Arapiles climbing ban The film argues that climbers have served as stewards of the land and disputes claims from Parks Victoria and the Barengi Gadjin Land Council about the role of climbers in damaging cultural sites. Nov 29, 2024 · The government has also extended community consultation on the proposal, which locals hope will lead to a review on the decision to ban climbing on the town's main tourist attraction. Australia's Victorian Government and Parks Victoria recently announced far-reaching plans to ban climbing at the world-famous climbing area Mount Arapiles. (Nine) Nov 7, 2024 · The Victorian government has released its plan to protect culturally significant sites in the Mount Arapiles-Tooan State Park. The move, designed to protect Indigenous artifacts such as scarred trees and rock art, comes in the wake of numerous other bans in the Grampians and affects half of the climbs in the Arapiles. Most importantly these areas are considered the best crags to climb at Arapiles – with the Jan 30, 2025 · To advocate against the closure of additional Arapiles climbing areas, Corroto released a short film exploring the heritage of climbing in Arapiles. Bans imposed in 2020 on several climbing areas, including Declaration Crag, Tiger Wall, and Castle . While the announcement included provisions for a four-week ‘consultation’ phase, Parks Vic initially said the input received during that period would, incredibly, have no Nov 6, 2024 · Under the draft management plan, 80 of the established rock-climbing areas are open for climbers. Nov 9, 2024 · The recent announcements lock in a ban of 63% of Arapiles rock climbing routes on day 1, and moves to a permanent ban of more than 54% of the rock climbing routes some time in the distant future (if they find money to install new signs, tracks etc). About half of the park's renowned rock climbing areas will be closed May 6, 2025 · Late in 2024, Parks Victoria announced the permanent closure of more than 1,000 routes at arguably Australia’s most significant climbing area: Mt Arapiles/Dyurrite. READ MORE: Staggering number of drivers affected by drugs revealed Avid climbers have flocked to Mt Arapiles for decades.