Free rest areas
AS AN employee of BIG4 Launceston Holiday Park I need to respond to the letter from Ken Padman (The Examiner, July 21). The City of Launceston council is supporting the local economy by not providing free rest areas for overnight motorhome stays. Yes, RVs do spend money in the local area - food, fuel, entertainment, eateries etc but so does every tourist who comes to this state. The difference between free camping and caravan parks is employment. If this park ceased to provide camping sites, the amenities cleaners would lose their jobs. Their wages are spent in the local economy - again for food, fuel, eateries etc but for a lot longer duration than an overnight stay.
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Yes, this park is being redeveloped and the first project the owners undertook was to upgrade the amenity block for our powered and unpowered site guests, including RVs. This was a $200,000 injection, straight into the Launceston community. The park always uses local tradesmen - who then spend their wages locally on food, fuel, eateries etc. How much has the Campervan and Motorhome Club of Australia spent establishing their sponsored parks and how many employees will they have? Are you and the CMCA willing to offer the same investment? I say 'well done' to the council for being thoughtful of their local community and economy. Launceston is an emerging tourism hotspot and we should all be working together to benefit from this enthusiasm for a beautiful Tasmanian city.
Wendy O'Keefe, Perth.
Not happy
I WOULD like to say “hello” to the absent-minded person who brushed the back right of my dark grey Honda on Wednesday, July 19, while it was parked either in the Aquatic Centre or Elizabeth Street car park in Launceston and didn’t leave a name or phone number. Should your conscience be getting the better of you, it would be good if you could get in touch before a request is made to Tasmania Police to view car park CCTV footage. My details are available on request from The Examiner.
Fred McCullough, Glengarry.
Perth road break up
AFTER receiving a cracked windscreen (along with many others it seems) I urge everyone travelling on the new Perth bypass road, near Devon Hills, not to be impatient and keep to the 80 km/h speed limit. I have written to the infrastructure minister, Rene Hidding seeking answers as to why this brand new stretch of highway is already breaking up in numerous places. I've observed recently the Liberals patting themselves on the back about the first class infrastructure they are delivering. I only hope it's not all to this poor standard.
Janet Lambert, Labor Candidate for Lyons.
Factional warlords and sensible centres don’t mix
WITH the new series of Game of Thrones upon us the spectre of factional warlords is hard to dismiss. For years the Liberal Party have been able make huge political gain on the undue influence of unions and rampant factionalism in the Labor Party. The Liberals were also the party that boasted they would never oust a sitting Prime Minister. Now they are nothing more than hypocrisy writ large. Now it is abundantly clear that the warlords govern only for themselves. Whatever the Prime Minister says, a metaphorical blood encrusted dagger is being held firmly to his ribs as he spins Homeland Security and elevates Peter Dutton. This is not an assertive party astride the sensible centre. This is a party crumbling from the middle to a right wing abyss.
Tony Newport, Hillwood.
University move
WHAT’S the Launceston City Council’s plan to prevent Mowbray from becoming a ghetto after the university is moved to Inveresk?
Leon Cooper, St Leonards.