Thread: Climbing Uluru to be banned from 2019

Originally Posted by Eevo

could probably driving a land rover to the top

This will get the purist`s and the precious ones going
I have heard and seen pic`s (could have been super8 film) of a series driven by a certain well known Victorian LROC member driving part way up the rock in the early 60`s

Not that im saying it is right or wrong but there was nothing wrong with that pic or actions for years and years until very recently.



And of course i could be making this up as no names will be mentioned

Somewhere in my dodgy memories I recall an old mate telling how, years ago, he enjoyed lunch parked on top of the rock in an RAAF Iroquois. Tut, tut

Originally Posted by Saitch

Somewhere in my dodgy memories I recall an old mate telling how, years ago, he enjoyed lunch parked on top of the rock in an RAAF Iroquois. Tut, tut

And here I was thinking I was the only one that pushed boundaries in the defense force.

Apparently Supporting a range shoot......well the RAAF regularly conduct fly overs along Teewah Beach.

I would hardly say survived comfortably, survived yes. Drought and famine have nearly wiped them out completely at various times throughout history. The mortality rates were huge. Have also heard this first hand from a WA Western Desert elder. When the area was being cleared for the rocket tests in the 50s, they had had 2 years of drought and more than 50% (figures may be much higher) had been wiped out and many more malnourished. He is quite open that at that time the best thing to happen was the white man making contact and providing, food and jobs. This is directly from a Martu elder who was actually the little boy holding his mothers hand in the film Contact (Australian film not Jodie Foster film).

Originally Posted by bln

It been a real eye opener reading the posts - its very obvious that there are two opposing views and nothing too much in the middle. After travelling in my LR into many remote areas of Australia I’ve come to love Australia and what we stand for. I love the Australian way of life and how we accept others as cobbers. I have also come to appreciate that the Aborigines have lived here for 60,000 years - the oldest existing civilisation in the world. I’ve learnt and can respect that over 60,000 years they have developed a deep spiritual connection with the land. The land and its water have for 60,000 years provided them with all that they need to survive and from all accounts very comfortably. As we all know the last 200years had been an environmental disaster - Murray Darling Basin is stuffed, the Coorong is now hyper saline, the Great Barrier Reef will be knackered within the next 10 years. You only have to travel through our national parks to see the devastation caused by goats. Poor farming practices are causing dry land salinity. Land clearing is occurring at a devastating rate in Queensland. Big greedy businesses are stealing water from the Darling for their cotton farms. You and I who travel this land don’t benefit from these corporate disasters and our indigenous forefathers are left with their spiritual connections broken or scarred. I for one don’t want to lose such an amazing history and will support any actions or policy that attempts to preserve the indigenous history and their culture before it is too late and we lose that as well.

Originally Posted by weeds

Why is that Perentie flying the German National Flag?

Garry

Originally Posted by garrycol

Why is that Perentie flying the German National Flag?

Garry

We, I don’t think it’s the German flag, but it is the same colour as another European country.

It’s the RAEME Corps Flag, Royal Australian Electrical & Mechanical Engineers......kinda matches the GMV that it’s attached to.

Originally Posted by garrycol

Why is that Perentie flying the German National Flag?

Garry

AFAIK it's not, this one is the regular German flag:

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