie.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Looper View Post
    The brothers can have it to themselves on Tuesdays
    Sundays should be reserved for French back packers home-movie strip teases







    Actually I am gay on Sundays so make that Thursdays!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Looper View Post
    Actually I am gay on Sundays
    Happy or flaming?

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    ^I am the only ghey in Alice Springs! (on the first Sunday in months with an R)














    ....just realised that is this weekend!!

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    Can you still scatter your mothers ashes on Aires Rock?

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    ^Well she is not dead yet but that would be on Wednesdays.

    You can scatter Pam Aires ashes there any day of the week.

    Actually just googled her and she is still alive too - god bless her


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    Quote Originally Posted by Looper View Post
    Sundays should be reserved for French back packers home-movie strip teases







    Actually I am gay on Sundays so make that Thursdays!
    I never really saw the attraction, till now.

    btw my gayness is postponed indefinitely.

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    And today, it comes to a close.

    The Traditional Owners have shut the big rock from climbing as at the end of today ...

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    Hundreds fail to climb Ayers Rock (Uluru) as strong winds lash the Red Centre.

    As extraordinary scenes play out at Uluru, mother nature has stepped in and caused havoc - forcing rangers to close the climb early.


    There are insane queues up Uluru the day before the ban comes into effect. Source:The Australian

    While the climb is expected to be permanently close at 4:00pm this afternoon, authorities will inspect the conditions at 10am, 12pm and 2pm - meaning visitors could still be able to reach the top before the ban is enforced.

    The controversial ban is the result of a unanimous vote by the board of the Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park in 2017.
    Uluru is considered to be a place of spiritual significance by its indigenous custodians, the Anangu people, who have pleaded with tourists not to climb it for many years.

    https://www.news.com.au/travel/trave...8685857bfc35d3


    My thoughts are ...

    Well, if it means so much to the Aboriginal people, deeply set within their spiritual heart, they won't be too disappointed when the tourist numbers drift off and the Aboriginal's income lowers as people decline to travel the enormous journey to visit a lump of rock in the middle of the desert.

    For those who don't know, the only town of any size in the middle of Australia is Alice springs.

    Ayers Rock/Uluru is 5 h 38 min (467.8 km) via National Highway 87 and State Route 4 from Alice Springs

    Time will tell if the Tourists still 'flock to the Rock'

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    ^Agree. Hopefully, the traditional owners of NT Centerlink will tell them that due to the decrease in tourism dollars, their benefits have been canceled. But they'll still have their rock of spiritual significance to cling to in times of no grog-money

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    As I understood it the rock had fuck all significance.

    Even if it had, why on earth should irrational primitive savagery dictate modern day mores in which everyone with a fucking brain knows there is no such thing as a divine spirt or god.

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    the rock is one of the worlds largest IQ tests

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    Quote Originally Posted by Seekingasylum
    Even if it had, why on earth should irrational primitive savagery dictate modern day mores in which everyone with a fucking brain knows there is no such thing as a divine spirt or god.
    True. People should also be allowed to go to Westminister Cathedral and and yahoo it up, naked selfies, climb over the pews, that sort of thing.

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    Being able to climb it had zero influence on me travelling there.


    Can't remember anyone of us mentioning climbing (or even knowing that you could) as part of the reason.


    Was up there with Petra for me. Absolutely amazing place. No need to trundle all over it.


    Perhaps enjoy learning about and experiencing other cultures and societies, as opposed to the view from the top.

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    I doubt the numbers Will change.

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    experiencing other cultures and societies,



    when will you be blacking up then?

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    Yeah... cos that's a perquisite for experiencing other cultures.


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    Quote Originally Posted by taxexile View Post
    when will you be blacking up then?
    thats me in the black trousers

    I was looking for the macdonalds

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