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Re: 4WDs on beaches - Request for Information

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Subject: Re: 4WDs on beaches - Request for Information
From: Peter Pfeiffer <>
Date: Thu, 04 Sep 1997 11:03:26
At 09:25 AM 04/09/1997 +1100, Eric Woehler wrote:
>I am asking for help in compiling information on the various state govt
>policies to 4WDs on beaches around Australia.  Here in Tasmania we have
>seen a major increase in beach traffic - 4WDs, quad motor bikes, trail
>bikes, ag bikes etc etc in the last 10 to 15 years.
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>In Tasmania, the policy is to permit 4WDs on beaches unless sign posted
>otherwise - in contrast to some/many ?/all ? mainland states where the
>policy is the reverse - beaches are off-limits to 4WDs unless sign posted.
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>Can people please send me information on the policy for each state?
>Are there 'sacrificial' beaches that have been given to 4WDs to trash, and
>thus keeping them off other beaches? Are 4WDs a problem, or do they obey
>the regulations in place?
>
      Eric, 
        Not all 4wdrivers trash beaches. I know the relevant parts of the 
Coorong
are closed to 4wds during the Hooded Plover breeding season.
        Peter.

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Peter Pfeiffer
Dept. of  Chemistry
Flinders University of  South Australia
GPO Box 2100
Adelaide SA 5001

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