Goto Chockstone Home

  Guide
  Gallery
  Tech Tips
  Articles
  Reviews
  Dictionary
  Links
  Forum
  Search
  About

      Sponsored By
      ROCK
   HARDWARE

  Shop
Chockstone Photography
Australian Landscape Photography by Michael Boniwell
Australian Landscape Prints





Chockstone Forum - General Discussion

General Climbing Discussion

Topic Date User
Vic Parks Camping Fee Proposal 28-Oct-2013 At 4:21:07 PM Mike Bee
Message
To me the main issue here (as I posted in the other now defunct thread about this topic) is that day users aren't charged anything.

So suddenly the plan is to charge overnight users for all the maintenance of the parks, even though by proportion, we'd log possibly at most half the number of total visitor days in the park.

The idea of free entry to the parks is great, but simply trying to regain lost revenue by jacking up the camping costs is short sighted and somewhat greedy.

I wonder if real issue here is that the Vic Gov decreed free parks entry, National Park Service went "oh shit, please don't, we need the money", the govt went through with it anyway.
Now, given that National Parks can't reintroduce day use fees (they can't override an act of the govt), the only option left to them to increase their revenue is these proposed camp fee increases. Does that sound like a possibility?

There are 196 replies to this topic.

 

Home | Guide | Gallery | Tech Tips | Articles | Reviews | Dictionary | Forum | Links | About | Search
Chockstone Photography | Landscape Photography Australia | Australian Landscape Photography | Landscape Photos Australia

Please read the full disclaimer before using any information contained on these pages.



Australian Panoramic | Australian Coast | Australian Mountains | Australian Countryside | Australian Waterfalls | Australian Lakes | Australian Cities | Australian Macro | Australian Wildlife
Landscape Photo | Landscape Photography | Landscape Photography Australia | Fine Art Photography | Wilderness Photography | Nature Photo | Australian Landscape Photo | Stock Photography Australia | Landscape Photos | Panoramic Photos | Panoramic Photography Australia | Australian Landscape Photography | High Country Mountain Huts | Mothers Day Gifts | Gifts for Mothers Day | Mothers Day Gift Ideas | Ideas for Mothers Day | Wedding Gift Ideas | Christmas Gift Ideas | Fathers Day Gifts | Gifts for Fathers Day | Fathers Day Gift Ideas | Ideas for Fathers Day | Landscape Prints | Landscape Poster | Limited Edition Prints | Panoramic Photo | Buy Posters | Poster Prints