Rubbish tip or Highway?

"wonton vandalism"? What, a beat-up chinese dumpling? Guessing you mean "wanton" Patrol :-) Touch'e

You got me.....that'll teach me to read the post before pressing submit won't it? :-)

Yep they do.

We were talking to two guys between Hedland and Newman and they said they go down one day and back the next.

Dont know about the rest but the bins didnt seem to ever full.

Its only where the crackatinni tribe have rested or the eurowizzbang gang have camped that the most mess is

RW

i have to agree with you there mate....i travel the Pacific Highway in the truck and the road side rest stops are a disgrace. just the other night i stopped at Sapling Creek( near Port Macquarie) rest area only to find a soiled nappy which had been left on top of the bin( whoever put it there was too lazy to open the top of the bin).
the RTA are good enough to provide bins for everyones use so we need to use them!
these rest areas are not only for the general public to use but as a proffessional driver i forced to sleep there amounst the dirty nappies, rubbish and assorted waste.
it is hard enough (next to impossible ) for us as interstate drivers to convince the RTA ( or which ever state it is) to provide all of us with adaquate rest areas when people leave these areas in such a pig stye.
Happy Travels,cheers.

People in cars don't leave all the rubbish in the High Country!

I think you will find, that one lot of drivers is as bad as another.

That's a bit unfair. As Shaker alluded to it doesn't matter what sort of vehicle you're driving, its what sort of tools the tool box is carrying that is the issue.

We only have one car, my Falcon sedan and that takes us where we want to go but if we accumulate rubbish we just keep it in a plastic bag until we get to our destination (or a roadhouse) and get rid of it then - it's not hard. Tell that to some of these filthy troglodytes that drop rubbish everywhere (used to having mummy clean up after them) and then give you the middle finger when you have a shot at them about it.

As you can see, litterbugs annoy me.

Phil as a member of the volunteer bush fire brigade please don't encourage people to start burning toilet paper.Bury by all means or do what you have too but don't burn it.It is very risky and doesnt take much for it to blow away. Besides' by burning the paper you actually dont achieve much, All you get rid of is the paper the waste is still there.

I'll just add my opinion of paper, paper comes from trees , paper will dissapear soon after a rain and rot away, It's the plastic bags and bottles I don't like to see, As for glass , it comes from sand, after a few 1000 years erosion will do it's job , and the old turd, well it'll dry up and disintergrate into the soil after about 4 good hot days and no I don't like seeing them too close to rest area's either, not much difference though between humans and dingo droppings , it's all yucky, Of course the state govt's could provide rest area's like the ones I seen along the US interstate Hwys with phones, drink machines, glass doors, heated , and tv screens for snow reports and road closures , and I mean these buildings are way out in the middle of nowhere, can you imagine how long they would last in our country, Aussies don't respect what's provided, simple as that.
How good is this ,
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The Wisconsin 30 rest areas have:

Handicap accessibility
Ample car and truck parking
Clean restroom facilities
Drinking water
Picnic areas
Telephones
Weather monitors at most locations
A place to walk your pet
Snacks, soft drinks or newspapers from the vending services located at most locations
Road maps, literature and other traveler information
Historical facts and events are commemorated on Wisconsin Historical Marker plaques located on-site
An entire team of people work cooperatively behind the scenes to keep our rest areas and waysides clean, safe and in good working order. Local Community Rehabilitation Programs (CRP) provide the day-to-day maintenance at each rest area and some waysides.

There is heaps of them out there now, the Bottle, boot, bra, & undies tree ya can handle though the ones with plastic bags wine cask bladders and an assortment of other crap is a bit much.

Agree the 24 hour stops that we stayed in were spotless plus the sides of the road were clean as well

Makes ya wonder though if it continues how much rubbish will be hanging in the trees in years to come.

Yes Eyre Highway not Air, the air came from the oyster shooters at the Ceduna pub last night, by the way good tucker at this pub.

Cheers
Cozzie

I look at those trees as just another form of mindless graffiti.

Mate, Pesty, you are spot on. As a kid i used to love collecting cans, for the old Cash for Cans system or whatever it was. Was never any litter around town either, cause us kids picked it up. The old man would drink like a fish, (still does) and i would reap the benefits. I used to earn pocket money for my chores, plus empty his beer bin into the big beer bag, and once a month or something on a saturday morning we would go cash it. Yes, if only WA would adopt the 5c program, we wouldnt have the millions of Emu Export and VB cans littered all over the Kimberley.

100% agree there blokes it works in SA it would work in WA as well, guess we will have to "Wait Awhile"

Kroozer its 10c now and even though i dont go bin hopping we collect all our own, and a $100 bag full happens pretty quickly.
Got $140 for my last delivery.

Pesty

maybe because if hed just finished a smoke (likely) and chucked the ashtray in the bin it might light it up?

not that likely but quite possible

Still no excuse, most smokers seem to think there is a different set of rules for them regarding littering!