Proposed changes to camping rules

[just4tehhalibut]

As per this ABC article the WA govt is looking at updating an old piece of leglislation about caravan parks and camping grounds, there's a consultation paper on the WA Dept of Local Govt website and they're taking public submissions until 30 Nov 2015. This is round two of the public process BTW. Not everyone is a stealth camper so there's your chance to voice your opinion.

One option mentioned was where there is camping on private land, as opposed to an approved campsite, that the local govt control this. There's a few shires in WA that pretty much prohibit camping, so this hasn't gone well for us so far.

It mentions elsewhere that caravan parks may be required to keep a certain number of short term sites to be approved as a park. All well and good but how many is useful to the cyclotourist? And how does it help with some of those resorts (like on the Dunsborough-Busselton strip) that have been making use of this law to be classified differently for land use from other resorts but then completely discourage anyone from using their so-called short-term camping bays?

Got something to say to the DLG? You've got to 30 November.

[just4tehhalibut]

Reminder, you've got Monday and that's it. Here's an article that might interest you:
"Esperance prospector Nigel Heald, 56, says one recommendation about camping on private land crosses the line between regulation and oppression.
He claims it has been driven by the caravan park industry and “smacks of vested interests”. Under current legislation, people can apply to local governments to camp on private land for more than three nights in any 28-day period with the landowner’s permission. If the recommendation is adopted, landowners would have to submit an application, accompanied by a fee and a management plan addressing health, safety and the environment"