Saturday, May 10, 2003 at 20:22
Many people see others doing the wrong thing - confronting them often puts the mood into an aggressive one - if you want to say something
well do - but you can avoid a confrontation by ignoring the whole issue or you can act and say stuff you by simply noting down the Rego, make of vehicle, description of person, time etc photos would be good, witnesses and so on - pass the info onto the local management authority in the area and they can act on it - BUT in doing so you will need to be able to attend court if it leads to that. You could get a free trip back to the area again eg
Cairns etc. Many people pass info onto Rangers in the hope that they will be able to book the buggers but the information is second hand (hearsay) and will not have any weight in court if the accused take it that far - so this information usually cannot be acted on. In Australia the courts have it that the guilty party is innocent until proven guilty - makes it hard to prove the person is not innocent. Anyway most people will not want to go to court which I can
well understand and also confronting people is not advisable especially if you are by yourself. Next best thing is pick up the rubbish if that's the crime. We should have stickers that say "I'm a Rubbisher, I pollute the bush", and we could place one of these stickers on there cars, similiar to the "Don't be a Tosser" cigarette stickers.
On the way up to
Cape York, there is a Quaratine Road Station which stops all vehicles coming south, you can pick up a info pack which includes a rubbish bag. In addition to this I think a info board with general codes of conduct could be added, I think this would be preferable than regualtion signs along the trails such as the OTL, a good location for this code of conduct
sign could be just prior to the Wenlock crossing or at Morton telegraph station. This project might be something "Tread Lightly 4WD Club" might be interested in - I will pass this on being a member myself and I wouldn't mind another excuse to go up that way and meet a few other eco friendly 4WDers.
PS. There is nothing worse than looking around a
camp site and finding a snow storm of loo paper - here is another project, loos could be provided along the OTL at key points, perhaps pit loos as this would scare away a lot of campers who like the more refined composting or flush loos. Provision of loos may reduce some of the snow effect and the campers wanting the flush type loos can head to the
Twin Falls camping site.
I'm waffling on but it gives me the #$%&'s when I see rubbish. If something does not happen to reduce the problem some idiot may put a total stop to camping along this great 4WD track - it may be the local Aboriginal communities or the management authorities. If the 4WD community can be proactive and start to work with the land management authorities I think less
places will be closed.
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Follow Up By: Eric from Cape York Connections - Sunday, May 11, 2003 at 06:52
Sunday, May 11, 2003 at 06:52
Jeff I will agree with you but the problem with the loos is the fools who need to use them as target practice with there guns. And if made out of timber they become good fire wood.
The rubbish is mounting every season what I cant beleive the truoble peple go to hide there rubbish it would be much easier to put in a big bag on the roof of you truck and take it to the next pit.There a few along the old track.
At the pits the crows pull most of it out and then the wind takes hold.
Firsrt trip last season we went down to isolated
beach camp and there were middons of VB stibbies and nappies and spam tins .Before we could
camp there we spent 2 hours cleaning up the site them drove back 10 ks and took it to the pit .
All the best
Eric
Cape York Connections
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