I've heard Ken Simpson talking about his bachelor days.
His old banger had rusted away underneath so he cut a hole just in front of
the driver's seat so he could just drive over a corpse, use the scoop he had
made - and toss the corpse onto the back seat!
The moral to this story is that, having reached the age of wishing to be
somewhat respectable, he bought a new car. It was nicked -and the entire
manuscript of what was to become "Birds of Bass Strait" vanished with the
car.
Anyhow, you are only in danger of a fine if someone in authority thinks it
is worth a prosecution.
That means that if you were taken to a magistrate's court there would be a
significant probability that you would be faced with more than a small fine
or being let off.
I don't know about the NT but down here in Vic my experiences suggest you
would not be in danger.
And I've also heard a public servant explain that you can be nicked for
having an egg shell, but that would only be if that were evidence in a whole
case about you raiding birds' nests.....
Michael Norris
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