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Accessing rock on private land 23-Jul-2014 At 1:12:41 PM chunderfuzz

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On 23/07/2014 peteclimbs wrote:
>Not sure how much this has been looked at in Australia but it's pretty
>common in the US. Much of Red River Gorge for example is on private land
>and climbers need to sign a waiver and leave it in a box at the car park
>prior to climbing in some areas. Makes sense and is easy to do. You'd think
>if the litigation obsessed Yanks can find a way to make it work then it
>should be straight forward enough here.
>
>If you're interested here's what the Red River Gorge Climbers Coalition
>get you to sign
>
>https://www.smartwaiver.com/w/51c2134a209ee/web

I'm fairly sure that in spite of a waiver, landholders in Australia still have a duty of care to anyone using their land.

The land owner would also need to be covered by public liability insurance (somewhat included in house insurance but the amount and what is covered varies) and having people do sports such as climbing on their land may raise the premium or be specifically excluded as part of their cover.

**just found a link, it varies from state to state...this is for NSW.

No liability for harm suffered from obvious risks of dangerous recreational activities

http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/nsw/consol_act/cla2002161/s5l.html