The Weekly Advertiser – Wednesday, November 4, 2020

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CHANGING THE FACE OF MEN’S HEALTH: Dimboola Stockfeed and Produce owner Neil Shaw is growing a handlebar moustache to raise money for Movember men’s charity, which is aiming to reduce the number of men dying prematurely by 25 percent, by 2030. Mr Shaw’s son, Stuart, died from a rare form of blood cancer in 2016, aged 30. Mr Shaw will allow one donor to his campaign to shave his face at the end of the month. Story, page 15. Picture: PAUL CARRACHER

Tourism potential BY DYLAN DE JONG

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immera First Nations leaders are keen to explore cultural tourism opportunities at Mount Arapiles following discoveries of sites of possible national significance.

Barengi Gadjin Land Council believes sites used for stone-tool quarrying and manufacturing found at Mount Arapiles-Tooan State Park and nearby Black Range State Park late last month present a unique opportunity to expand tourism in the region.

The concept has attracted support from regional development leaders who remain confident of a healthy and productive compromise between stakeholders as they start working through complex issues surrounding community access and site protection. Discoveries of the stone-tool sites led to Parks Victoria and the land council closing areas of the parks to recreational users such as climbers late last week to allow for archaeological survey work. The closures include a 200-metre

section along a popular rock-climbing area at Mount Arapiles known as Tiger Wall, as well as locations known to climbers as Plaque Wall, Chicken Boulder, Castle Crag and Lil Lil in the nearby Red Rock Bushland Reserve. Closures sparked anxiety from Natimuk residents and rock climbers across the country concerned about the future of the small rural town and Mount Arapiles. Land council acting chief executive Tim McCartney said data showed

there was a growing appetite for cultural tourism, where both domestic and international visitors were keen to learn about indigenous culture through an ‘immersive’ guided experience. He said the discoveries at Mount Arapiles and Black Range presented an opportunity to support regional tourism as well as celebrate and teach indigenous culture. “The opportunities with cultural tourism are endless,” he said. “This really provides a great opportunity to increase visitor numbers

but also to change a bit of the visitor demographic that visit Arapiles.” Mr McCartney said First Nations tours could take visitors on country to learn about indigenous culture and provide a ‘memorable and immersive’ experience. “A lot of Aboriginal tourism is based on museums and cultural centres, but museums are looking back at a particular point in time – they’re not looking at the living landscape of a living culture,” he said. Continued page 3

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