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Night Bouldering at Burnley 26-Jan-2007 At 5:14:30 AM climbingjac

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On 25/01/2007 alrob wrote:
>no one has invested money in burnley apart from parks and VCC.

Hiya alrob,

I agree with your attitude, that the gyms need to be protected. That way everyone gets a variety of training venues :-) Burnley is a lot harder to maintain than a gym, where the doors can be closed at night for security, and there is electricity to assist with maintenance duties. I shudder to think if the gyms closed and Burnley was the only facility. We just don't have the resources for Burnley to be the ONLY facility, so i believe it is really important for us to take care of the welfare of the gyms.

Just a quick note to highlight that funding and support came from more than Parks and VCC. Transurban put up the bulk of the $$. VCC put up no money - but rather the workforce, project co-ordination, sponsorship sourcing, supplier and discount sourcing etc. We also had other financial backers - one of the climbing gyms among them. We also had a large number of companies and individuals that provided product, and free labour.

:-)

PS it is nighttime at 4pm here in the Kingdom of Puddles!! Now that would be annoying; if it was dark at 4pm at Burnley!!! :-)

Cheers - Jac