Camping in Australia has a long and proud tradition, giving pretty much every person the opportunity to get out bush for the cost of a tank of petrol and an esky full of VB and ice. Most of the National and State Parks have also had a tradition of charging either nothing, or a peppercorn fee for sleeping under the stars on their land, until now.
Fuckers have upped their fees to the astronomical fucking limits. You wanna sleep here for 13 nights over the Xmas break? “Well, we provide a pit-dunny, byo-toilet paper of course, byo water and firewood, except, ahhh, forget the firewood, you can’t have a campfire! And for the privilege, we’ll debit your CC for SIX HUNDRED FUCKING DOLLARS!!” (and that’s one of the cheaper ones). :eek:
Goddamit. I know times are a’ changing and all, but bunging the tent and the kids in the back of the wagon was a way for us poor people/average family to experience a ‘holiday’ at some of the most beautiful places in this country. Whichever ‘numbers-cruncher’ decided it was a Good Thing to price a camping spot out of the reach of most families needs a red hot poker stuck up his or her arse…
Exactly. Many National Park camping areas have been on a ‘ballot’ system availability over high demand times (Xmas, Easter etc) for a number of years now, but there are others that (were) still on a first-come-first-served basis until recently. Now with the changes, bookings and fees must be paid at ALL times during the year, regardless of demand.
Anyways, turns out it is cheaper for my family to go to a commercial camping ground this year than the National Park. This way we get hot showers and a flush dunny too.
