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Sydney - North Head / The Gap POM review 16-Dec-2010 At 12:53:21 PM TonyB

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On 16/12/2010 wallwombat wrote:
>Isn't that nice of the scum sucking maggots?

Here's the latest from the bureaucratic public servant wankers:

Page 63:
"OUTCOME 4
Provide rich and memorable experiences in the Park"

"Adventure activities
»»Adventure activities such as base jumping, abseiling and rock climbing will not be permitted in the Park. "

So much for the dozens of submissions we made !!

Page 95:
"Rock climbing, abseiling and other adventure activities will not be permitted in the South Head precinct."

Page 109:
"Rock climbing, abseiling and other adventure activities will not be permitted in the Gap Bluff Precinct."

Page 118:
"There is strong interest and desire from the rock climbing community for rock climbing to be allowed in Sydney Harbour National Park"

Good enought reason to piss those climbers off ...

You want to know why ?? Well the answer is on page 123 ... climbing conflicts with whale watching !!!

"Adventure activities such as rock climbing have the potential to conflict with other park visitors at North Head. The numbers of visitors to North Head is increasing and most visitors visit North Head for the harbour and city views, for whale watching and for viewing specific harbour events such as the start of the Sydney to Hobart yacht race."

There's still a chance though ... if you have a licence and if you are able to use a heritage building as an anchor, p 123:

"However, in the case of North Head, there is a potential opportunity to provide a cliff face adventure activity on a highly controlled and licenced basis. This type of activity might utilise some of the heritage structures and existing access routes across the rockface."

Ah, the twisted workings of the minds of bureaucratic public servant wankers !

http://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/resources/parks/20100998SydHarbNPdraftPOM.pdf