Why go out of your way to trash anyone's camp???????

Fred, I'm lost for words, sorry to hear that. From what you described it sounds like the work of teenagers, and teenagers usually brag and talk. Not sure what the population of the nearest town is out there, but I'd be keeping an ear to the ground
Any sign of 4wd or bike tyres?.
It can take a while but sometimes the bastards can be caught. We had an incident years ago when we were rock climbing and a friends 4wd was parked high above in a secluded car park. Got back to the car and the bullbar with winch etc was all gone! One thing the idiots didn't get was the remote for the winch , that was in the glove box.I had a mate working at a 4wd parts store in town at the time, as we were nearly certain it was locals and sure enough, the moron, went in to get a price on a remote for a warn winch, the cops paid him a very big surprise visit!


cheer Unc.

Hello Fred, an absolute terrible situation, you must be devastated to say the least.

Even if they were to be found, even placing 100 garden gnomes were the sun doesn't shine to each of them wouldn't be good enough for the low lifes that did the damage.

It would be good to hope they are caught.

Duncan

never ask yourself why - it is a question that someone that has to ask it would not understand the answer

to clarify if you are not the sort of person to do such a thing you wouldnt understand the motives of those that would or their reasons for doing so

Gee I am sorry to hear of this Fred, unbelievable. Keep your chin up mate.
Cheers Pete

Fred
So sorry to hear you have been subjected to this by some thoughtless idiots...Khama is a word that i hope can be used here.....would you like a hand to clean up??
Andrew

tough luck mate, all I can say is hope you find them before the wallopers do.

I too, am sorry to hear your news, Fred, I am too far away to offer a hand but I will agree with the previous ....Kama....
If you are lucky to get your hands on them just wash their heads in the dunny...don't mark them...otherwise you will end up in the /////?????

Good luck mate
Brian R

Hi Fred
Like every one here on EO, my thoughts go out to you and one can only ask who and why would some low life do such things. There is a good saying, "what goes around, comes around"
I hope those that are responsible get their just desserts.

I am sorry to hear things like this happens in out of the way places.

All the best with the repairs and clean up

Cheers

Stephen

If it is teenagers they probably filmed on their mobiles and it will appear on You Tube under idiots anonymous.


Richard

G'day Fred, That sucks!

This sort of garbage has been going on for years . I recently deceased friend of mine was involved with the starting of the Hydro dams in SW Tassie. He and his team would go bush for weeks,relying on supply dumps around the area and on the West Coast of Tassie. The number of times they would arrive to find their supplies ransacked or stolen all together defies belief.
Idiots mainly, coming ashore in boats were responsible for most of it.Vehicular access to the area was virtually non existant.

Karma does catch up with people though. I used to be a pro musician. At a venue my band was playing at for 4 nights straight a VERY expensive guitar went missing from a secure lock up. (inside job....had to be). Was reported to police by its owner and the publican and insurance was involved. No-one ever charged................until 11 years later. The guy who stole it tried to pawn it off at a s/h instument store,run by the other guitarist in the band.The police were called, He didn't make it out of the shop, and the instrument was returned to its rightful owner.His house had quite a bit of stuff that wasn't exactly his too.
Most people who go around wrecking and stealing other peoples stuff never, ever amount to much in the grand scheme of things. They're bloody inconvenient bastards to run into though.
Karma.......karma.......karma........their time will come.

It is just beyond belief that some pricks would do a thing like this.

How the hell can you get pleasure making some one elses life a misery.

Our great way of life unfortunately allows some people to breed this sort of di.. Head

& then some do gooder would want them counselled & helped.

Tell the judge they had a hard time as a kid. They are "victims"

A Marama dog that can look after it self for months & guards live stock or chooks or what ever may be a good bet. They have a hell of a bark & put most cowards off.

Keep your chin up Fred

Daz

Fred

I feel sorry for what has happen and my only hope is that it was young people that did it, not older people that should know better.

My only problem (and I can understand the reasons) is "This camp will be restored, and the """perpetrators of this deed will need to look over their shoulders for the rest of their lives.""""

Is that a waning or a threat?

Regards

Richard

yup hopefully Karma will sort this one out - friend of mine had the same experience recently -- i went to his 200 acre property at Brogo ( near Bega) when we get to the house -- all windows smashed - doors kicked in - extensive damage inside

they even dumped a car there ??

what goes through the mind of these people ..... i know what should be going through there minds.... .22

I suggested that he should get a sign made up saying due to vandelism there are now hidden cameras in the trees with wireless feed back to a base station ....

most people wont hang around too long to try to look for such a thing if its there or not and in this day and age - cameras can be as small as a thimble

Boc

Pretty sad Fred but this has been a problem since the beginning of time. There are some people that just dont want others to have what they are too lazy to work for. I read on a tee shirt somewhere.... Some people are alive only because its illegal to kill them!!! You could eradicate half of the population and the world would be a better place... Michael

Thanks guys (and gals) for your support and offers, but we are underway with cleaning up, and will have to re assess to what extent we repair the vans, and what equipment we leave there in fhe future. We had it self sufficient, so anyone just had to arrive, light the campfire and relax, just like coming home.
The vans were our old travel vans, pensioned off as we took them off the road, and set them up, up there, and they served the purpose beautifully.
It had to be young people out on motor bikes, who happened to stumble across it. It is out of the way, out of sight (very heavily timbered), no close neighbours, and private property signs are displayed prominently at the boundary gates, which are locked, however the place isn't fully fenced.
Sad thing is the son took our youngest grandaughter (4 yrs) up there for the first time, and she was really excited about going bush and camping, having seen lots of photos and heard lots of stories from the older kids. She got scared, and he had to take her back home, and she doesn't want to go back.
We can restore the place fairly quickly, but they took something from this little one that may take some time to restore.

Thanks all.

Fred,

Sorry to hear mate. Must have hurt you that people can do this sort of thing to a place you so much love.
Hope the buggers are caught.

Sorry to hear about your trouble Fred.
Our 4wd club is touring the Piliga tomorrow and if we see anything out of the ordinary I assure you it will be reported to the Authorities.
We too are sick and tired of this wanton vandalism that is seemingly more prevailant these days. We have reported instances with pics in the past and will continue to do so.

Gidday Fred

What can I say that hasn’t been said before? We were only talking about the value of a bush retreat on Friday.

With a bit of luck, a mate will be coming with me who’s a capable fella. If that turns out to be the case, we’ll load up the tub with the necessary tools to help you out over a few days. If there’s anything you need before our arrival send me an MM.

We’ll leave Melbourne on Monday week, then head up to Tilterweira Station for a few days. I’ll give you a call prior to leaving, then catch up.

Regards

Kim