Almost 10,000 people have signed a petition to re-open the summit track of New South Wales’ (NSW) Mount Warning (Wollumbin), which has been closed to the general population by local indigenous guardians since 2020.
The 1,156-metre eroded shield volcano in the Northern Rivers region of the Tweed Coast is a popular destination for hikers and nature enthusiasts, and there is evidence of indigenous habitation over the past 6,000 years.
Aboriginals believe it is the place where their creator spirit Nguthungulli, ascended to the sky. Before the ban, 120,000 visitors annually would frequent the mountain’s summit track and its surroundings.
In 2020, the mountain was closed due to COVID protocols but was kept shut post-pandemic by safety concerns and by the Wollumbin Consultative Group, a consortium of Aboriginal elders from the Bundjalung people....
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