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Grampians Access 2019 5-Mar-2019 At 12:49:17 PM gordoste

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On 5-Mar-2019 FlatPeach wrote:
>Red Rock was listed in the 2003 plan as a SPZ (number 5). The same plan
>that states climbing isn't permitted in SPZs. Regardless of what VL and
>VCC aren't clarifying about where we can't and can climb, that management
>plan states it pretty plainly.
>
>2003 Park Management Plan
>
>It's pretty interesting finally forcing myself to read through all this
>stuff to actually find out where we (as climbers) sit in the whole situation.
>The more you read into it, the more it looks like climbers have just been
>left to disregard the rules to their hearts content and now that PV are
>starting to actually lay down the rules AND enforce them we're getting
>all huffy about it.
>
>It's pretty misleading though - I find it hard to believe that climbing
>guides have continued to be published over the last 16 years without PV
>putting their hand up saying something about the areas listed in them.......
>(read this as "I'm no angel, I've certainly contributed to this gleeful
>ignorance").

Someone more knowledgable could correct me, but I believe that not only did PV not enforce the SPZs, but they actually endorsed climbing-related development (trackworks) subsequent to this plan. I think everyone just assumed they would formally endorse climbing in these areas when they next got around to updating the PMP. Obviously, that's all up in the air now.

I don't think it's fair to expect climbing guidebooks to mention access issues that didn't exist until recently.