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Burnley Bouldering Wall - illumination 8-May-2012 At 10:23:17 AM Will_P

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On 8/05/2012 BenHev wrote:

'The lights have always gone off at midnight, they just had some trouble with the timer so they were going off at 7pm for a few days. That's what they fixed, so it's back to midnight.'

But since Burnley reopened, and until at most a couple of weeks ago, they were on from when I arrived (5.30-6am) until it was light. Ask the two crazy Euro guys who were living at Burnley for three weeks. Why the change?

'Um, really? I'm with ODH on this (I'm not a morning person). Is there really such a demand for pre-dawn bouldering? In winter...'

Honestly, no, there isn't. A few other people show up sometimes between 7-8.30am, but it's usually light by then.

'If you're serious, get a petition or something, I'd need some numbers to take to the elecy bill payers! (Parks Victoria). And no promises :)'

I am serious, but it'd be a pretty short petition. And if ODH's calculations are correct (and to answer your question ODH, three days a week. Why? Too much? Not enough? Both? C'mon...) then, yeah, it wouldn't be a very reasonable request to PV. 'So Parks, there's this one guy who's a real morning person, and he feels like an idiot bouldering with a headlamp, so could you cover an extra $300 for Burnley?'

But thanks for responding, and the work you do keeping Burnley open and all.

Cheers,

Will
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>Cheers,
>Ben