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Balls Pyramid 10-May-2013 At 1:28:38 PM technogeekery

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I was reading some stuff over on the 'Taco about Ball's Pyramid, and was wondering what became of this PoM. Bump for an interesting topic, and an update.

From NSW Environment & Heritage, this is extracted from the PLan of Management adopted in 2010:

Access:

"Except with the permission of the Board for management or research purposes,
access (for both visitors and residents) will not be permitted to the following areas... - any of the offshore islands, apart from Roach Island and Blackburn Island"

Activities:

"Recreational rock climbing is prohibited on Balls Pyramid and on areas above
walking tracks (e.g. on the cliff above the Lower Road). Elsewhere on the island it
requires either permission from the Board or the services of a licensed guide. No
applications for rock climbing have been received in recent times and it is generally
believed that the geology of most cliff faces is too unstable to permit safe climbing.
Climbing to access research sites (e.g. on Balls Pyramid) or for management
purposes (e.g. weeding on cliffs) can occur, subject to the Board’s approval."

You can download a copy of the PoM from http://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/parkmanagement/LordHoweIslandPomFinal.htm