blackfellas dont own it according to the national parks and wildlife website, it is known as the nullabore national park and regional reserve, they do however waffle on about aboriginal ownership in bygone years which were pijintjara and naninjeriii, both of whom have elders here in pirie, one of which was of the goolwa island "secret womens business" affair

Yep, sure is located on their claimed land.
In my youth we had to battle our way 39km to the Bight along the Dog Fence from the main highway just near the Yalata Community village.
One of my many jobs over the years was assisting the Dog Fencer on his patrol which started right there at the most impressive view of whales available. In fact, he tied a rope around my waist and lowered me  slightly over the cliff edge to sledge hammer the wire strainer in deeper.  That was at the official start of the fence in South Australia.
Was an interesting job, but itchy feet saw me marching off into another adventure.

Yeh, whole place is going like that, pay before one enters, I had a look at my old battered log and I had a note in there about a sign going in to a viewing area around yalata, had boomerangs and tourist trap written all over it, bypassed it went about 150 yards up the track theres a side road with a sign ( caution crumbling edges ) went in there, great pictures, the blacks only "own" that particular area known as "the head of the bight" which is a small area, around yalata, (strange because it is not even at the "head of the bight" ) they dont yet own the whole nullabour, that is the part I was talking about, but I was told by a freind (patrol grader driver, concentrating on the nullabour stretch ) that the area surrounding the platforms each side was to be fenced off, but I made a couple of calls and that is not to be, thank god, so tell your freind not to worry, all the other spots 100's km's each side are still open, little tracks everywhere, the dingo fence, according to my old log starts in s.a. just by yalata, I didnt worry about looking too much around there, too much risk with those people, prefer the quiet spots well away from our colored freinds, I was a long way from there before I started looking for whales, I know Goolwa reasonably well been through there quite a bit, I was in a shop in Port Pirie, when that maningerie tribal elder women ( the hindmarsh island secret womens business bullcrap) was bragging about how she was taking the government to court over secret womens business, she was laughing , thought it was a huge joke, I love the old paddlewheelers in goolwa, great little spot on the way to victor harbour, I've been meaning to take the ****le train but never have as yet, oh and one of my my favourites, the river run gathers momentum from there even though murray bridge claims that honor, if ever you or anyone else are coming down the murray , try to time your stay at morgan with the river run, great weekend of folk, jazz, blues and country, goes all weekend, held in the park just north of the caravan park, huge lawn area, under big old river reds, live bands everywhere, fantastic atmosphere, but I digress, yes tooperang, near cox field conservation park, havent been there but I drive the goolwa highway now and again seen the signs and I reckon it would be a great spot in amongst the rolling hills, now they want to own a share of water in the murray, thats a lark anything for money those buggers, how would you work that out, " I own that bit between the red flag and the yellow flag, OH BUGGAA!!!, iT'S JUST GONE DOWNSTREAM" , the coloureds already own vast tracks of inland country, the trick is to get the buggers to stay on it and actually work there, not come in to town causing mischief, but they will get their way, and we will pay them as well as our ilustrious government

-- Edited by dave06 at 13:01, 2008-09-22

colleen we couldnt get away from the camps, didnt try the fishing, couldnt work out how to get the line up from 40 feet, we just sat enthralled with the whales, it's a shame that the young indigenous are being brought up with so much hatred, the destruction present in their thinking is incredible, I have worked on a few far flung stations with a few aboriganal stockman, and I can tell you they are fantastic mates, and they condemn the coloured city dwellers, worked with a fellow on the water works, terrific bloke until the weekend and he got some grog in him, couldnt look sideways at him, but he would apoligise in tears come monday, the general feeling amongst the community is that the white feller owes them a living, why, I dont know, I dont hate them or anything like that, but I do tend to give them a wide berth, if that is prejudice then so be it, I dont want trouble, yeh! look Ceduna, I'm hearing bad things out of there, I would suggest a quick refill and an even quicker exit, I havent been over there for a while but reports are it isnt good

HI Kevin and welcome to you, I'm glad your experience in this region was a good one, $10 - $12 doesnt sound much but the problem starts to arise when one is travelling for months at a time on a tight budget, $10 here and $12 there soon adds up, after all they dont own the place, they occasionally walked over it, the general populace (you and me ) are getting ripped off left right and centre, we own the national parks ( as taxpayers ) and then we are expected to not only pay if we want to see it but also pay for its up keep by rangers that cant even control the weeds or feral animals and dont seem to want to, all the while the areas we are allowed into is diminishing at a rapid rate of knots, as soon as a certain population wants to visit an area it immediately becomes a national park or an aboriginal reserve, doesnt matter what name gets put on it the result is the same, you pay to enter and the money goes in to some coffer or another not back in to the park to keep it in pristine condition, just dont forget it is us, you and me that "own" the place, and also us that put the original roads in to there, and its our money that keeps it there, look out if they find oil or gas there you wont be allowed in at all, as I stated I have met some really good blacks but the reports keep coming in, not mine, but a lot of my friends that travel or live in that area, oh the boardwalk, yes put there by "work for the dole program" guess who paid for that, and you are right it did cost the tax payer a lot to be put there

-- Edited by dave06 at 20:40, 2008-09-23

Grizz, the good ones are still there, I see them every now and then, worked with quite a few, but the youngsters that are coming up now are just filled with hate, as you say a days work for a days pay would, I think, fix a lot, we must stop this "hand out " mentality