Traditional landowners work closely with Gariwerd Wimmera Reconciliation Network and Parks Victoria to close or reroute climbing trails and change access points to allow respectful recreation.
Key points:Fifty-one routes are now open for climbersGunditjmara, Tjap Wurrung, and Buganditj traditional landowner groups worked closely with Gariwerd Wimmera Reconciliation Network and Parks Victoria to close or reroute climbing trails, change access points and create a plan to allow the site to be used respectfully for recreation.
Parks Victoria regional director Jason Borg said the top priority was to protect cultural and environmental values."Whilst from afar it looks the same, there's some changes on the ground to make sure people can climb in a respectful way. "We asked for rerouted access tracks, and there's been the removal of some bolts to stop people from climbing in areas where there is cultural sensitivity as well.""[There are] rock art and quarry sites, and then there's intangible values as well, which are not physical values," he said.
"We've got exclusion zones there, and we're really transparent on all the information so that those cultural values can stay intact and last thousands of years more."
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