White Entitlement means you get to climb Uluru

mccardey · May 11, 2020

And then, of course, this happened.

A business lobby group has made a controversial call to reopen the Uluru climb to help kickstart Northern Territory's tourism industry.

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But the idea was flatly rejected by Sammy Wilson, who was chairman of the Uluru Kata-Tjuta Board of Management in 2017 when the decision was made to close the climb.
"No. Enough is enough. The word is no," said Mr Wilson, who remains on the board.

I hope that's the end of it.

(It won't be.)

Helix · May 11, 2020

Oh, ffs.

...and have a safety harness system in place just like the Sydney Harbour Bridge

It's a mountain. Why not just carve stairs into it? Or bung a helicopter landing pad on top. And a restaurant.

Mr Batic acknowledged that it would be up to the traditional owners to manage any reopening of the climb but it was important to have the discussion.

The discussion--it has been had.

We know that when the rock climb closed, we had 10,000 less people through the airport per month," he said. "We know that the rock climb [closing] had a direct impact on tourism straight away."

It was closed in October. No one goes to Alice Springs over summer.

Roxxsmom · May 12, 2020

Helix said:
Oh, ffs.

It's a mountain. Why not just carve stairs into it? Or bung a helicopter landing pad on top. And a restaurant.

You just know there are people who would love to do just that. Oh, and maybe allow a handful of super rich people to build vacation homes up there too!

White Entitlement means you get to climb Uluru

mccardey

Helix

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