Thread: restricting access to the simpson deert

Originally Posted by JDNSW

the action of natural selection.

John

Summer? What sort of bodily abuse do people want? Sure there will not be many people around and for good reason. How uncomfortable for all involved going into the desert or for that matter just driving there. Apart from this there is a good chance of storms and then what, do they drive all the tracks and local roads to ruin them only to have someone else complete the repairs? Morons!!

Originally Posted by Numpty's Missus

$80
Try $105

OK, more than $80,all I remember was it was a lot.Oh, and I didnt pay it.

Originally Posted by Numpty's Missus

When the parks pass first came out it was $80, and you got the pass for the windscreen and a booklet.
This year it cost us $105 for the pass, an info booklet and a couple of maps.
The same pass, book and maps that we paid $95 for 2 years ago
That's inflation and you don't get much for your money IMHO, but that's what it costs so that's what you pay!!

hey, you get a picnic shelter Birdsville side of Big Red and some wheelie bins that havent been emptied for some months and are overflowing into the desert that you are being asked to pay about $100 to help maintain, what better value could you want??

Originally Posted by crump

hey, you get a picnic shelter Birdsville side of Big Red and some wheelie bins that havent been emptied for some months and are overflowing into the desert that you are being asked to pay about $100 to help maintain, what better value could you want??

Ohhh tosh, dont mind me, I'm just bitter after paying $50 per person to see Ayers Rock and being told where I could take pictures from.

Well they close most of the walk at Ayres rock and the olgas when the temp is above 36C. I was there.

There is a good reason to go in summer,no one else is there!!.We went through in Nov and we only saw a couple in the then new td5 defender and a couple in a duel cab rodeo.It was a peacefull 5 days until big red and a crowd of 20 vehiles racing up and down like fools.Later at birdsville we meet a group of tag-a-longs and there was 18 vehicles going over together.It is the damage they cause that is the problem. Pat

I'm very thankful mum and dad took me all these places and more as a kid.