Thread: Could this be the beginning of the "re-opening" of 4WD tracks

This was bound to happen one day and it has unfortunatley. What's the point of having these wilderness areas if they're burnt to a sinder because the firefighters can't get in and combat bushfires.

As a taxpayer, I should be entitled to go wherever, do whatever and see whatever I choose without confronting locked gates, fees, idiot greenies, etc.. So much for a democracy

Like Justin said, the only wilderness is between a greenies ears, that and bong resin

Trav

Wasn't Ray (Hiline) locked inside the Alpine National Park a few years ago?

Originally Posted by 84RR

Wasn't Ray (Hiline) locked inside the Alpine National Park a few years ago?

Yes he was.

It happened in the Blue Mountains to myself and a few others a few years back.

We'd gone into a really nice place, found an open area with a cattlemen's hut. It poured during the night but we were snug with a fire going.

The next day when we left, someone had dragged a bloody great log across the access track blocking our egress. The would have needed more than a 4Wd to do it so we suspect it was the NPWS. We had to winch it out of the way to get out. There was no other way, even if we had back tracked to the campsite. When we checked around, we found that there had been a locked gate at that location but that someone had oxy cut the gate off and dragged it into the bush (not us!).

When we had gone in the previous day we had seen the motorbike tracks.

Ron

Originally Posted by aquarangie

This was bound to happen one day and it has unfortunatley. What's the point of having these wilderness areas if they're burnt to a sinder because the firefighters can't get in and combat bushfires.

As a taxpayer, I should be entitled to go wherever, do whatever and see whatever I choose without confronting locked gates, fees, idiot greenies, etc.. So much for a democracy

Like Justin said, the only wilderness is between a greenies ears, that and bong resin

Trav

Greenies dont lock gates. Lack of funds do. If parks cant maintain a track usually it is closed. As is the case with some tracks in Vic they get to the point of being a public liability claim waiting to happen.

Easier for parks to just lock the gate and throw away the key so to speak.

Bugger the national parks, the pollies need to spend there money on there pay rise, goverment cars, expensive dinners, overseas holidays while you and I pay for it with taxes and that lovely thing called the GST

Pollies are the scum of the earth full stop. I feel better now.

Trav

Originally Posted by rangieman

it was not my intenion to offend you and if you took it that way i can not take it back

Sorted! Thanks Chris. I misread your intent.

Ron

Some people are missing the point. Getting 4wd clubs involved isnt to restrict access, christ it cant be more restricted than it is.

If people dont want to join a club thats their choice, but as phoenix said utilising 4wd clubs as an existing network is an excellent way to keep tracks open and maintained, for free! There are literally hundreds of 4wd clubs accross the country, all of these 4wd clubs would be more than willing to organise working bee days to help maintian tracks and keep them clear. Simply using the tracks keeps them clear. The locked gates should be removed and then 4wd clubs should be able to put their hand up to help look after that section of track.

More thought needs to be put into it and the NPWS resourced need to be better used. A locked gate at the begining of every track isnt the answer. Matt