Monday, Jun 20, 2016 at 19:52
Hey Ron
Some very balanced comments, especially your last remark.
What I take issue at is this overwhelming need for authorities to protect us all the time.
And for sure, I get the joke, it is all about legal liability, but how did we ever let the potential for litigation encroach on our everyday lives to the extent it has?
For most of us when we are Out and About having fun we generally seem to get by quite
well in determining safe areas to
camp, whether it be on the Anne Beadell, the CSR, somewhere up in the Gulf, wherever.
And I suspect most of us aren’t looking around to see whom we can blame and sue if the tree we
camp under drops a branch in the middle of the night – in fact most of us probably wouldn’t
camp under it.
Common sense at work, I guess…
So when it comes to determining whether it is safe to
camp at the
campsite discussed in this article, or others that are offering similar, I suspect most of us can do our own due diligence and if it looks unsafe or “dodgy” we won’t stay there.
I’m betting that most people that offer this style of camping on their properties are not doing it on a wholesale basis and that it is mostly low key – perfect, over the years on EO that is what many have called for, especially given many (most) are not willing to pay the caravan park owner the true cost of
parking a van or camping on his plot of land.
As for insurance liability, that is something for the property owner to consider.
But for me, if I thought there was a risk I would be needing to call in the compensation lawyers for a mishap caused on the property I would avoid the risk by not staying there, much the same way I’ve exercised risk management everywhere else I
camp.
This is pocket money stuff for the owners, generally not a full on business that will generate a return sufficient to pay the price of compliance.
I am behind this type of low key offering as it opens the opportunity for a greater variety of camping, especially on Australia’s East Coast where you are limited to either National Parks or Caravan Parks…
Cheers, Baz
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