Quote Originally Posted by the evil twin View Post
I have no problem with that Ban at all esp where the amount of wood collected affects habitat etc.

Along the Murray there would probably be no way in the world that the deadfall etc from trees would meet the demands... so controlling the areas where collection is allowed is a great idea.

Collection bans and/or designmated collection areas are everywhere over here in WA and work quite well.
You are very wrong. In the Barmah National Park and along the river there is plenty of fallen wood. Up here we only have wood for heating and a lot still cook and heat water with it. In the country electricity is to expensive (we pay a higher price than those in the city's). We don't have Natural Gas. Bottle Gas is also expensive. Around $130 45 liter bottle. In the city a pensioner gets a discount with every gas bill for gas used. Pensioners in the country do not get a rebate on Gas until they have bought 3 bottle. So we pay in advanced before we get the rebate were in city's its after it is used. Even with the rebate it's still a lot more expensive. So for us in the country we use wood for heating and a lot of people even depend on it to cook. This has been happening for 100's of years and our life span is still increasing.