have sent this email to scott emerson, bushnbeach and fishing monthly:
my name is dave anderson. i am on a crusade. i am trying to obtain
what is rightfully boaties and that is trailer parking availability.
wellington pt reserve has 6 lanes of ramps (1 x 4 lane & 1 x 2 lane).
msq guidelines recommend there be 135 bays for trailers there. there
are 75. on every fair weather weekend it is usual to see half of
these bays filled by cars without trailers. fathers day just gone was
a great example. 6 bays taken up by boat trailers, 69 by daytrippers.
2 of those 6 trailers had been boxed in by cars. some bays even had
3 cars parked in them. cars and boat trailers were parked on median
strips and there were 2 cars parked on the 2 lane ramp. the worst i
have seen there was on 29/07/12 when there was no room for boaties to
rig up as there were 6 cars parked in the rigging bays. i have
attached some pics of that day. council committed its' officers to
doing a report and the officers recommended that the parking
allocation status quo remain and enforcement be increased with
emphasis on weekends and public holidays. at councils meeting this
week, councillors saw fit to vote against these recommendations and
instead have proposed a "trial period" of "shared parking" whereby
they are effectively legalising parking in a further 11 trailer bays
for daytrippers. these changes by council somewhat contravene the
conditions msq puts in place at the design stage and will see us with
less than 50% of recommended. as we contribute via registration fees
to the costs of ramp and parking facility upkeep are we not entitled
to receive a reasonable level of service?