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Fried Rice


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Hullo all...

I read somewhere (I think in our forums) of a town or shire who collected shopping receipts from campers in a box as they departed the free camp, maybe a showgound, to help assess the value of those visitors to the community.

Can anyone help me find that article please?

We are trying to demonstrate the value of free/budget campers to a recalcitrant shire...

Thanks  Fried Rice

 

 



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hisky


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the caretaker at showground at Home Hill North Qld



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Correct and welcome to the gang hisky, enjoy here and out in the playground.

Many many $$$$$$ were proven to be spent in the town in a short period of time too.

Maybe check one of "yeoeleven's" post's or his blog FR he may have posted it originally. I know I read it too.

I'm sure someone will point you in the right direction FR.

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Fried Rice,

The Queensland government has already done your work for you when it did its inquiry into rural development. I have posted links before but just put this into your search on Google,

Grey Nomad Queensland Government Submission 19 07 2010


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Gympie in QLD also did a "spending" survey - the amount spent in a month was phenomenal!
Perhaps do a "search" on here for either Home Hill or Gympie.

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It was the show grounds at Calbouloure 

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I  think some Caravan Clubs ask members at a their Caravan Park "meet up's"      to  keep a record of their local spending while at the event.

 The total spending for the club get together  is passed on to the local authority.  Think the CMCA  does this ?

Doing that at a free camp  would not be  hard for the local authority to get a ball park figure of spending locally.   



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Fried Rice


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Thanks for so many constructive replies folks. Our forum shines again! Fried rice

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Fried Rice wrote:

Hullo all...

I read somewhere (I think in our forums) of a town or shire who collected shopping receipts from campers in a box as they departed the free camp, maybe a showgound, to help assess the value of those visitors to the community.

Can anyone help me find that article please?

We are trying to demonstrate the value of free/budget campers to a recalcitrant shire...

Thanks  Fried Rice

 G'day mate

as well as the helpful stuff above - you could also look at

www.FreeChoiceCamps.com.au
and
https://sites.google.com/site/freedomcampingaustralia

Phil



-- Edited by Ozzie_Traveller on Saturday 15th of November 2014 09:00:50 PM

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Bugsy


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On freechoicecamps.com.au you will find all the stories indexed under state and town. They also have a Facebook page which has the Caboolture showground story. Both sites are a very useful source of information.

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