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Night Bouldering at Burnley 24-Jan-2007 At 11:13:14 PM climbingjac

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Parks already helped us more than they planned to financially with paying for the construction of the walls themselves. They were unable to stretch the budget even further to provide additional lighting.

In other words, we've definitely discussed the lighting issue already. The cost of suitable light fixtures is at least $800 each, even if we get the sparky to provide free labour to install them. Anyone with a spare $800 kicking around should get in touch with me and I will happily co-ordinate the use of the cash to investigate the feasibility of installing lighting. That is not to say that it is smart to install lighting - the impact to the climbing and bouldering gyms in Melbourne has to be considered. Remember they are easier sites to maintain and keep open. Burnley is a lot more hard work. It wouldn't be smart to light Burnley up like a Christmas tree, relieve the gyms of all their business, force them to close their doors, etc etc. That would be a very undesirable result. In other words, we have to consider a few things before we jump in with installing lighting. Happy to discuss further in the event that a spare $800 was floating around.