This is worth a read !!!

herbie · Guru

This is worth a read !!!

billeeeeeee · Guru

herbie wrote:
http://www.ntnews.com.au/article/2013/09/23/325219_ntnews.html
I have posted this link to a news paper report,but for some reason it will not let me open it so if someone could re post the link so it will open it think it will get your blood boiling just like it got mine.

http://www.ntnews.com.au/article/2013/09/23/325219_ntnews.html

Duh · Guru

I think the article is hilarious, mostly tongue in cheek, gave me a good laugh though!

Whatever they think of us it doesn't stop them from holding out their hands for our money in one way or the other. Without us their economy and businesses would suffer.

the ginger nomad · Senior Member

Love it.this describes the different travelers perfectly. Herbie, don't let it upset you. I think it was all written tongue in cheek.
The media love upsetting people, we should just laugh t the article like they want us to.
John

neilnruth · Guru

It worked OK for me herbie - but it was a waste of time reading it.

RosieW · Guru

Definitely tongue in cheek, although there were some 'types' I think were described with scary accuracy.............

neilnruth · Guru

Yes, I agree, it is tongue in cheek but why bother writing it? Pity they haven't got something better to write about but after watching Mediawatch I think it happens fairly regularly.

herbie · Guru

Geezz Billieeee I recon that poor bloke needs some dental work,or maybe he just cant get into one as they recon there is a dentist shortage in Oz and trying to bring them in on the 457 visa ....from Pakistan.

Sheba · Guru

Worked Ok for me too Herbie.

Cheers,

Sheba.

nallingtoon · Senior Member

Definatly going to NT and Darwin when we travel just to piss em off

Neilo

herbie · Guru

I am flying up there in a few weeks (no holiday work related ) so must pack my budgie smugglers just to confuse them and hopefully p.. a few of the locals off.

justcruisin01 · Guru

Would make you wonder which catogory the write see's them selves in if & when they get to that time.

I also wonder if the people who are wanting to close areas, jack prices up etc etc, have even thought about the day they may wish to do the GN thing? By then they may have shot then selves in both feet. confuse confuse confuse

herbie · Guru

Just like in Cairns now my wife's sister has been up there seeing her daughter who lives there and she was saying all the ssignage that has gone up just on entering town regarding no camping/wheels clamped /fines and all the other stuff that makes one want to turn around and drive straight through. ..she was saying the amount of people who have been booked the $100 for camping in a no go area are mostly been back packers who will never pay the fine due to them probably back in there home land and who is going to chase them for $100.

So it has probably cost the rate payer more to pay these rangers wages than the fines have brought in.

Think she said 11 vehicles had been wheel clamped.

justcruisin01 · Guru

herbie wrote:
Just like in Cairns now my wife's sister has been up there seeing her daughter who lives there and she was saying all the ssignage that has gone up just on entering town regarding no camping/wheels clamped /fines and all the other stuff that makes one want to turn around and drive straight through. ..she was saying the amount of people who have been booked the $100 for camping in a no go area are mostly been back packers who will never pay the fine due to them probably back in there home land and who is going to chase them for $100.
So it has probably cost the rate payer more to pay these rangers wages than the fines have brought in.
Think she said 11 vehicles had been wheel clamped.

I have heard that with modern technology these fines are waiting for them at the airport when then they try to depart.

Same as outstanding traffic fines ,they catch up with you at rego time.

VKPORTABLE · Senior Member

I thought it was rather amusing myself.
One once told me they hoped I "perished under a campervan load of used incontinence pads" in response to a column I wrote. They really are nasty.

Comon, fess up which one of you said this to the poor girl

RosieW · Guru

herbie wrote:
Just like in Cairns now my wife's sister has been up there seeing her daughter who lives there and she was saying all the ssignage that has gone up just on entering town regarding no camping/wheels clamped /fines and all the other stuff that makes one want to turn around and drive straight through. ..she was saying the amount of people who have been booked the $100 for camping in a no go area are mostly been back packers who will never pay the fine due to them probably back in there home land and who is going to chase them for $100.
So it has probably cost the rate payer more to pay these rangers wages than the fines have brought in.
Think she said 11 vehicles had been wheel clamped.

$50 fine if you park in the carparks along the river here - assuming you get booked.... cheaper than a caravan park.............

freehazzas · Senior Member

Even if its not tongue in cheek, im just glad at my age i can still get up some slack polititions nose. Lol lol their all jealous.

johnq · Guru

herbie wrote:
http://www.ntnews.com.au/article/2013/09/23/325219_ntnews.html
I have posted this link to a news paper report,but for some reason it will not let me open it so if someone could re post the link so it will open it think it will get your blood boiling just like it got mine.

herbie,

It is space filler. It is cheaper than news or researched articles.

See what the author says about herself:

http://www.ntnews.com.au/article/2012/06/18/307821_ntnews.html

There are dozens of lightweights producing similar stuff. Equalled by such mind-numbing TV 'comment' shows as The Project. They are shameless.

Remember when a broadsheet had decent articles you could get your teeth into over a cup of Java? Satire too!

Those days are sadly missed. But not missed by generations whose attention span is that of a gnat. With apologies to the many gen X and Y who can read the full side of a cornflakes packet, not just the headline, and repeat the experience daily to see if anything has changed.