11/12/2025
New Industry Standard Released:
Australian Standard: AS 2316.2 Artificial Climbing Structures and Challenge Courses
Australian camps and outdoor providers now have access to the new Australian Standard - AS 2316.2.1:2025, Artificial climbing structures and challenge courses
Part 2.1: Flying foxes and challenge ropes courses — Construction and safety requirements
Part 2.2: Flying foxes and challenge ropes courses — Operations requirements.
These Standards provide a clear benchmark for safe operation of aerial challenge activities including flying foxes, giant swings, crate stack, high ropes and facilitated swings.
For the camps and led outdoor activity sector, this means stronger guidance, clearer operational expectations and better protection for participants, staff and organisations. The new Standards bring national consistency to design, inspection, supervision, risk assessments, rescue plans and material requirements.
These Standards outline:
How Flying Foxes and Challenge Ropes Courses shall be engineered, built and operated.
Inspection and maintenance expectations, including daily, periodic and annual checks.
All requirements and documentation.
How rescue must be planned, practiced and resourced.
Identify job roles and the competencies needed to undertake them.
New testing requirements for crates used in Crate Stack activities.
This is a practical resource that helps camps identify what “good practice” looks like, and how to run high-challenge activities with confidence and defendable compliance.
