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potential new bouldering area in NW sydney 21-May-2009 At 4:29:51 PM contactgav

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On 17/05/2009 nmonteith wrote:
>I just received this email from Kev Seymour
>
>
> the cliff and cave sites at bannerman rd are
>actually some of the last remaining aboriginal stencil and etched sites
>left intact and unaltered in the sydney area.
>most discoveries of sites throughout the greater sydney area (largely
>the hornsby plateau through to the hawkesbury)were made known in the sixties
>and have since largley been destroyed.
>the bannerman rd sites were discovered many years ago and have largely
>been kept a secret for fear they too would be damaged. these days very
>few significant cultural discoveries are made known to the public.
>
>
if i had something of signifcant importance and value, i'd look after it closely rather than leaving it up to fate and chance.

if it is one of the last intact areas, perhaps they should take steps to preserve it.

at the end of the day, if the bouldering is good and is not on the rock where the art work is, i'm climbing on it.