Actually Yuyutsu, it did belong to all of us, & should have been made a national park, rather be given to any special interest group.

SM says, ...I imagine that in a month or two they will have their hands out to compensate for their loss of business."

No doubt this will be duly paid so, effectively, the taxpayer will have his pockets picked to have the rock quarantined from something harmless to it.

Thank you for the comments. I think most of the criticisms are answered in the article itself.
Mt Connor: from a distance it looks like it would be impossible to climb. It seems sheer on all sides.
The Aboriginal community, the Anangu, "owns Uluru". Well it is leased to the government as a National Park. It should be for the benefit of all.
Perhaps seven million people have climbed the Rock, over the decades, until today. This has not done any real harm and has not prevented the Anangu (300 Mutitjulu residents) from believing in, or practicing their religion.
The justification is that Uluru is sacred - according to the dreamtime beliefs or Tjukurpa.
The problem I see is that these creationist myths are held to be literally true, and the actual geology of the Rock is rejected, as well as everything else we know about our origins.
Now we officially accept and promote this form of creationism, which we know is not true. As if the truth does not matter.
This ambivalence to truth is more insidious than most people realise.
Relativism has come to be the default. It won't do us any good, and it won't do remote Aboriginal communities any good either.

yep spoke to one Indigeneous guy today who climbed the rock about 20 years ago. He was unaware of any spiritual connection. Oh well here we go again.

yep spoke to one Christian guy today who wore no pants to church about 20 years ago. He was unaware of any spiritual connection. Oh well here we go again.

Dear John Perkins,

No Mt Connor is quite easy to climb. A relative did it when he was jackarooing on an adjoining station in the early 80s.

The is a gorge which comes from the south which is pretty stunning by all accounts and takes you up to the top without too much effort. Easier than Uluru apparently.

So why aren't you clamouring for this to be open to the public? The owners have decided they don't want people climbing it full stop.

Why is it okay for them to take this stance but not the traditional owners of Uluru?

By all accounts Mt Connor is a stunning geographical formation. Why are you supporting through your silence the right of the owner and his wife, 2 vs 300 people, to bar public access to climb it?

How would you answer a charge of racism if it were to be put?