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The Gallery 16-Mar-2012 At 11:55:55 AM Access T CliffCare

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I'll have some more info up soon on the recent inspection I did on the climbers access track to The Gallery, Grampians but in the meantime - As noted previously, I am looking for climbers who use this area to put aside some time and help out at the upcoming working day in May to work on the track. I originally have it marked down as Sat 26th May but am curious to know if the Sunday would be more preferable to climber/volunteers seeing as the Sunday is usually a shorter climbing day anyway?? let me know your thoughts and I can reschedule if need be.

On 20/01/2012 nmonteith wrote:
>Great work Tracy. I think the erosion trench was probably caused more from
>a single flash flood moment rather than years of climbers walking up that
>hill.
Yep, for the most part, you're certainly right there. For a startoff, whilst a popular area, The Gallery track wouldn't see anywhere near as much traffic as other areas and has held up quite well. The problem with all tracks, especially steep ones, is that water directs itself to them and this is where the rutting comes in and the whole issue just accelerates. The flooding in 2011 certainly gouged deep trenches as you noted.

Cheers,
Tracey