Tom Elliott slams ‘ridiculous’ banning of rock climbing at famous Victorian site

Tom Elliott says Victoria is inflecting pain on itself by banning rock climbing at the world famous Mount Arapiles.

Climbers will no longer be able to scale up to half of the the rock formations at the popular site, after it was found Mount Arapiles had evidence indigenous rock art.

Tom said the decision made no sense and would harm tourism in the state.

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“It’s like self-inflicted damage – we’re saying to people don’t go to Victoria,” he said on 3AW Mornings.

“I think it’s ridiculous.”