It comes as more than 200 locals gathered at the National Hotel in Natimuk last week to rally against Parks Victoria’s ...

The Victorian government is set to formally destroy rock climbing at Australia’s most significant site after a four-year ...

The mountain is known around the world as an incredible rock climbing site with its closure likely to have devastating consequences on local Natimuk community by diminishing tourism. Mt Arapiles ...

Mainstream rock climbing groups were cut out of the decision-making and consultation process at Mount Arapiles where Parks ...

Indigenous people at Australia’s contentious climbing capital Mount Arapiles have flagged the need to restore ancient, faded rock art because the drawings are so degraded they are mostly ­invisible to ...

Victorians have rallied against the Allan government’s decision to close swathes of the Mt Arapiles park and shut down rock ...

Most Victorians would struggle placing Natimuk on a map, but every year tens of thousands of mountain climbers visit the tiny ...

The move to gut rock climbing at the world famous Mt Arapiles in Victoria’s western region is something straight out of an ...

The secret process used to ban rock climbing at the world famous Mt Arapiles dramatically highlights how broken Victoria’s cultural heritage legislation is. And similar access bans are spreading.

But locals fear it is at risk of being “killed off” after Parks Victoria controversially banned rock climbing in the area. With around 80,000 day visits to Mt Arapiles a year, Natimuk is ...