Rubbish on our great treks!!!!

Yeah, I agree Al.

Pity disposable nappies were't banned completely.
That would force people to recycle cloth nappies, which are better for the babies and the environment.

Bill.

Hahahahaah....Love it!
Trouble is, it would be a full time job up here jamming them down their throats.

Cheers

doesnt the government (ie the tax payer) have to pay for this problem .

So true

All the best
Eric

One of the worst offenders

All the best
Eric

Having travelled the outback extensively I would have liked to agree with you entirely but recently I was at a campsite where supposedly intelligent, educated people left similar items in a smouldering fire. Their attitude may be " Its not in my backyard so why should I care"

So many people when travelling fail to burm their toilet paper when out bush. They think that burying it solves the problem. It doesn't as dingoes dig the waste up and the paper then floats around the desert for a long time. Roadside stops along the bitumen are even worse these days.

We stopped at Montecollina Bore on the Strzelecki last week for lunch. I spied a fella coming out of the dunes carrying a shovel and toilet paper. Not 50 metres from where he went to answer natures call, was a perfectly good, non smelling Enviro flush toilet in working condition. I am positive that he didn't burn his paper. He was driving the latest LC ute towing a KK. To afford that one must have an incling of common sense...... so one wonders at the mentality of some people.


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"I'm amazed that people take young children and babies out into remote areas."....
Why would you not take your kids out bush???
Besides.........some people live there.

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Gday Hairy,

I speak as someone who raised 4 kids and took them camping at very young age. Its all about "at what age" and "how far off the beaten track".

The way I see it:
#1 Theres no benefit to the child of seeing the middle of the canning at say under 4-5 years of age. Different story closer to civilisation.
#2 When small Infants and Babies get sick, they go downhill very quick - a lot quicker than older children and adults. Even with RFDS help, theres many places that I go (Madigan Line, Canning, GVD etc) that you cannot get near medical help for several days. You'd be mad to take a small child out there.
#3 I've seen and heard people do stupid things when their child is sick. They drive like crazy. One guy had a 6 month old child with gastro at Innamincka in a hot October - no medical help available in Innamincka (they call for doctors or nurses in the pub). He drive like crazy down the Strezlecki to get to Leigh Creek Hospital. Another Tragedy near Oodnadatta a few years back where a LandRover rolled, killing its occupants when the father was rushing to get help for his sick child.

I'm all for teaching children about the bush and teach them camping skills and getting them out of their cities and away from their playstations. I can't wait to do the same with grandchildren. But they will need to be at least 5 years old before I'll take them through the middle of a desert.

Cheers
Phil

Gday Phil,
Everyone to their own.
I reckon parents know their kids better than anyone else and each person can make their own mind up weather their kids are up to it.
Accidents and illness can happen anywhere anytime, and if your kids are used to that sort of thing I dont think its a real problem.

As for the nappies, in most cases, (around here anyway) they are left by the people who live in the area, not tourists travelling with kids.

Cheers

Hi bob,

Yeap, I woud like to leave a "dump" in their tents/swags as a reminder!!!

Cheers

Dave