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'No-go' zones to be created in overhaul of Australia's environment laws (www.abc.net.au)
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[-] Salvo@aussie.zone 2 points 18 hours ago

No Development Zones wpuld definitely be a good thing, but no access to anyone zones wouldn’t be.

The Australian Bush has been maintained and curated for at least 40,000 (probably closer to 80,000) years and closing off access to anyone is not the answer.

If you visit State and National Parks that restrict public access (such as Bunyip State which only allows Cyclists and Horseriders) you may notice that a lot of the tracks are overgrown (to a point where Cyclists and Horseriders can’t use them).

Meanwhile, other Parks that do allow 4WDing have been chewed up to a point where they are inaccessible to anything but a Unimog.

[-] Taleya@aussie.zone -1 points 14 hours ago

personally I'm all for taking 4wds and trail bikes and shoving them up people's arses.

[-] Salvo@aussie.zone 1 points 1 hour ago

Back in the 1970s and 1990s, there has been a large Street-Race culture.

There has since been a huge crack-down on this and a lot of the people who would have formerly driven like idiots in suburban streets, and then in empty housing estates and industrial parks have traded in their Commodores and Falcons for Patrols and Landcruisers. Now they tear up State Parks.

Meanwhile, there are a larger proportion of the community who just want to visit The Great Outdoors; some of them want to perform outdoor activity’s; hiking, kayaking, recreational fishing, etc. and they need an off road vehicle to get to the beginning of their adventure. Others just want to experience the ambiance of camping away from other people and they need an off-road vehicle to get there. Some people want to travel to a location just for the sake of travelling.

A soft-reader SUV is not suitable for a lot of these activities. Carrying a tinny, Roof-top-tent, kayak or mountain bike on the roof of a RAV4 or Honda CRV may be physically possible, but it probably is not be a good idea.

You are 100% right about Dirt Bikes though.

[-] FireWire400@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

Sounds good, let's see what comes of it.

this post was submitted on 11 Sep 2025
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