Tue 01 Jan, 2013 1:49 pm
colinm wrote:http://blog.oplopanax.ca/2011/11/on-blaming-the-victim/
Tue 01 Jan, 2013 2:16 pm
Tue 01 Jan, 2013 4:04 pm
WarrenH wrote:Can those in the know on this thread, say why the four canyoners who were under provisioned and needed rescuing on the 27th Dec, why they were not fined $500 each?
Only one space blanket between them. No second rope and they were navigationally challenged.
Something isn't holding true.
Warren.
Tue 01 Jan, 2013 4:35 pm
DaveNoble wrote:I think it is premature for us (the bushwalking community) to pass judgement without knowing the full facts. We do not know how experienced the walker was and what gear he was carrying besides his food. We do not know his intended route.
Wed 02 Jan, 2013 9:23 am
DaveNoble wrote:I think it is premature for us (the bushwalking community) to pass judgement without knowing the full facts. We do not know how experienced the walker was and what gear he was carrying besides his food. We do not know his intended route.
ryantmalone wrote:Today alone, I twisted my ankle quite badly in Werribee Gorge, but I'm more hardened than some, so I walked it out.
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Thu 03 Jan, 2013 5:02 pm
mikethepike wrote:I'm beginning to think that that $500 fine could be setting a bad precedent for S&R in this country. Perhaps the guy should take a lead from South Australia and not pay the fine. Incredibly, there is over $230,000,000 in unpaid fines in SA and the Gov't continues to wonder about how to recover even some of that money!
Thu 03 Jan, 2013 6:36 pm
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neilmny wrote:Errr....wouldn't that list being readily available to anyone contravene the privacy act?
Fri 04 Jan, 2013 1:14 pm
colinm wrote:neilmny wrote:Errr....wouldn't that list being readily available to anyone contravene the privacy act?
It's a state, it's not bound by its own laws. If they wanted to hang people for not paying their fines the only recourse you'd have is try to vote them out.
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Tue 29 Jan, 2013 7:05 am
davidm wrote:Mr Naan bread and potatoes is looking like a genius compared to the poor bugger that's lost in the blue mountains now. You gotta be a bit crazy to ignore warnings of catastrophic storms to go solo canyoning
Tue 29 Jan, 2013 10:15 am
davidm wrote:Mr Naan bread and potatoes is looking like a genius compared to the poor bugger that's lost in the blue mountains now. You gotta be a bit crazy to ignore warnings of catastrophic storms to go solo canyoning...
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Tue 29 Jan, 2013 9:11 pm
Rob A wrote:Just out of interest, where are you guys getting your weather from?
No one round my way didnt know that the weather was going to be absolutely brutal. There was plenty of warning.
But I wasnt thinking of screenshotting stuff to for an "I think its inccredible people are so dense" post three or four days later.
Maybe it might be constructive if the bushwalk site ran a link and section to reliable weather sites to promote some sort of centre for dropping in for last minute "what do you reckons".
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