Nuts wrote:(Paul)
It was, for a while.
But perhaps of relevance (outside a need to defend the idea of wilderness... and get back to this idea of catering for the 1%..) would indeed be the 'new' boardwalk.
Here from Marion's LO, i'm certain there were never as many tourists out around the mtn wearing boaters as iI did see since. Fewer reaching the 'salvation' of Kitchen Hut, distressed or 'needing' emergency accommodation. shrug
Mechanic-AL wrote:If Nuts happens to earn a living from taking boater wearing tourists up to Marion's Lookout then it's maybe a better option than letting them wander off alone.
Bush walking is a lot like boating. If you only have a little tinnie and limited experience then it's a no brainer that you hug the coast. When you gain more experience and get a bigger boat only then is it possible to venture further out to sea. The problem with the OLT and improvements to tracks like Frenchman's Cap is it is attracting people in little tinnies out into the wide blue sea. The day they start plonking little pods in the ocean to save people who shouldn't be out there in the first place will indeed be a sad day.
Could the money spent on these pods be better directed in educating walkers of the potential risks................or is the $$$$$ to be made from sending inexperienced walkers out to sea in a leaky boat more important ?
Mechanic-AL wrote:I must've missed a 'News Flash' or two. I wasn't aware that the purpose of the huts on the OLT was actually to " Save People ".
( thought it was more to do with a warm dry bed and some of the comforts of home ? ).
Mechanic-AL wrote:I must've missed a 'News Flash' or two. I wasn't aware that the purpose of the huts on the OLT was actually to " Save People ".
( thought it was more to do with a warm dry bed and some of the comforts of home ? ).
Lost wrote:
Nuts you wouldn't by any chance earn a living by taking these boater wearing tourists up to Marion's lookout who might need at some time the ugly pod put in place to save said boater wearing tourists?
north-north-west wrote:I can understand and even sympathise to a degree with the idea of putting an emergency shelter somewhere on the cirque, but that thing there is a monstrous eyesore. Surely they could find a better place for it - and a less obtrusive structure.
Lophophaps wrote: If staff had the power to ban people from the OLT it may work, but the punters would just go elsewhere. There is no easy solution.
I recommend that PWS give consideration to the availability and use of legislative powers,
and consequent development of procedures, to prevent persons embarking on the Overland
Track walk when they are observed to be inadequately prepared for the conditions such as to
place the safety of themselves and others at risk.
I recommend that PWS introduces language buttons on the Overland Track web page that
enable translation of the information, including the Walker Safety Checklist, into the main
languages used by those undertaking the walk.
I recommend that PWS introduces clear signage in the Visitors Centre in the main
languages used by walkers, alerting them to the potentially difficult and changeable
conditions that they may encounter and the need for thorough preparation for the walk.
CasualNerd wrote:....
But if it saves even one life isn't it worth it ?
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