Thread: Maccas not opening in Simpson Desert

McDonald's prank sign removed from the Simpson Desert by South Australian Government - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

McDonald's prank sign removed from the Simpson Desert by South Australian Government

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Photo The prank McDonalds sign was erected 200 kilometres into the Simpson Desert by a Melbourne artist.
ABC News: Dean Faulkner The South Australian Government has removed a "McDonald's opening soon" sign put in the Simpson Desert Conservation Park as a prank.
A Melbourne artist last month claimed responsibility for the erecting the sign on top of a 15-metre high sand dune, 200 kilometres into the desert, after 12 months of careful planning.
SA Environment Minister Ian Hunter said it was illegal to put a structure in a reserve without permission and a park ranger had to travel 12 hours from Port Augusta last week to remove it.
"We do see the funny side of this," he said.
"It is very humorous but we particularly don't want people searching for a sign off the tracks, damaging the fragile landscape and putting themselves potentially at risk in a very remote location."
The sign has found a new home as a tourist attraction out the front of the Mungerannie Pub.
Phil Gregurke from the Mungerrannie Hotel said it had been put there for tourists with a sense of humour.
"At one time, the bar here used to be the number one photographed item up here," he said.
"Now I reckon the Maccas sign is the number one picture. People just stand under it or stand in the bus stop with the Maccas sign above them and yeah, it's a good laugh."

Should have put it there in the first place, more people would see it and the prank would have generated more tourist dollars for the town and pub.

I do see the funny side as well, but more rubbish in the desert and the crap the people will put there when they visit it, can't be a good thing, just look at any of the iconic attractions out there, just piles and piles of crap everywhere, the yellow double decker bus was a prime example

Baz.