Canning Stock Route-increase in fees

Now lets see.... I have a small business (part time)- when I have to be home saving up diesel money I draw plans for small additions to peoples homes.

Diesel is getting expensive lately and then there is those entry / transit permits- they seem to be going up all the time....what shall I do..... raise my charges... I know Ill double them.

Well in the real word doubling my charges would see me with no more diesel money.

Where do they get the right to double the fees overnight?

Steve.

Rowdy,

Most of the travelers that I have spoken to while on the CSR don't bother obtaining a permit so increasing the fee will have a negative impact.

What has change from last year? With the $50 permit I was able to travel the full length of the CSR and visit every Well, but now it is going to cost twice as much and nothing else has changed

The other thing that really annoys me is that all the changes and closers are announced at this time of year, at the start of the touring season when most people have made there plans as well as budget. If there has to be a change make it applicable from next season.

Rowdy, I am not having a go at you. I know that you are only letting the forum know what you have found out and I thank you for that.

Wayne

Extract: "A new expanded Permit covering the route between wells 5 to 40 has been commissioned. The section from well 40 to 51 is being finalised, but is still "in the pipeline, awaiting owner ratification" The new Permit will cost $100, but will allow drivers planning their trips to apply for special permits to visit sites which were previously listed as unavailable. When it is extended to well 51, there will be no increase in the fee.

If granted a special permit, visitors will use this new system of controlled access so that the season's visitation numbers can be managed and are sustainable. As with other areas of the outback, if conditions are unsuitable due to weather or other events including track damage or site degradation, approval to visit may be declined. It is a step forward, reflecting the owners' willingness to share their sites provided that tourists respect country and comply with the conditions set out in the new information section of the Permit."

So there is more to it than just doubling the price.

who will pay people to police this ?

no problem paying $ when it's spent well (Tasmania with their camping spots are a great example of providing for the tourists).

Considering that everything done on the CSR is done by volunteers (fixing up wells etc) I assume this money goes into someones pocket for no effort.

Won't get anything out of my wallet.

I don't know much about the CSR but I would imagine that if it is a gazetted road no permit is necessary.

What alot of BS. Another reason not to go back.

Fair dinkum...

Okay I get it that no-one likes to see fees increases, maybe the CSR was under-priced before, I don’t know and I’ll leave others to debate this.

But to keep it in some sort of perspective; if you are travelling from Sydney to the start of the CSR at Halls Creek a 5% variance in your normal fuel consumption is around $50 for the distance you will travel. How many can say they keep fuel consumption inside this sort of variance on a trip like that? By the time you take into account pricing differences for fuel, above and beyond the additional you expected to pay and you can probably triple this number...

Add in the extra carton of beer you bought because you drank an extra beer every couple of days while you were away, and all of a sudden this extra $50 is starting to look like a rounding error on your holiday budget...

And for those who don’t pay, your choice, but all you’re doing though is transferring your costs to someone else... And that cost, is $0.05 cents per kilometre when on the CSR, run the wrong tyre pressures in the sand and $0.05 cents becomes meaningless...

Folks, get a grip on things here... if $50 bucks is going to make that much difference to your trip down the CSR let me say I doubt you you can’t afford to go anyway!

And yes I did acknowledge from the outset that no-one likes fee increases!

Cheers, The Landy