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The extinct volcano, sitting across the NSW border in the Tweed Valley, attracts tens of thousands of people every year who climb its peak to enjoy the sunrise and a view that stretches to the Pacific Ocean. Freedom of Information documents obtained from the NSW Parks and Wildlife Service show it has drawn up hitherto secret plans to close the walking track to the mountain, named by Captain Cook in 1770, from November next year. In Queensland, Indigenous elders have made it clear that they would like to see Mount Tibrogargan and Mount Beerwah in the Glasshouse Mountains and nearby Mount Co...

Premium Content Subscriber only A decision on the future of the Wollumbin summit track is yet to be made, according to a Tweed Shire councillor. Cr James Owen said he had spoken to the office of Energy and Environment Minister Matt Kean and was told no decision had been cemented. This is despite lobby group Right to Climb releasing documents obtained through Freedom of Information which indicate plans for the track to be permanently closed from November 25, 2022. The mountain, also known as Mount Warning, was closed in March last year because of rising concerns about the pandemic, and has...

There has been a mixed response to a revelation of plans to keep the Wollumbin summit track closed for good. COVID-19 concerns were cited as the initial reason for closing the track to the peak, also known as Mount Warning, in March 2020. At that time, many national parks across the state were similarly affected by restrictions resulting from the pandemic. But as restrictions eased, the Wollumbin closure continued. The National Parks and Wildlife Service confirmed in January the extended closure was still expected to be reviewed in May this year.

Secret government documents have revealed official plans to permanently close the iconic Mount Warning walking track in northern NSW before the end of next year. The trail to the world-famous extinct volcano in the Tweed Valley, known to the indigenous community as Wollumbin, has been closed since last March because of COVID-19. Thousands of people trek to the peak of the mountain each year to take in breathtaking sunrises over the valley to the ocean. But public fears have been growing that Mt Warning could be declared off-limits to hikers forever, as has happened with Uluru in the North...

The Mount Warning trail in the Tweed Valley in northern New South Wales could be shut to tourists as early as next November, state government documents have revealed.