Australia: Uluru climbs banned from October 2019

Climbing Uluru is set to be a thing of the past after the Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park board decided unanimously to ban the activity, starting in 2019. The ban will begin on October 26, 2019 to coincide with the 34th anniversary of the return of Uluru to traditional owners. The decision to ban people climbing Uluru comes after a long history of behaviour that has offended the traditional owners of the sacred site. Traditional owners have been asking visitors not to climb Uluru since the 1985 handback and signs requesting people reconsider climbing have been in place at the base of the climb area since 1992. The entirety of Uluru is a sacred area and the site where the climb begins is also a sacred men's area.

Georgia Hitch and Nick Hose, 'Uluru climbs banned from October 2019 after unanimous board decision to 'close the playground'...' ABC News 1 Nov 2017,