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Grampians Fires 2014 24-Jan-2014 At 2:29:01 AM access t cliffcare

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Hi All,

Good to see Kieran has been keeping you up to date with the Grampians closures. I am currently in Thailand and will be back start of Feb. As has been suggested here, a few of the main and popular climbing areas have been really badly burnt - in particular Summerday and Hollow Mountain area. I will have more details on this when I get back and engage in discussions but these are going to be closed for quite a while.
I had some brief discussion today on the situation and have updated the CliffCare site http://cliffcare.org.au/2014/01/24/northern-grampians-fire-update-23114/
My internet and iPad are not letting me upload everything the way I want but have managed to upload the closures and one photo of Hollow Mountain carpark showing some of the damage. I will send the pdf to Kieran and hopefully he can upload more if required.

Please check out what's open and what's not and respect the closures. With the long weekend coming up I'm sure people want to factor the Grampians into their weekends - you are going to need to be selective once again.
Re comments above, Weirs Creek and those cliffs along Emu Foot Track are still closed due to last fires. The Watchtower is in a closed area so while the rock might be climbable, the area is currently off limits. Please pass the info out to all your networks.

Cheers,
Tracey