A Warning Re Public Areas

Yep, we bought a porta potty then started to use ensuite sites now have given up the camper for a caravan with ensuite. All these years of hanging around waiting for the kids to shower & toilet is over for us.
Sharon

I read somewhere that statistics prove it is actually safer now than it was in those days.
Some of the most heinous child abductions were in the 60's like the Wanda Beach murders, the abduction of the Beaumont children, Graham Thorne & Derek Percy (Mr Baldy) committed most of his foul acts in the 1960s.

I was born in 72 and still had the privilege of growing up in a relatively safe world. It is easy to focus on the bad stuff when the media is always throwing it our faces and sensationalising it. Overall 95% of the general population is still morally sound (that hasn't changed for over a century) but because our population has grown to 22 million there are approximately 1.1 million sickos and unethical scumbags in Australia. But don't lose focus on the good 95%. They're the ones who make it worth living.

Sicko's have always been around. It's just that in the old days things were hushed up more than they are now.

There's no need to name the area that is being referred to. I am sure the problems extend to all parts of the country, so be vigilant.

I was watching Elders with Andrew Denton on TV & he was interviewing lady Packer or Lady Murdoch, I forget which one, as part of a series of interviews with Elder States people.
In the interview he asked if she thought the world was getting worse to live in than when she was younger.
She rolled her head back & gave one of those aristocratic chuckles & replied"Heavens no Andrew,how could anyone think that".
She went on to explain that she was born during WW1 when every family in Australia was asked to sacrifice a son for the Empire.
Then there was the Great Depression & for generations some Australian families suffered the effects of malnutrition.
Then came WW2 and once again every family was asked to put forward another son to be sent away. This all with WW1 still fresh in the memories of all.
Then she went on to mention the introduction of women's rights, domestic violence laws, aboriginals being recognised as Australians & being given the vote, Workers rights, the improvements in education & health services.
What horrible times this country has had to endure compared to the opulent secure lives we lead today.
I reckon their were more queers, wierdos & perverts around when I was younger.
The difference now is that people have become paranoid because of media SHOCK JOCKS scrambling to get attention.
Take a look at how the media makes the vulnerable think that street violence is on the increase. That's BS, with capitols.
Any bloke who talked to their father or grandfather or uncles or even big brothers on this subject when they were kids should know. Just look at how all those blokes born before WW2 had broken noses, or razor cuts on their faces from the razor fights.
So don't panic, just stop believing the shock jocks.