Camping areas being shut down.

Submitted: Wednesday, Mar 05, 2025 at 09:56
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Anyone else noticed that more and more areas are becoming inaccessible? I noticed this a few years back with roads and camping areas closed or blocked and signs saying all sorts of reasons which didn’t make sense. And don’t get me started on “Ghost camps”. I have mentioned in the forum before that you can’t book a site as a campground is fully booked, only to drive through it and it is 80-90% empty!
Well, it seems the reason may be the government’s 30x30 2030 plan to make 30% of Australia land a protected area and the same with the sea. For those of us that travel this great land, I feel the door is slowly closing. One of the 30x30 sites I looked at, actually says “Supporting First Nations to voluntarily declare additional Indigenous Protected Areas could play a key role.” and also says that protected areas “is likely to be added in coming months as more Indigenous Protected Areas are declared.
Here a video that talks a little about it.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mpg3Tjb86AE
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Reply By: Member - Rowdy6032 (WA) - Wednesday, Mar 05, 2025 at 17:21

Wednesday, Mar 05, 2025 at 17:21
Taken from Pat Callinan's Newsletter.

Big changes are coming to National Parks across NSW, with the state government looking to transfer ownership of every single park, 10% of NSW to traditional landowners over the next two decades. The move expands the existing joint-management model, which currently sees about 30% of National Parks handled by traditional owners in partnership with the government. But not everyone is convinced this is a step forward for public access.
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Reply By: PeterInSa - Wednesday, Mar 05, 2025 at 19:48

Wednesday, Mar 05, 2025 at 19:48
Tony, I think the closedown has been going on for years.

When our children were young/teenagers we camped (along with 5 or 6 other vans) with our 24ft fully self contained caravan, at Fishery beach out from Cape Jervis ( the Port that links the mainland to Kangaroo Island). We probably did this once a year for maybe 5 or 6 years. Now, probably umpteen years ago the camping area has been blocked off.

https://localistaguide.com.au/listing/fishery-beach?place=cape+jervis%2C+sa%2C+au
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