Friday, Mar 19, 2010 at 09:44
G'day all,
I am also heading up the Cape this year from
Melbourne. I've been planning it for 3 years now so that I could save up the 8 weeks annual leave. I've spent about $70k in preparation including buying and setting up a new 4wd and camper. So with 5 weeks until departure, this news is devistating to my family but we're still going anyway!!!
Why would we bother? Because I also work in local government and this is a standard political manouver to get what you want out of the state and federal counterparts. Its just the same as a child throwing a tantrum in the
supermarket to embarass the parents into buying them a fredo frog.
The way that article is written is so that everyone who reads it thinks "What a load of garbage. Isolating communities and putting an end to much needed tourism for the sake of some gravel." Its designed to create 'community outcry'. And who wants to be the polititian ending thousands of peoples adventure plans and killing the economy of many rural communities with a federal election looming?
My bet is these roads will be open. It may be late in the dry that it happens, but they will open.
Perhaps exploroz and other travel groups and tourism operators could join with the council to lobby state and federal govt to get the roads opened.
Just my thoughts.
Anthony
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