Expensive Straddie Weekend !!!

[jrf1973]

Just a note to remind everyone to get a 4 x 4 beach permit whilst on Straddie.

Boys weekend - 7 blokes - 2 vehicles. Half of us had been before, but half were green horns. All was organised, Beer, Barges, Food, Fishing gear etc etc. One vehicle still has a valid beach permit - but we need to get another.

On the island, the brain gets put into neutral and the beach permit gets forgotten about. Not deliberate - an honest mistake.

Of course the ranger nabs us and can you believe the fine is $375 !!

We accept we were stupid - someone should have remembered but with an annual permit at $44 the fine is pretty bloody steep !!

Justin

[roydsy]

Yeah thats a crazy fine... I can undertsand it being substantial enough to deter people from evading fees but over 8 times the inital yearly permit seems unaustralian and blatent revenue raising.

Don't even start me on speeding and parking fines.....

[plaztix]

OOOOOOHHHhh that hurts.

I guess you probably still have to buy the permit as well. Or are they kind enough to throw that in for the $375

[Peter4]

Unfortunately for you Justin a heap of people regularly 4WD Straddie beaches without permits, cutting up the dunes and being on the beaches too close to the high tides.

As a result the fine is large to try to encourage the idiots to do the right thing.

Understand it was an honest oversight in your case - but if you break the law you pay the fine......at least you won't forget next time.

Always a good idea to get the permit before you go to Straddie just so you don't forget in the excitement of getting there!

Pete

[mowerman]

$44.

Cheap at half the price.

That will get you only a month on the EPA controlled National parks. Moreton. Fraser.


Rod

[chisel]

Ouch. I thought the ranger would have let a first-time offender off with a warning. (Not that I condone driving without a permit - I always make sure I have a valid one.)

[Strategy]

On the subject of permits I paid for permits on the net for access to Bribie island beach.All is well except once they have your money / credit card I have found out they dont post out your windscreen sticker. Only a receipt is posted and you have to go a pick up the sticker in the city or present your receipt at Caravan park at bribie. What is the use of paying over the net. \
Has anyone experienced this?
regards
Wayne

[Tangles]

jrf, which beach at Straddie you got nabbed,, ... ?

[jrf1973]

Aigutso - we got nabbed on main beach, just back from the pin.

Not only did we get a fine - we got a lecture as well !! (You can imagine how well that went down...).

The purpose of the thread was to ensure no other Ausfishers get caught - let's hope this has helped in some way.

[BILLY THE KID]

On the subject of permits I paid for permits on the net for access to Bribie island beach.All is well except once they have your money / credit card I have found out they dont post out your windscreen sticker. Only a receipt is posted and you have to go a pick up the sticker in the city or present your receipt at Caravan park at bribie. What is the use of paying over the net. \
Has anyone experienced this?
regards
Wayne

so the poor caravan park bloke doesnt have 400 people a day in peak times applying for weekly permits for the weekends .

bribie and cooloola beaches can get like queen street on long weekends / holidays