Tuesday, May 20, 2008 at 20:23
Interesting.
The full media release is available
HERE
The Desert Knowledge Cooperative Research Centre did this report with a core partner, Charles
Darwin Uni but there are other core partners:
Central Land Council
Commonwealth Government (OIPC)
CSIRO
Curtin University of Technology
Desert Peoples Centre
Northern Territory Government
Western Australian Government.
A couple of interesting extracts:
“Desert travel is generally seen as a ‘once in a lifetime’ experience, centred around the famous tracks – the Gunbarrel, the
Oodnadatta Track,
the Tanami Track,” he says." (Dr. Carson)
Once for some but not me, or most others on this site I would think.
Also (quoting report):
Dr Carson says that research has shown that there are four main types of 4WD desert travellers, with the largest group being the ‘explorer’ market, whose main focus is to travel a particular track, or get to sites that they think are seldom visited by other people. Their activities are driving, sightseeing, relaxing at the end of the day with a bottle – usually red, says Dr Carson – and a set of photographs.
The second biggest market are those who are using the 4WD vehicle to get to
places where they can pursue particular activities such as
fossicking, bird-watching, fishing, caving or bushwalking.
The third market is those who want to
test their vehicle and their driving skills. Their key activity is driving.
Fourthly, there is the market of 4WD drivers who may be in the desert for other reasons, but take the opportunity to do short trips where they use the 4WD capacity of their vehicles.
I'm definetley in number 1 and 2 and maybe a little bit of 3, don't know about the red wine though.
Cheers
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Follow Up By: Lyds - Tuesday, May 20, 2008 at 22:26
Tuesday, May 20, 2008 at 22:26
it all sounds like a "number 2" to me :-)
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