National Parks between Crescent Head and Point Plomer

lightoffshore · Member

National Parks between Crescent Head and Point Plomer

GaryKelly · Guru

Eeeeek! A lurker! But I agree that $20 a night for a drop loo, cold shower and a bit of dirt is a bit rich. For less than that I rent a whole house. When you're an age pensioner you don't see $20 as $20, you see it as $280 a fortnight.

Woolly · Senior Member

Yes I agree that $20 a night is expensive, but as you have said yourself the previous trip you only paid once. Do you think this maybe the reason they engaged contractors & increased the price as no one was paying even though there has always been a fee & people were relied on being honest and paying it.
You might note that Point Plommer is still only $10 a night, the reason being is there has always been someone there to collect.
These parks are well maintained & that doesn't happen for nothing, if everyone had done the right thing in the first place instead of the minority paying the fees, maybe we all wouldn't have to pay the higher prices now.

lightoffshore · Member

Woolly, bugger that, it's state government and I'll do my best to avoid paying $20/night for one person. And previously, I wasn't dodging fees, I was just never asked to pay and there was no honesty box.

Woolly · Senior Member

I will disagree with the no honesty boxes, they are certainly there.
The old rate of $10 a person was good for the facilities of as you put it " a patch of dirt, a drop toilet and a cold shower " also add onto that rubbish removal & 99% of the time firewood & it is a real good deal. Just a shame more didn't pay it & now we all get hit $20 a night.

wasn_me · Guru

Woolly wrote:
Yes I agree that $20 a night is expensive, but as you have said yourself the previous trip you only paid once. Do you think this maybe the reason they engaged contractors & increased the price as no one was paying even though there has always been a fee & people were relied on being honest and paying it.
You might note that Point Plommer is still only $10 a night, the reason being is there has always been someone there to collect.
These parks are well maintained & that doesn't happen for nothing, if everyone had done the right thing in the first place instead of the minority paying the fees, maybe we all wouldn't have to pay the higher prices now.

Well said Woolly, I couldn't agree more.

Cheers Pete

lightoffshore · Member

We'll have to agree to disagree Woolly, it's a lousy deal. Why should solo travelers pay the same price as two? Or if you have three or more, it's an extra $10/night. It's a rip off.

Woolly · Senior Member

you are missing my point lightoffshore, I don't disagree that $20 a night is a bit steep. What I am saying is it used to be $10 a night but due to people not paying they are NOW charging $20 to cover for the cost of contractors to collect the money.

lightoffshore · Member

They have not increased the fees for Racecourse and Delicate Nobby, it was always (well this year at least) $20/night. Might be different for Plomer

Diggings · Senior Member

Going down that way early next year, love that part of the coast.

Big Gorilla · Guru

Same thing has happened in Victoria. Parks are imposing unreasonable fees on areas that were once free camping. A few on this Forum complained by e-mail to no avail. You either wear it or by-pass the area and spend your money in more RV friendly towns.