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death bolts and tree cutting at Earlwood 6-Mar-2010 At 7:18:39 PM Paulie

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On 5/03/2010 nmonteith wrote:
>looks like someone was preparing the wall for commercial mass climbing
>- absieling?

This is atrocious. If you haven't already, I would report this to NPWS or the local council. Anyone aiming to use the site for commercial purposes would need to obtain a permit to use the site (whether it's Shire or NPWS) so there will be a record of any organisations / entities who are legally allowed to use the site. Certainly sounds dodgy as all hell. Consider the SES or similar, though they do some great work, some of their standards with regard to training are well below par, certainly they used to do some seriously dodgy stuff out at Mt Pilot (new access tracks cut in; random bolt chopping, wholescale cliff veg removal), as well as leave the place looking like a rubbish bin.