Editing Mount Warning (section)

==Walking track==
Over 100,000 people a year make the {{convert|8.8|km|adj=on}}, five-hour round-trip trek to the top from {{QLDcity|Breakfast Creek}}.<ref>[http://www.lonelyplanet.com/australia/new-south-wales/mt-warning-national-park#ixzz2BDTTPHe5 Introducing Mt Warning National Park] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203001003/http://www.lonelyplanet.com/australia/new-south-wales/mt-warning-national-park |date=3 December 2013 }}. Lonely Planet. Retrieved on 17 December 2012.</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=MacKenzie |first=Bruce |date=2021-02-18 |title=Summit famous for its sunrise view may be closed permanently |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-02-18/wollumbin-national-park-mount-warning-closure-could-be-permanent/13167728 |access-date=2024-11-09 |work=ABC News |language=en-AU}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite news |last=Forbes |first=Lauren |date=24 May 2024 |title='Heartbreaking': Tourist industry furious as Mount Warning remains closed due to Indigenous heritage concerns, 'costing industry $50 million' |url=https://www.skynews.com.au/australia-news/heartbreaking-tourist-industry-furious-as-mount-warning-remains-closed-due-to-indigenous-heritage-concerns-costing-industry-50-million/news-story/7ca38b885260546c4dde85e816c36220 |access-date=9 November 2024 |work=[[Sky News Australia]]}}</ref>

An ascent of the mountain takes approximately 1½ to 3½ hours (one way) and requires a good level of fitness. There are also viewing platforms at the summit. The total journey is 8.8&nbsp;km (5.5&nbsp;mi).<ref name="discover">{{cite book |title=Discover Australia's National Parks |last=Hema Maps |year=1997 |publisher=[[Random House]] Australia |location=[[Milsons Point, New South Wales]] |isbn=1-875992-47-2 |pages=142}}</ref>

In March 2020 the summit track was closed by National Parks NSW citing safety concerns, to be reviewed in May 2021.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nationalparks.nsw.gov.au/visit-a-park/parks/wollumbin-national-park/local-alerts | title=NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service}}</ref> However, in February 2021 documents obtained through Freedom Of Information revealed that the track and surrounding area has actually been secretly scheduled to be permanently closed.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-02-18/wollumbin-national-park-mount-warning-closure-could-be-permanent/13167728 | title=Wollumbin National Park summit, formerly known as Mount Warning, could be closed permanently| newspaper=ABC News| date=18 February 2021}}</ref> As of August 2022 park authorities had placed a barrier on the access road several kilometres from the trailhead. This would add a forty minute uphill walk to the ascent for anyone attempting to climb the mountain; and the path on the mountain itself had deteriorated badly in places.

In late October 2022 NSW authorities did go ahead and ban public access to Wollumbin National Park, to be enforced with heavy fines. This was soon followed by a video posting showing a hiker flouting the ban.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W-qY6GZ1JJ4 | title=Hiker flouts Wollumbin/Mt Warning ban in challenge to NSW government| website=[[YouTube]]}}</ref> There has been significant backlash in the community surrounding the closure. Many have argued that the track was closed primarily due to complaints from some in the Aboriginal community, not due to safety concerns and the track was in fact still usable.  

In 2024, [[Libertarian Party (Australia)|Libertarian]] politician [[John Ruddick]] led a petition to reopen the track which garnered over the required 10,000 signatures to trigger a debate in the [[New South Wales Legislative Council]] on 9 May 2024.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=9 May 2024 |title=Legislative Council Hansard – 09 May 2024 – Proof |url=https://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/Hansard/Pages/HansardResult.aspx#/docid/HANSARD-1820781676-95387/HANSARD-1820781676-95387 |access-date=2024-11-10 |website=[[Parliament of New South Wales]]}}</ref>
On 31 October 2024, the [[neo-Nazi]] group [[National Socialist Network]] posted to [[Twitter|X]] boasting of their recent hike to the summit where while wearing balaclavas they unfurled a banner advocating for [[white supremacy]].  NSW Environment Minister [[Penny Sharpe]] described the actions as "vile" and "utterly disgusting".  The matter has been referred to the police by the National Parks.  No one has been charged over the incident.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2024-11-05 |title=Suspected neo-Nazi rally now under NSW Police investigation, days after photos were posted online |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-11-05/nsw-wollumbin-neo-nazi-rally-mount-warning-police-penny-sharpe/104564288 |access-date=2024-12-01 |work=ABC News |language=en-AU}}</ref>