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I don’t normally get involved in WA climbing politics, however as a developer of bouldering and bouldering areas in WA I have to have my two cents.
Anything that involves a bunch of people converging on any of the bouldering areas in WA is, to put it mildly “a bad idea”.
Just about all of the areas are in national parks and or dieback risk areas. A group of people driving / tramping through these areas will draw the attention of CALM and will lead to access restrictions.
Maintaining a low profile with occasional visits of small groups to our few fragile bouldering areas will keep things under the radar.
Hey Ben,
Good point but Boulder Rock is apparently an Aboriginal site and we are not allowed there fullstop!
No one pays any attention to this as far as can see.
Kalamunda is in a National Park that we are all entitled to go to. They don’t restrict access to orienteering, rogaining groups and the like. I think our impact would be less than those as we stick to paths where as the rogainers trample through the place.
Have faith that we as climbers can organise a successful outdoor comp. Cleaning chalk after the event, roping off “fragile” areas and the like can easily be done.
Mint
Climbers are allowed to use outdooor areas just like any other user group, as pointed out before. Just like any user group they will disturb the peace, make a bit of noise and break the odd twig.
However being more sensible than most groups, organisers could start the comp by a briefing explaining where to pee, what to do with rubbish and where stay clear of. At the end of comp they could organise a “Treasure Hunt”, which is a euphemistic term for everyone picking up rubbish (any old rubbish, not just climbers, so the site at the end is actually cleaner than originally). Hence people get to use and appreciate the site.
As for the Aboriginal Site issue, check it out if you have not done so, the register of such sites (by grid coordinates, so you will need a map) is available on the web. Perth and WA have hundreds of such sites, most of them have no resulting restrictions on access whatever (Wallcliffe and Llama Rock being 2 examples). The ones that do tend to have large signs to that effect.
What area in Kalamunda would you use? As for Boulder Rock, tourists walk around there all the time and there is/was even a parking area. I shtis what the road closure is all about? Has it been recently heritage listed?
That should say, “is this”, it looks more like “it sh*ts”!
Saw Boulder Rock in a camp/picnic area book at Snowgum earlier this year and it said that Boulder Rock was closed for Aboriginal reasons. I know buggar all else regarding the matter just thought i’d mention it!
Ah poo, had some great times there.
