Question: Permits for South Australia

Good Question...

Public Access Routes (PARs) are established under the Pastoral Land Management and Conservation Act 1989 to provide public access over pastoral land without the need for travellers to ask permission from the lessee. A network of 24 PARs has been established, but Mt Eba station is not one of them.

I dug up this bit of info on the Department of SA Environment and Natural Resources website -

"The consent of the lessee is required to access areas of pastoral lands that are not part of the PAR network. Use the Pastoral Lease Access Request Form to request access. "

So I suggest you need to get that request form by contacting the Dept on Freecall: 1800 678 447

Good luck!
Michelle

Thanks David & Michelle. It's not my intention to upset the owner, I spoke on the phone to someone who said they would not give permission. However, I didn't know if they were bluffing or not (in regard to PAR), hence the question. In any event I hadn't planned to visit any time soon but who knows about the future and if and when it happens I'll still treat the response with the respect it deserves and not go against anybody's wishes. It does raise a point though; the site is significant and could attract the owner a fairly lucrative side income if they allowed properly organised and controlled (small) groups limited access for a fee. Lots of properties in SA are doing it and it will only become more common as land owners realize that more and more 4WD enthusiasts are looking for somewhere different to visit.

Brian H4.