Nullarbor Travellers take note

well pretty soon anything offroad will be shutdown. I have a property west of here, recently I banned access to the local Aboriginal Land Council, for various reasons to get to a rather large rock on my land with rock paintings. I was going to leave that parcel of land to them in my will, but recent issues like what you are stating in this post, changed my mind.

Is this a case of a small minority ruining Outback travel for others ..doing the wrong thing... it seems to be the trend these days to be a dick . I'm guessing this is down by the coast ??

So the Yalata Anangu Aboriginal Corporation is blockading part of Highway One - amazing that they are (legally) able to do this.

I have faint (70's) newspaper memories of community blockades at the EH holding travelers at blockades for road 'fees' but I can't find a link. However I did find this interesting piece. https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-d&q=old+eyre+highway+yalata+community+road+protests

Why in heavens name would you even consider pandering to a councils wishes by removing various sites or locations from a map because they dont like it. Never heard so much rubbish in my life. Just say NO......

David or Michelle.

Are you saying all roads in the Yalarta region are now closed, or just to the community? The community has been closed for as long as I can remember. And according to the Yalarta website most of the Yalata lands are still open, subject to the right permit. In fact they are promoting the place for camping and fishing.

I am confused???

Yalarta Aboriginal Community website

David & Michelle,
Are you referring to the present Eyre Highway (ie, Highway 1 which circumnavigates Australia) or the Old Eyre Highway?

I guess what has inadvertently been missed out on this post, is that the Lands in questions are Private Property, owned and operated by Yalata Aboriginal Community.

Yalata IS NOT blockading the Eyre Highway (A1). The blockades in question are across illegally made tracks OFF the Eyre Highway, or other areas which enter Yalata Lands (like Old Eyre Highway), where Rangers have erected many ‘Private Property’ signs but unfortunately, these signs are frequently ignored, removed or destroyed.

No user here would appreciate hundreds of people camping in their own backyard, leaving rubbish and permanent destruction, so it is simply about stopping people accessing Private Property illegally

I cut and pasted the note with out asking permission from ExplorOz and posted on another forum.
This is the reply to Eyre Highway and Beyond from a spokesman

........Yalata Corp

This post and the initial Explore OZ forum has been brought to our attention by several users and Community Members.
Firstly, the post on Explore OZ by “David (DM) & Michelle (MM)” has drastically misrepresented the polite request which was put to them by an employee of Yalata, to have some misinformation rectified on their website. The request was to remove 26 pinned locations (publicly visible) from their platform, all of which were located on Private Property and had been input by users of their service with many including photos, description and or directions to access these sites (some even acknowledging that the campsites were on private property)
It saddens us that comments on this post and the Explore Oz forum are derogatory, racist and implying that Our People are blockading the Eyre Highway (A1). The blockades in question are across illegally made tracks OFF the Eyre Highway, or other areas which enter Our Lands (like Old Eyre Highway), where Yalata Rangers have also erected ‘Private Property’ signs. Unfortunately, these signs are frequently ignored, removed or destroyed.
It is clear from reading the comments relating to this post, that some people may not realise that Yalata Lands cover over 450,000 hectares, with this area deemed ‘Private Property’ which is owned and managed by Yalata Aboriginal Community. Please respect our wishes, and as other users have noted, we do have areas of Our Land open to the public, which is monitored through a Permit system and patrolled by Our Rangers.
No user here would appreciate hundreds of people camping in their own backyard, leaving rubbish and permanent destruction, so please keep race and referendum out of these discussions, as it is simply about stopping people accessing Private Property illegally.......

https://www.facebook.com/groups/222812454725235/posts/1972189606454169/?comment_id=1972194776453652¬if_id=1688083166575214¬if_t=feedback_reaction_generic&ref=notif

Fair enough too. People need to respect the wishes of landholders. The more times that people trespass or trash areas that are open to travellers the more areas that will be closed in the future.

Just saying... I'm so over agrarian pastoralist land leaseholders fencing off good overnight camping spots...

I see that post 25 brings in the "Race Statement"
I carefully re-read all the posts and there was no reference to race in any way, either as a statement or as a subject.
I for one wish this type of slandering would cease and desist and for some to recognize that private property does have entitlements and the racial accusations in post 25 do not have any relevance to them.

I'm still wondering how anyone could have honestly thought they were referring to closing Highway One and not private land access?