The cost of "FREE" <span class="highlight">camping</span> <span class="highlight">Cape</span> <span class="highlight">York</span> ??

"costs of administration"?? No facilities and absolutely no liability by Rio Tinto, Chalco, the shire, the "locals" or the bloody Easter Bunny. What administration???

I guess the options as suggested, plenty of other alternatives, or cough it up.

ob

Hi OB,

Do you know for a fact that there is no cost associated with administering this arrangement? I am speculating that this may be one of the factors involved which has costs involved....how much, i'm not sure.

There are always liability issues attributed to these arrangements , as to who and how this is minimised is difficult to ascertain.

Whether the cost is appropriate, or there is some price gouging, we may never know. As you have said, there are other alternatives.

Andrew

Hi Andrew
Sorry if I came over a bit harsh but these situations do peeve me a little. It looks like you get a piece of ground to park, no power, you supply everything and as per the permit fine print not even a rubbish bin and zero responsibility so I must admit I fail to see how such a high (IMHO) charge could be justified.

As far as liability goes when such a diverse range of possible "landowners" are involved I would hate to be the person footing the legal bill to take any issue to court.


ob

www.westprint.com.au/survey%20Gen%20Cnr.htm

And Aurukun camping is overpriced??????

Maybe not too bad after all......

ob

Whilst i do think the cost is excessive, and believe i understand where you are coming from, these areas do have some additional costs associated with these arrangements eg. throw in a lawyer/solicitor/barrister etc and someone has to pay for it.

Thanks for your opinion OB ... in many ways i agree, however i try to keep an optomistic viewpoint on these arrangements. :)

Andrew

Yeah, I try to view most situations from a "glass half full" point of perspective but geez it's hard sometimes.
"throw in a lawyer/solicitor/barrister etc and someone has to pay for it"...agree whole heartedly.......and guess who those "someones' are.....you and me mate

ob

No facilities hey. Clearly none of you have been out to False Pera Heads then? Solar pump to feed water for the showers & even carports to park the car under. Without doubt our best campsite on the Cape, the bonus being the high cost keeps the numbers down & the riff raff out ;-) Did I mention the fishing. Barra up the nearby rivers, barracuda, sharks, coral trout on the reefs. Just brilliant.
While it wasn't that dear when we went I look at the cost a little differently. You spend $50,000 on your car, bolt on $20,000 worth of assesories, put $2000 worth of fuel in it to drive from one end of the country to the other. Why would I then skimp a few hundred dollars & miss out on some of the best places in Oz even if they are overpriced in comparison?
As far as administration goes yes the permits have to be processed & the main camp is nearly 2 hours from Arunkin for the locals to come out & slash the grass or maintain the track from time to time. With the small numbers that make the effort to go out there I doubt they take much money in the few months it's open but at least it's not locked up totally like many areas.
Cheers Craig.................

There are very few places on either the dev rd or the OTL that you might free camp - VERY few.