Apologies If I Appeared Racist

That is right mate, this forum is not the place for that type of discusion.
There is no such place.

Nomad,
I am with you. I have met a heap of fantastic Aboriginals on the road and have always made an effort to have a chat and find out the good fishing spots etc etc and I will say that I have never had one bit of trouble. We have often shared a meal or beer onthe bank of a creek or at a remote camping site with Aboriginals and found them more than accommodating However I do detest having to obtain a permit to go to certain places due to the colour of my skin and basically I refuse to go to those places. This is going to stir up some worms but I am an Australian and should have the right to see this country without having to pay pay pay. I would not mind if the money was injected into facilities and the like but we all know it isn't and in a majority of cases our tax is distributed to these communities to enable them to live where they want and without the communal and social responsibilities that the majority of us need to comply with. Remember that the taxpayer pays for almost everything these people have and ,as is evident in many current affairs programs, the distribution of these funds is very questionable.

These opinions do not make me racist, all I would like to see is equality.

I also used to get my dander up about having to pay to go to some area's of our great land. I have changed my point of view because frequently we wish to drive on private property(many areas of the Flinders Ranges for a start) and we choose wether we go and pay or not use the property.
With Aboriginal lands, these because of native title, are the private property of the title holders so why shouldn't we pay a reasonable fee to access their land.
If every Tom, Dick or Harry decided to drive all around our garden's, I'm sure we would get upset fairly quickly.
Just my opinion.
I'd rather have my bum on a beach in Broome
Than be stuck here in this damn room.

I havent visited any land that require a fee to be paid to indigenous owners and dont have any problems with it. If the fee is excessive its not an aboriginal problem but one of greed.
Its not much different to being overcharged for a lousy meal or sloppy work by a dud mechanic. When this happens no one blames white people as a whole,just the scumbag who pocketed your money.

Nomad theres an old saying you dont discuss three things politics religion and what your talking about above because as you know theres to many experst on all .

All the best
Eric

Cape York Connections

We are travelling the Old Abandoned Gunbarrel & CSR later this year. Whilst certain permits are required, I was informed by the Central Lands Council that the only permit that costs money to drive a designated road was the Mereenie Loop Road at a whole cost of $2.50. I have obtained permits for the "Docker River Road" west of Uluru-KataTjuta to the WA border, permits for Balgo Reserve (access to Tanami Track/Canning Stock Route) and permits from NT Border to Warakurna to Abondoned Section of the Gunbarrel Highway to Great Central Road for the grant total of $0.00.