Three mile camp sites prices too expensive?

Enable JavaScript to get the best experience.

Search Subscribed Active Create new topic

> 10 years ago

General Gps & Speed Waves Foiling Gear Reviews Lost & Found WA NSW QLD SA VIC TAS

mick steffan

94 posts

mick steffan

WA, 94 posts

9 Jan 2009 10:56am

Hi guys,

I heard that prices in gnaraloo are getting absolutely absurt...
$18 plus for a site, preference sites for families and still not enough car park..
What is going on out there? Are they planning to improve the camp and give us value for money? i.e shade, fresh water, trees, enough car park.
You still do not get anything for your $$.

Except for the classic wave sailing conditions off course.. See picture

elmo

8890 posts

elmo

WA, 8890 posts

9 Jan 2009 11:24am

Quit your whining,

pay the brass

$20p/d for world class sailing is cheap

recycle

79 posts

recycle

WA, 79 posts

9 Jan 2009 11:27am

It's a bargain !

whippingboy

1104 posts

whippingboy

WA, 1104 posts

9 Jan 2009 2:22pm

This is a sensitive issue to some folks.

IMO, they should charge $100 a day and limit numbers. Then the station can be returned to some semblance of it's former self.

3 mile camp is a cess pit and should be closed and abandonded !!

"troll a loll a ding dong hey"

mick steffan

94 posts

mick steffan

WA, 94 posts

10 Jan 2009 11:40am

I agree, pay more with less crowds... or upgrade the facilities for all...

spot1

1588 posts

spot1

WA, 1588 posts

10 Jan 2009 12:21pm

upgrade the facilities for all
i wish the toliets would all be working thats a start

Wet Willy

TAS

2317 posts

Wet Willy

TAS, 2317 posts

10 Jan 2009 2:34pm

whippingboy said...

This is a sensitive issue to some folks.

IMO, they should charge $100 a day and limit numbers. Then the station can be returned to some semblance of it's former self.

3 mile camp is a cess pit and should be closed and abandonded !!

"troll a loll a ding dong hey"

In other words, only the elite, moneyed crowd can stay there? Champers and polo after sailing? No riff-raff?

I think 18 bucks a night is a bit high for a campsite; that's more than I usually pay for hotel rooms!

gazza

647 posts

gazza

WA, 647 posts

10 Jan 2009 4:39pm

Nothing worst than a tight ass

I'd pay $5o a night and sh1t in the bush.

Its a bargin rememeber alot of the time the place is half empty but bills have to be paid.

im just stoked there is a camp site there

next time all you tight arses waste $18 on crap think that could be a night a Gnaraloo

curac

1160 posts

curac

WA, 1160 posts

10 Jan 2009 8:15pm

Red bluff is a bit cheaper

Wet Willy

TAS

2317 posts

Wet Willy

TAS, 2317 posts

10 Jan 2009 11:01pm

It's not about being tight, it's about not having money.

Hey (going off on a slight tangent here) I don't get one thing: Australia has more land (ok so that includes a lot of desert) than most countries and a relatively tiny population. Why the high land prices? I think about a hundred bucks an acre would be more reasonable.

Pointman

437 posts

Pointman

WA, 437 posts

10 Jan 2009 10:05pm

The govt regulates the supply to keep prices artificially high = more stamp duty, land taxes etc!!

It ain't fair, it just is.

Re Gnaraloo...$18 / nite is firkle. But I'd gladly pay more for better facilities.

WINDY MILLER

3183 posts

WINDY MILLER

WA, 3183 posts

11 Jan 2009 12:43pm

nicer camping down the road.
half the price.
spiders n sawdust in the bogs, though!

gazza

647 posts

gazza

WA, 647 posts

11 Jan 2009 1:49pm

WindWarrior said...

Closer view...

Yep your right $18 a day is such a rip off to sail such an over rated place maybe we should all just stay at home next year

curac

1160 posts

curac

WA, 1160 posts

11 Jan 2009 2:54pm

You don't pay to sail there. You pay to camp there

Greenroom

7608 posts

Greenroom

WA, 7608 posts

11 Jan 2009 10:45pm

curac said...

You don't pay to sail there. You pay to camp there

True

shark

361 posts

shark

WA, 361 posts

12 Jan 2009 2:24am

Wet Willy said...

It's not about being tight, it's about not having money.

Hey (going off on a slight tangent here) I don't get one thing: Australia has more land (ok so that includes a lot of desert) than most countries and a relatively tiny population. Why the high land prices? I think about a hundred bucks an acre would be more reasonable.

problem is you guys all want to live IN THE SAME PLACE!

A swiss friend summed it up a while back though. We were looking at a harbour that was undergoing a bit of land reclamation and he said
"you have 4000km in that direction, but you need 50 meters in the opposite direction?

stehsegler

3571 posts

stehsegler

WA, 3571 posts

12 Jan 2009 2:47am

wow... I heard the same complaints from a number of whiny Italians. Let me tell you, I just spent two weeks traveling through Italy (Rome, Tuscany, Florenz etc.) If I hear another Italian complaining about the prices at Gnaraloo Station I think I will personally put forward a petition to ban Italian windsurfers from entering Australia.

A regular s..t meal in Rome will set you back 20 Euros without wine or any drinks. The worst is that's not even good food. A night in a hotel will cost you at least 100 Euros... and the quality at that price level is so bad it would give the worst dump in Kings Cross a run for it's money.

So next time you complain about $18 being too much or that their are not enough facilities remember that the place is so remote it may as well be on the moon...

... oh, and btw the owner of the station could simple close it to public access. So be nice, pay your $18 and be happy we have such a great wave sailing location in this awesome country of ours.

whippingboy

1104 posts

whippingboy

WA, 1104 posts

12 Jan 2009 2:17pm

Side note:

The land at 3 mile is all a pastoral lease. The lease holder must gain permission for any further construction, any constructions or upgrades can be removed / demolished at any time at government discretion.

Therefore the station owner is spending his $$ on improving the facilities around the homestead. There is even a fresh water shower

.

So if you want better facilities, better value for money stay at the homestead. It's only a 3 mile drive to 3 mile

P.S. It costs the station many $$ to keep the tracks maintained, more traffic has meant more maintenance, therefore higher costs.

shark

361 posts

shark

WA, 361 posts

12 Jan 2009 11:12pm

doesnt it belong to a jap consortium now, with the pastoral side secondary to the tourist setup?

whippingboy

1104 posts

whippingboy

WA, 1104 posts

13 Jan 2009 9:24am

The Japanese sold out about 6? years ago.

(They were hoping to build a golf course up there

)

You could of bought the place for under $2,000,000

A pleasant chain smoking Irishmen is the current owner.

The lease was renewed in 2007 and completion/revovation of the chalets at the homestead began. All chalets now have running water and power. At this stage only the homestead has a fresh water shower.

There's much more to Gnaraloo than windsurfing

P.S. Don't even mention the Rip Curl issue

Please Register, or first...

Topics Reply