"Help clean up the tracks day"?

[debruiser]

I was just reading my news feed on Facebook (yuck yea I know much rather AULRO!) but saw that "Land rover owner international" (the magazine) posted this:


Land Rover Owner
Who'd be up for a spot of greenlane clearance?

I've been chatting to friends in GLASS ( GREEN LANE ASSOCIATION ) and the subject of overgrown/undriveable lanes came up.

There used to be a day or two each year set aside for National Green Lane Day (NGLD), where Land Rover owners owners helped clear and maintain lanes, but that fell by the wayside for a number of reasons.

So, if it was reintroduced as a national event, with work being done all round the country, would you be up for helping?

I know some clubs already do clearance in their own areas - anyone got anything coming up they want to promote?

Neil


Made me think WOW what a good idea! And it'd be a good chance to get out and do some 4x4ing AND clean/fix up OUR national parks a bit. Plus it's a good opportunity to hang out with LR people (in my experience mostly more reliable than facebook people :p )

Does this happen in Australia? Where does it happen? When does it happen? Have you been involved? Should I look into getting involved?

[101 Ron]

Most of the larger 4wd clubs have had a clean up day of one sort or another in areas local or of concern to them.
It will usually be a rubbish clean up day or similar as the public liability will not allow for anything else.
Road repairs etc are therefore out/not done.
Even a rubbish clean up should be done under clean up Aust day outing insurance in case someone gets hurt.
Local councils will usually support where possible.

[debruiser]

Ron, good thought. Pity that stupid regulations and rules get in the way of everything these days.

[digger]

Strzelecki clean up - ABC North and West SA - Australian Broadcasting Corporation (http://www.abc.net.au/local/stories/2009/07/14/2625660.htm)

this is done annually along birdsville and strez..

[Bushie]

Ron, good thought. Pity that stupid regulations and rules get in the way of everything these days.

It never used to be that way, but we as a society are now much more prone to sueing 'someone', that the various regulations were created - we've only got ourselves to blame.

Martyn

[debruiser]

It never used to be that way, but we as a society are now much more prone to sueing 'someone', that the various regulations were created - we've only got ourselves to blame.

Martyn

Well feel free to count me out of that demographic. If I hurt myself doing something stupid then I'm not going to sue the first person I can think of; I'm going to get back up and say "well that was stupid, don't do it again". Seems that noone else is happy to do this though :(