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Cable Car over Mt Wellington's Organ Pipes 10-Jul-2014 At 3:24:13 PM Cam McKenzie

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On 10/07/2014 ambyeok wrote:
>Tourism brings over a billion dollars to the Tasmanian economy every year,
>so one point of view would be that the cable car and it's ilk are contributors
>to you being able to be there and enjoy the views in the first place. Kind
>of like "yes, but not in my back yard".
>
>Edit: I wonder if they would let us use it to tow up top-ropes?

How viable do you think this thing can possibly be? Tasmania just doesn't have the population or tourist density for something like this to be self sufficient. We're not in Europe. Look at the super duper chair lift thing down at Arthur's Seat. I imagine they probably get more tourists down there than Hobart does.

How many locals do you reckon are going to pay $45 (or whatever it's going to be) a ride up the mountain? How many tourists? Completely ignoring the environmental impact (and the fact that they may well blow up the top of Sky Rocket, the best pitch of grade 20 climbing in the world), my concern is that this will be built, found to be completely economically unviable, and then run by the tax payer.