more bad publicity for 4wd

A few years back we had some local lads who would take it upon themselves to drive around in $300 bombs and mow down every street sign they could find.
Hate to say it, but NOT a 4X4 amongst them. Gotta love the media hype.
Fab.

Sounds like basic stupidity, but I would have thought knocking over 350 large posts would have severely damaged a 4x4... must be a Toyota.
This could be an opening for a local 4WD club to have a weekend working bee, and only charge $50 per post to fix them up. This would generate a good income for the club, and save State Government over $30 000.

When driving that area just a few weeks ago I was left in no doubt from more than one source about the inappropriateness (thats gotta be a word) of all those posts in a moving sand dune and the potential hazard they might cause half buried.

There were also questions about the legality of them - maybe it got to much for some ?

Wether its vandalisim or a public saftey service is argueable but either way its no excuse to break the law.


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I don't think they'll have to look too far from home to find the culprits!

hmmm, interesting -
but i doubt it was hoons....

the abolition of the fence affects the tittle claim...

I used to work at Stockton Rifle Range (no longer a rifle range). Part of my duties was to, once a week, walk the fence line. What a joke, a fence in that sand would fall over within months of being built,(and re-built by the Army). I doubt that anyone knocking over any amount of fence posts in that area would damage their vehicle.

Certainly not condoning vandalism though!

Gday,
Hardly bad "4wd" publicity is it?
Sounds like they were blaming the idiots driving, not the car?

Cheers

depending on what you read depends on how big the damaged area is.......10klm vrs 200 mtrs and $50K vrs in excess of $20K, and 4wd or possibly a truck.
does the words MEDIA HYPE mean anything!!!
it's a really stupid act, that doesn't help the image of 4wder's though.


http://www.theherald.com.au/news/local/news/general/midden-damaged-in-attack-on-stockton-aboriginal-site/1995180.aspx

Midden damaged in attack on Stockton Aboriginal site
BY DAN PROUDMAN CHIEF POLICE REPORTER
12 Nov, 2010 04:00 AM

AN important Aboriginal site on Stockton Beach is believed to have been specifically targeted by callous vandals.

Described as the largest and most diverse Aboriginal midden on Worimi land, the fenced-off collection of meeting places near the beach access road at Anna Bay was damaged overnight on Wednesday.

National Parks and Wildlife Service officers believe either a heavy four-wheel-drive or a truck was used to rip up about 200 metres of bollard and cable fencing along the western boundary of the Anna Bay beach access.

Parts of the fence, designed to define the four-wheel-drive access, had only been finished around the midden a few days earlier.

Parts of the midden have been damaged.

Although the damage bill is estimated to exceed $20,000, it is the harm done to the heritage site that has upset rangers and the Worimi people.

"It requires a lot of effort to do what they have done," wildlife service senior ranger Leanne Ellis said. "It wouldn't have been a group of kids saying let's do this."

Port Stephens police are investigating the attack and are asking for possible witnesses to come forward.

Ms Ellis said the installation of the bollards had followed extensive consultation with the community and stakeholders.

"This unnecessary destructive vandalism not only destroys important infrastructure and costs taxpayers' money to repair, but also puts the safety of visitors and themselves at risk," wildlife service Hunter Region manager Robert Quirk said.

Hi S&P5762

Now I am confused. You have said $50,000-00 damage and the article $20,000-00 damage. You have said 10 km and the article says 200 metres. I guess I am going to have make a division here somewhere and average it out.

Cheers