folow up re Theft in Broken Hill <span class="highlight">caravan</span> park

you may be correct I often see them at our local chemist on Friday mornings that is methodone day for them

they have to consume the liquid methadone in front of the chemist


but who ever it is they will either move on or get caught

Did you actually see the "smart alec grey nomad"(your words) take your wallet?
Or are you assuming that because he was a "smart Alec" and he "upped and left next morning" that he automatically did it.

He may well have planned to move on the next morning anyway.

Your warning to be alert and lock when leaving your van is well worth noting

Disco.

yes I agree with you but the main reason for my post is to say that we have got a problem in town with some one who likes other peoples property.

I am not sure what happens when you book into a caravan park I know they have signs but is a the local parks saying to new visitors to be careful we have a theft problem

I am not sure but i am just letting people know who just might be coming this way to be careful.

we do tend to turn the radar off when on holiday and speak to complete strangers and some time s not take proper care as we really should have .

All sounds a bit sad, please don't send these people to WA. I never lock my doors. BTW he's 65 kg now

And when you go for a walk do you lock the doors or let the dog roam around the front also.

I am afraid all the dog is good for is barking and hopefully some neighbour will look over the fence. Which they don't. You would be in a lot of trouble if the dog bit anyone and in that case the dog is most likely to be put down.

We thought about it but as realists we didn't bother. Sorry to disagree with you Nola.

Phil

No drama Phil, each to their own, I don't know about realist though, as I say we don't lock our doors, to me thats real.
Intersting though, our honey moon was camping from SA back to Melbourne (7 days) so we've been camping for 34 years in November, in all states except Tassie. Never had anything pinched in all that time (touching wood). In fact I don't recal actually meeting anyone face to face that has.

In saying that, there are a few places where we moved on due to an uneasy feeling

We first started camping in 1964 and neither have we had anything stolen from the "campsite". But we have always locked the place up. As far as the house is concerned it has been locked ever since we moved to the city. And still is with us in the in-between area between city and country.

We did get burgled once. Simply smashed a side window and ignored the screaming alarm as well. We got off quite well actually with things hidden. They weren't interested in the old CRT analogue TV that we still use and will until it blows up. Not a back yard window either.

But luckily everything was out of sight and hidden from view. And when you design and built your own home it is amazing how easy it is to have a "hidden" spot.

Catchya

Phil

Thats good to hear Phil, while I have no doubt scum bags do rob others, I sometimes wonder if sometimes gets blown out of proportion (no relection on this thread that is just providing a warning).

I lived in Darwing for 3 years, lost count of the times we left the car keys in the car overnight and would be running around looking for them. Mind you that could be a reflection of the clapped out old cars we would drive :-)

Australian made theft deterent can be seen in my profile pic. No warning barks (she doesn't bark), but her stealth skills will out play the most seasoned of crims.

Fab (and Dina).

yes we have always locked up except this once, ours is a rear entry van. misses was looking in the wallet for gold coins to do the washing and left it on the table which is near the door. I was reading outside the door while she went off to do the washing at the amenities block 50 yds up ahead of the van . old mate saw her leave ,I saw him watching her leave. after 1/2 hr saw her coming back so I decided to meet her 1/2 way as I had an urgent call of nature, nodded to old mate as I left rear of van (he was about 5 large paces away) {timed and stepped it all next day after the loss}. missis could see front of van but not rear as she and i approached each other , saw there was no one else around, exceptknew old mate at the rear but outofsight . we saw no one else moving about near our van at that time, missis made it back in 30 secs, thought I had placed wallet in secure spot,later on return I trhought she had secured it , not until next morning did we realize, that it was missing, he watched us searching and he packed up and left. park owner said he was o/niter. got his rego and reported it but only after checking van park yard, and over the security fence and neighbouring yards, and park rubbish skip inside out . water under the bridge now, the point of my original reply was to alert others that there is an odd bad egg among us travelers not a bleep match.

Hi Doug,

I worked in a large surveillance operation for 10 years reviewing more video and writing countless log entries & incident reports than I care to remember, mostly re larceny incidents (theft to you & me). I can categorically state that the offender/s is very seldom who it is initially thought to be.

Some thieving, opportunistic scumbag will almost always suddenly appear from nowhere between the last time you saw your goods & when you observed them missing & take them.

I know it can be hard to get your head around it probably not being who you thought it was, but I've seen it many, many times.

Food for thought! ;)

PS: a good sign is someone continually looking around them nervously. IMO they're nearly always up to no good!

Certainly not wanting to start a pissing match and sorry if we gave that impression. However the fact is that the ONE and ONLY time you leave something in view is the time you get robbed! We know! It happened to us at home! That is why we suggest the only real defence is to develop a habit of automatically putting wallets etc well out of sight and automatically locking the door when you leave the van. You never know when or where or who these creeps might be! It only takes them a minute to reach in and grab! Lynne