Jim, your video's do make a difference, good friends of ours have never been into 4wdig as such but are about to buy a new 4wd and off road camper to travel this great land and in doing research have come accoss your "how to crap in the bush" video and liked / shared it on facebook.
The Ranger I spoke to was a Yarra Rangers Ranger who works in my local area and knew people in Parks Vic., it was just general conversation and he said that it would be a state wide thing IF it did happen but as he said if attitudes don't change it is inevitable.
As far as bog holes and track trashing that is all part of it because at the end of the day they are not there for us, they are there for fire fighting and park management so if a standard 4by with a good driver can't get through they must be maintained and that is where $$ come into it so better for authorities to close it rather than constantly pour more and more $$ in.
I have made comment and sent PM's regarding going out after excessive rain but most of the time it falls on deaf / ignorant ears, although one trip was cancelled much to the credit of the trip leder / organiser.
If this was my forum there would be very strict standards in regards to " Mud Runs" etc that cause excessive track degradation and exacerbate the issues.
The one thing going for us is the other side of the coin, without 4wding lots of industries, workshops and local towns would suffer massive financial problems so that keeps the tracks open for now.
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