4x4 drivers not respecting/bush

*this guy is inside himself*

Explain ??????

Maybe this is another thread bob, have you done the wrong thing on a number of occasions in the bush !

cheers

Hi

It could be true that 50% of the 4WDers that he sees are doing stupid things, but who says he sees all 4WDers that go there. Seems to me only the badones get noticed. The rest of us who Tread Lightly (or whatever it is now) don't get noticed doing the right thing so we aren't counted.

Sort of like when I worked in a city Emergency Dept - it would be easy to think all teenagers are drug users or petrol heads 'cos that was all we saw. The other 90% didn't get noticed!

Cheers
John

Hi Jiarna

Yep you could be right its certainly a touchy subject because we all like to think were doing the right thing...It could be the area as well,does anyone from this forum frequent the area too,you could not meet a more genuine bloke,help anyone and i dont doubt what he has told me at all...

cheers

Warfer,in other words up himself.
answer to the other Q.in short, NO!!!
Bob.

Thanks crackles my friend is a top bloke and is rarely wrong when talking about something...

it will be a shame but thats the way it goes....

cheers mate

Yeah some people just dont think it'll happen to them and to take young children geez

And lets not forget that Puffing Billy has sometimes 2 trains a day to Gembrook and all that smoke and cinders has to go somewhere, then of course there are thousands of enthusiasts tramping down the grass to take photgraphs as well as queueing at the Gembrook Tea Rooms.... Naaaaaaaaa I think 4x4's are doing little damage compared with that lot....

now now mr willy.
if his mate only saw 4 people and 2 were being idiots
what percentage would that be
lol
cheers mate

Ahhh Jemima

Where ya bin hiding??? lol

Don't ask me ....I'm no good with mathematics...hahahaha

Cheers

From the reports I'm hearing on several fronts I don't believe that in this particular case they are "Generalising" about either the numbers of bikes & 4x4's nor the amount of damage being done in the Gembrook forest. Following an article & maps of the area being printed in a popular bike magazine, large numbers of people started riding in the area, many unregistered with numerous new ridgeline & short cut tracks appearing. This has been followed by a steady stream of 4x4's with tracks cut up, barriers & signs removed.
The area has been the subject of much discussion lately at 4 Wheel Drive Victoria meetings on how best the damage can be stopped before wide spread track closures occur. Several community meetings have taken place as the locals have pretty much had enough of the 50 to 100 rev heads each weekend that decend around their homes. It doesn't really matter what other users of the bush are doing, it is simply unsustainable for the 4x4s & bikes to break the law & wreck the bush like is being done here. It can only lead to track closures like NSW have & we don't want that.
In this area the "Odd Idiot" appears to be in plentiful supply.
Cheers Craig............