Cheers
Jack
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Great to know our public servants have done their due diligence then.......fark, that sounds like a nightmare.
One of my work colleagues is the VP at 4wd Victoria and I'll have a chat to him during the week to see if they can lobby to introduce an annual fee or license or something. Has to be better than what is in place now.......and I have no real objection to contributing as long as it genuinely gets used for upkeep etc. of those sites.
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The original proposal had the option of a Annual Fee but it seems to have been dropped.
I have sent Parks Vic a email about the Annual Fee being dropped and I will post their answer when and if received.
Along the Murray and some parts of the Alpine National Park seem to have escaped Fees so far but it wont be long before they do
jack (28th July 2014)
I suspect the public servants aren't understanding how we, as 4wders use campsites. For many of us when out and about, we have a rough plan of where we will be for the night but that can all depend on breakages, winching etc. etc. or how good the fishing was! LOL
It's not like a mum and dad once a year camper with their Kluger who are more likely to book a campsite like a motel room......
I suspect part of it also was they weren't sure how much to charge for the annual pass......
Hopefully they see some sense.
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i shared it with Pat Callanin, he shared it on his page today and sent me a message on facebook thanking me for the link! I'm famous!
I have also sent it to Wayne Heavy from 4wdVic and hopefully they will pick it up if they were not at the table that allowed this to happen!
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Wayne mentioned this when doing a presentation at our Ballarat club a few months back. I can't remember the details but they were lobbying on our behalf. I think it was something like trying to get exemption for 4wd vic members because of the work they already do for parks. Something like that anyway. Hopefully he'll come back to you with an update. They were definitely working on it.
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The word from my work colleague was that much of it took everyone by surprise......as in the decision was made in haste before the state election (probably to add some revenue before we vote) and very little of the recommendations 4wd Vic and others offered were adopted as they had expected. 4wd Vic I believe are still lobbying for an annual fee rather than the balls-up it is now.
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cgm (29th July 2014)
Crap, if they make club members exempt from camping fees I might have to look at starting a club, bugger
Last edited by @GUte; 29th July 2014 at 10:02 PM.