The CCA spends considerable behind-the-scenes time and effort managing access for the climbing community, to the ACT climbing areas. The CCA’s access work includes:
- attending community consultations with government agencies and – where appropriate – preparing submissions to maintain access to climbing areas in the ACT,
- meeting with ACT Rangers to provide input into such issues as cliff access and cliff care, and
- disseminating ACT Government notices that are relevant to the climbing community within the ACT.
For example, the CCA is an active participant in the ACT Government’s Recreation Users Stakeholder Group, which provides a regular forum to discuss matters related to active recreation participation and the management of recreation on public land and water in the ACT.
Climbing access to Ginninderra Falls
Ginninderra Falls were ‘The ACT’s answer to Hanging Rock’ – near the city, with a long history of climbing and hordes of tourists. Climbing began at Ginninderra Falls in 1967, with members of the ANU Climbing Club showing interest in the area. Technically in New South Wales, this area was enjoyed by many Canberra climbers, particularly northsiders who have few other crags nearby.
The area was closed to the public in the mid-2000s. Since then, members of the Ginninderra Falls Association have put together a proposal for an area which includes Ginninderra Falls to be made a national park. The CCA will be watching the progress of this proposal with interest.
Details of the proposal can be found at the Murrumbidgee – Ginninderra Gorges National Park website.
Ginnindera Falls, NSW
Submissions
Submissions prepared by the CCA include the following:
2010
Namadgi National Park Plan of Management 2010 (PDF 4.04MB)
Rock climbing and abseiling (extract from Plan of Management) (PDF 176KB)
2009
CCA LHI Balls Pyramid Submission covering Letter, 26 June 2009 (PDF 203KB)
CCA LHI Balls Pyramid Submission, 26 June 2009 (PDF 117.4KB)
2008
CCA Scabby Range Nature Reserve Submission, 8 October 2008 (PDF 165KB)
2005
CCA Namadgi Submission, 28 November 2005 (PDF 51.2KB)