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Cable Car over Mt Wellington's Organ Pipes 14-Jul-2014 At 5:46:44 PM Doug

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On 14/07/2014 IdratherbeclimbingM9 wrote:

>@ Doug;
>How much effect do you think it will have if non-Tassie residents write
>to those you suggested?

I think it could make a great deal of difference, M9.
The strongest argument supporters of the cable car can come up with is the notion that it will be a big boost to tourism, even though figures show that Mt Wellington already figures in the top 4 places tourists visit in Tasmania.
IF lots of non-Tassie residents who have and/or intend to climb on Mt Wellington were to write to the Wellington Park Management Trust, articulately and reasonably expressing their opposition, it would significantly buttress the case local climbers are making.
We think we have a world class crag in the Organ Pipes. Consider: the position perched above the Derwent Estuary and Hobart Town with views as far ranging as Freycinet, the Tasman Peninsula and down the D'Entrecasteaux Channel; the range and quality of routes - both trad and sport; ease of access (especially with the new track network) and egress; and yet a certain sense of wild remoteness above the recovering rainforest at the foot of the crag. A great deal of this would be lost if a cable car was built in the place that is proposed.
The Wellington Park Management Plan (http://www.wellingtonpark.org.au/assets/FinalManagementPlan2013WithMaps_140226.pdf) (see Chapter 8, part B: "The Pinnacle Special Area") says that any new structures or developments must not negatively affect existing recreational activities; the more climbers that write to the Trust to tell them how this cable car would negatively impact on climbing on the Organ Pipes, the more likely they are to listen.
By all means compose your letters ~ just hold off sending them until the period for submissions is announced as the Trust has said only submissions presented during that 30 day period will be considered.