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bumpingbill wrote:Strider wrote:Who wrote this article? There is no author cited.
It's an editorial
wayno wrote:You can't stop people going bush Ill prepared
johnw wrote:wayno wrote:You can't stop people going bush Ill prepared
You hit the nail on the head.
South_Aussie_Hiker wrote:No it's not, you're missing my point.
That takeoff, that aircraft, that pilot - are essentially all unregulated by the CAA.
wayno wrote:South_Aussie_Hiker wrote:No it's not, you're missing my point.
That takeoff, that aircraft, that pilot - are essentially all unregulated by the CAA.
ah, I see.
the aircraft is one of a few Fletchers that are aerial top dressing aircraft that have been modified to take parachutists. its a low profile, you have to crawl into the aircraft, you can no more than sit upright in it on the floor. apparently they had too many people sitting towards the back putting the centre of gravity too far back, when the pilot took off, it put the aircraft into too steep a climb the pilot couldnt recover from, causing it to stall and plummet into the ground.
DarrenM wrote:Better signage at the main trailheads is the big one for me. The best one I ever saw was at Guthega a few decades ago and it was large, mentioned death in big, bold letters and was impossible to ignore.
There has been next to nothing over the years and what is there is simply too small and not raising anyone's attention. Sure, plenty walk past signage no matter what but it's all about education and the small knee high signs at various places with tiny writing is not helping. Simple and large eye level signage with must have items and current weather report (and warnings) at all trailheads. It's such a cheap option to get people thinking over policing gear checks etc.
The numbers of those getting lost or worse is rather small given the overall figures on users in the park but closures and mandatory PLB's etc is the wrong answer.
GRLillistone wrote: . . . I'm strongly against any kind of enforcement of red tape.
I have never carried a PLB and don't intend to ever carry one . . .
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