Well the world did not end on May 21st as predicted by Rapture Preacher Harold Camping. And now our own Australian prophet Reflex Films may also been proved wrong.
Gennies are not the end of the world at 3 Mile Camp on Gnaraloo station as it is proposed to ban them from end of the September 2011 school holidays. This is a step to try to maintain 3 Mile Camp as a WILDERNESS TOURISM destination so that generations to come can still get away from the all encompassing commercialism and consumerism
Sentiment in the camp is mixed. Some would like to ban them immediately but there has to be a transiton period too allows people to make alternative arrangements. Others are saying they won't come back if they cannot use their generator.
If generators are banned it is proposed to increase the availability of plug spots at the shop where you can plug in an Engle fridge

I happy if they banned. So unefficient and noisy if eveyone has one.

Engel fridge and solar panel. Sorted

isnt there an app for that??????

just get a bloody solar panel + wind generator and be done with it... plenty of people in Europe spend months at places like Tarifa and Fuertevenutra living in vans never running a generator.

HAPPY DAYS ! well done Gboss - getting rid of those whiney Gennys will bring back the magic.

NA just ban them now!!!!
Thats what we need,
more council rules,
more big signs in country areas say "DONT DO -----"
Was camping not too long ago and was told to put out my camp fire.
I asked why??,,,as there was no fire dangers,been heaps of wet weather?
The answer I got was that someone from another camp site(no one for 100m by the way)might not see the fire and fall into it????WTF

Australia is turning into a nanny country cause all the oldies have nothing better to do than write to councils and local newspapers complaining about everthing.
Its a big fricken country,,,if someone near you is a bit too noisey,as we all are sometimes,,,,how hard is it to camp a bit further away????

It always amazes me when there is miles of area to camp,,and you get some old couple camp as close to you as they can,,,then complain about any noise????

If there are other people camping,,,we usually try and camp as far away as possible from everyone else.Why set up right in someones hip pocket???????then complain if someone farts??????

Yep..time to put up even more signs,rules and regulations,,,,,,,yaaaay,,go the nannys

You can tell the amount of old age pensioners on here as to the amount of red thumbs this will probly getGo for it Markie

Lotofwind, don't really think bans by council and Govt is a valid analogy here.... Gnaraloo is private property and they allow people to camp there. The majority have complained about gensets used by a few, so the owners have chosen to ban them.

PS: GBoss good on you for posting here so people know and don't get caught short when they arrive and have assumed they can still use them

^^^^
yawn

Talk about Dylan-esque protest songs.. How about this, if anybody starts a generator at a campsite, everyone else should get together, get drunk and sing this song on repeat until 3am.. with adjusted lyrics.. Then at 3:30am when Jerks complain we catch some campsite rats and shoot them at the yuppies with a Potato Cannon..

Waaahoooaaaaahhhaaaaaooooahahhawaawawaaawoooow



"I'm the Generator, firing whenever your quiet
Yeah whatever it is, you go out and it's on
Yeah can't you hear my motored heart
You're the one that started it
I'm the Generator
I'm the Generator
I'm the Generator
I'm the Generator
I'm the Generator
I'm the Generator
Yeah can't you hear my motored heart
You're the one that started it"

GBoss said...

Others are saying they won't come back if they cannot use their generator.

Is that a threat?

lotofwind said...

Gwendy said...

Lotofwind, pretty much every post that you have made in the last month ends up banging on about the older generation. You seem to have some sort of fixation on this subject. Do not concern yourself, you will reach middle age soon enough. Perhaps you would find some comfort in some counselling.

P.S first time I've ever used those little face thingys

Hi Wendy,glad to see you have been following my postsand that some women folk come here.
Im actually older than all of you.Just choose not to whine and complain how things change and how "back in the day things were so much better."Get over it,,,you cant stop it so why stess out about it.

Oh I'm not a woman,.....although I have been told I look fairly hot in a skirt(.).)......anyway, I have been following your posts a bit, sometimes your funny. So your older than us, that would explain everything. Poor thing, you must have had a tough childhood. How old are you really? comon now be honest. Is it true you run multiple profiles and argue with yourself online? Just a rumour floatin around the web.

GBoss, great work.
Is this the start of things to come ?
Returning it to a wilderness style camp ground will appeal to many. Hopefully the next step may involve forcing campers to deal with their own rubbish ?

WindWarrior said...
Returning it to a wilderness style camp ground will appeal to many. Hopefully the next step may involve forcing campers to deal with their own rubbish ?

How about just campers dealing with their rubbish. The amount of people that seem to just leave their campsite assuming someone else will clean after them is quite astonishing.

I think the fact that there are almost zero flies up at the homestead while the campsite is infested with them is testament to that.

Perhaps the manufactures of camper trailers should be held to account or at least provide an alternative. I recolect two new fancy looking camper trailers turning up one time, (next to us) awnings out, boats on the roof of the brand new 4wd's, large outside floor coverings installed, with a massive gazebo over, next thing was the gen sets coming out, and being taken away at least the length of one extension lead. Next thing the genies on most of the day......This thread has made me think that these "campervans and trailers" are no doubt fully wired up with battery banks on board to run the fridge and the internal lighting etc.. and as such do not operate without the obligatory "re charge" perhaps the hirer or the purchuser succuming to the latest and greatest dosen't even question this?

Dont get me wrong we have an engel and a camper van, but find with dual batteries in the car, led lighting in the van, a big esky with ice and the old gas light, as well as the fire!! is enough to keep us going for two weeks. No worries.

I reckon some just dont see an alternative?

GBoss said...
This is a step to try to maintain 3 Mile Camp as a WILDERNESS TOURISM destination so that generations to come can still get away from the all encompassing commercialism and consumerism.

Wow, Wilderness tourism hey ... now that's quite a catchy brandname. ^^^
I guess if you are trying to sex-up a piece-of-sh1t desert camping ground,
what better way is there ?

*Generators are for wimps.