Thank you to Grev for his insight into the problem of access. We feel that
the way to go would be his first suggestion "For the Council to charge an
admission fee. This could be. say, $5 for the right to go onto the area for
a year. The payment of a fee on the one hand, and conditions imposed on
the permit on the other, would give Council the right to exclude .liability
as a condition of the contract between itself and the permit holder. That
exclusion of any liability would be printed, clearly, on the Permit
issued. It could be argued that Council would need to ensure that only
ticket holders went onto the treatment works. That might be achieved by a
large notice at the entrance, or entrances to the effect "Trespassers
prosecuted. Entry by Permit only". At present Council needs to have an
employee at the works to eject birders. The same person could view permits.
So no additional cost to Council. Permits, in writing of course, would be
issued at Council Chambers, and the fee would cover, more or less, the cost
of the process."
This would enable birdwatchers to do what we do now, go to the STW whenever
we want to, do our own thing, most of us only stay 1-2 hours. It would be
worth considerably more than $5 to us to be able to do this and it may only
be necessary to issue permits for say 2 years at a time. Judith & Neil
Russill
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