Closure of showgrounds to Tourists.

These "Business People" don't understand that there are three basic groups of Caravanners.

1 The group that will stay in Caravan parks most of the time

2 The group who will avoid caravan parks at all costs

3 The very small group who spend most of their time in caravan parks, but occasionally "Camp Out"

The only ones these bans really affect is the third group as the first group will just go somewhere else and camp and spend their money in the towns that appreciate them.

In Forbes we had a similar problem when the NSW Government, under pressure from local Caravan parks, implemented a ban on the use of a piece of crown land right in town.

The local council did the right thing and opened up another piece of land about 200 metres away that the council owned. The free campers seem to like it and there is heaps more room for more vans!

Dodger...
It seems that the link is broken. when I click on the link, it stops at showground and opens as PAGE NOT FOUND

Cheers Steve.B...

Sometimes local Councils do things for a good reason. Our local Council closed the showground C/p because long term tenants thought they owned it....put up
sheds, dog yards, veg patches etc. The whole thing was a disgrace. But to their
credit they opened a very nice area on the creek in town to free camping. Cold
showers & toilets...48 hour limit. There are campers there every night & they
leave their $$$ in town....a good outcome methinks......oldbaz.

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I hope one of these work.

I feel this will be just a typical NSW thing,
one of the best in Qld is the one at Barcaldine.

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like oldbaz - our council (redcliffe qld) had a problem with long term people setting up under tarps etc. the council removed them all. then opened up the showgrounds for bona fide campers - esp people with big rigs and/or dogs. as i drive past there most days there seems always to be 20 - 30 vans there. friends of ours travel the 10 ks or so from their place to camp there and say its terriffic and good value at 70 per week. excellent amenities too i am told