Thread: restricting access to the simpson deert

yes i agree a permit would be a good idea, only problem with that is they will then start charging a fee......you know for all the hard paper pushing it requires

That'd be right!

They allow people to jump out of perfectly good aeroplanes but want to stop people driving across the land.

Who's got their priorities wrong again? And Where did you hear that, official sources or rumour?

Originally Posted by dullbird

yes i agree a permit would be a good idea, only problem with that is they will then start charging a fee......you know for all the hard paper pushing it requires

Yes but then they would be able to use the funds created by the permits to seal the road so that even the people with the Winnebago's could also cross the Desert!

Diana

Originally Posted by Lotz-A-Landies

That'd be right!

They allow people to jump out of perfectly good aeroplanes but want to stop people driving across the land.

Who's got their priorities wrong again? And Where did you hear that, official sources or rumour?



Yes but then they would be able to use the funds created by the permits to seal the road so that even the people with the Winnebago's could also cross the Desert!

Diana

Only after they bulldoze the dunes.

Originally Posted by Lotz-A-Landies

That'd be right!

They allow people to jump out of perfectly good aeroplanes but want to stop people driving across the land.

Who's got their priorities wrong again? And Where did you hear that, official sources or rumour?



Yes but then they would be able to use the funds created by the permits to seal the road so that even the people with the Winnebago's could also cross the Desert!

Diana

skynews about 10.30 tonight, also had some parks guy from SA talking about it too, so who knows, can never be sure with the media. How often do we hear a rumour like that only to find out later that its far worse than we first heard because of under table deals with greens etc and too late to do any thing
cheers
blaze

Originally Posted by dullbird

yes i agree a permit would be a good idea, only problem with that is they will then start charging a fee......you know for all the hard paper pushing it requires

they already slug you $80 for a Desert pass.

In the 1960s I worked in the Simpson for twelve months of the year, and we did not have airconditioning or any of the specialised equipment most people have today. Certainly it gets hot, but the danger is only greater for those who ignore common sense.

I can see no reason for the ban, other than to reduce costs of retrieving the bodies, and I haven't heard that this is a significant cost. Just another case of unnecessarily protecting people from themselves to try and stop the action of natural selection. And as NM says - it won't work. Even if they put locked gates at each end, you can always either drive round them or break the gate. After all everyone going across will be set up for cross country driving!

John

Originally Posted by crump

they already slug you $80 for a Desert pass.

$80, we paid $95 in 2005 for a parks pass, have they dropped the price

Personnally i think it's a good idea, they restrict access the the high country to prserve the tracks being damaged, no difference really.

You still have access too it, just not in the hottest part of the year, why you would want too go there in summer is beyond me anyway.

Baz.

Originally Posted by Redback

$80, why you would want too go there in summer is beyond me anyway.

Baz.

My thoughts exactly.