ACAV Media Releases:
- Lockout motion passes in Victorian Parliament Upper House – 19 June 2019
- Climbing Federation: Mountain Activities Victoria – 2 July 2019
News Articles:
- Grampians National Park: Rock climbing ban at 8 sites, Herald Sun – 17 February 2019
- Parks Victoria to close eight Grampians rock climbing sites to protect Aboriginal cultural heritage, Stawell Times – 18 February 2019
- Rock climbing bans at Grampians National Park, The Courier – 19 February 2019
- Grampians ban follows claims of rock art damage in ‘mecca for climbers’, The Age – 27 April 2019
- Grampians National Park becomes battleground as rock climbers banned to protect Aboriginal art, ABC News – 29 April 2019
- Opinion – Neil Monteith: Don’t ban rock climbing in the Grampians, just manage it better, The Age – 29 April 2019
- Anger as Grampians ‘shut to climbers’, Herald Sun – 16 May 2019
- Between a rock and a hard place: peace talks begin over Grampians rock climbing ban, The Age – 4 June 2019
- Threat to famous climb, The Australian – 29 June 2019
- Climbing Bans – 1089 3WM – Local / National News – 1 July 2019
- Rock Climbing back in the Grampians – for now, The Age – 1 July 2019
- Grampians shutdown angers climbers, The Australian – 1 July 2019
- Outrage on possible climbing ban on Mount Arapiles by Parks Victoria, Daily Mail, 2 July 2019
- Grampians rock-climbing ban: Indigenous group says heritage is ‘non-negotiable’, The Guardian – 2 July 2019
- Climbers press for greater say in Grampians management, The Wimmera Mail Times – 2 July 2019
- Victorian climbers between rock and hard place on park access, The Weekly Times – 3 July 2019
- Grampians Tourism calls for focus on visitor management, Stawell Times – 3 July 2019
- What’s next for Natimuk and Mount Arapiles?, The Wimmera Mail Times – 5 July 2019
- How climbing shaped and sustains Natimuk, The Wimmera Mail Times – 5 July 2019
- Australians love the beach, but sometimes it should be restricted to a few, ABC News Opinion (Dr Emma Lee) – 5 July 2019
- Everyone left hanging over climbing ban, The Weekend Australian – 6 July 2019
- Cultural heritage ‘vital to reconciliation’, The Weekend Australian – 6 July 2019
- Grampians climbing ban: Parks Victoria begged for maps, The Herald Sun, 16 July 2019
- Ban despite sites unknown, The Australian – 16 July 2019
- Peace talks with climbers, The Australian – 31 August 2019
- Grampians climbing ban came soon after complaint, The Weekend Australian, 14 September 2019
Magazine Articles:
- Grampians Access: a Primer for the Confused and Concerned, Vertical Life Magazine – 29 November 2018
- Widespread Climbing Ban in the Grampians Announced, Rock and Ice – 15 February 2019
- Climbing Bans in the Grampians, Vertical Life Magazine – 14 February 2019
- Public perception and misinformation, Vertical Life Magazine – 11 April 2019
- Getting Organised: a Sport Climbing Victoria proposal, Vertical Life Magazine – 1 May 2019
- What Impact are the Gramapians/Gariwerd Bans Having?, Vertical Life Magazine – 21 June 2019
- Reconciliation, Vertical Life Magazine – 1 August 2019
Blog Posts/Sites:
- Save Grampians Climbing
- Park Victoria’s Dirty War on Rock Climbers, Onsight Photography – 26 April 2019
- Elephant in the Room – The uncomfortable truth about the Grampians ban, Zen and the Art of Climbing, 9 May 2019
Video:
- Battle over Grampians as rock climbers banned to protect Aboriginal art, ABC 7.30 Report – 29 April 2019
- Lockout motion in the Victorian Upper House, Tim Quilty – 19 June 2019
- Mike Tomkins discusses Grampians Climbing Bans with Peta Credlin on Sky News Live -1 July 2019
- Hazel Findley – ACAV Support Video
- Mina Leslie Wujastyk – ACAV Support Video
- Paige Claassen – ACAV Support Video
- Ashlee Hendy – ACAV Support Video
Radio:
- Grampians ban has rock climbers confused, Breakfast with Steve Martin (ABC Ballarat) – 15 February 2019
- ‘There’s no excuse’: Parks Victoria explains Grampians climbing ban, Breakfast with Steve Martin (ABC Ballarat) – 18 February 2019
- Grampians rock climbers hit back at allegations of ‘environmental vandalism’, Breakfast with Steve Martin (ABC Ballarat) – 29 April 2019
- Licensed Tour Operators discuss their license extension for Summer Day Valley, Breakfast with Steve Martin (ABC Ballarat) – 3 July 2019
- Eastern Marr Chairman Jason Misfud discusses Traditional Owners and Climbing, ABC Wimmera – 4 July 2019
- Mike Tomkins on Sydney Live with Ben Fordham, 2GB Radio Sydney – 4 July 2019
- Concerns expressed about potential climbing bans at Arapiles, MIXX FM Colin MacGillivray – 10 July 2019
- Tori Dunn on ABC Wimmera with Rebekah Lowe, Breakfast with Rebekah Lowe (ABC Wimmera) – 2 September 2019
- Mike Tomkins on ABC Radio Melbourne, Mornings with Jon Faine – 6 September 2019
- Mike Tomkins on Sydney Live with Ben Fordham, 2GB Radio Sydney – 9 September 2019
- Mike Tomkins on ABC Radio Wimmera, Breakfast with Rebekah Lowe – 10 September 2019
- Mike Tomkins on ABC Radio Wimmera, Breakfast with Rebekah Lowe – 9 October 2019
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