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hanging rock access 26-Feb-2014 At 12:52:15 PM climberer

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There is a fair bit of media about Hanging Rock at the moment. Do you understand why? The local council wants to build a conference centre, accommodation, permanent stage and apartments (apart from other things) there. Would you like something like this built at Arapiles, so you could look down on it from the top?

I would like to climb there too but I don't think it's the right time to take advantage of current publicity to push for climbing there. Can't see how that's in the best interests of the VCC either (and I'm glad to see Tracey is on board with this). IF development proceeds, and Council actually consults with the community and broader users of the Rock, then by all means talk to them about climbing.

In the meantime a lot of local community members are working hard to raise awareness of what's happening (yep I'm one of them), and pushing for consultation - which I imagine most of you value. Details and background at http://www.hrag.info