Re: Boat Ramps
Posted: Fri Aug 17, 2018 1:23 pm
As far as I'm aware boat ramps are a local council issue and not a State gov issue. I would like to see the $ breakdown of where that money is going.
Kimtown wrote: The strange asian tourists probably just wanted a go in the boat. Should have taken them for a spin ya selfish pr*co
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5.1m annually to Vicroads just for collecting the money, average 3m annually actually spent actually on ramps the rest goes in an account that by legislation dating back to the 60s when regos were first introduced can not be spent on anything other than recreational marine resources, mainly boat ramps. Things like bouys, markers etc come under a different area. We're the only state that has councils across every ramp take money to use them...DougieK wrote:As far as I'm aware boat ramps are a local council issue and not a State gov issue. I would like to see the $ breakdown of where that money is going.
It didn'tBrett wrote:Kimtown wrote: The strange asian tourists probably just wanted a go in the boat. Should have taken them for a spin ya selfish pr*co
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Where did it say Asian?
Should of charged then $20 each for use of the baot on exiting otherwise puched them overboard lolKimtown wrote:The strange asian tourists probably just wanted a go in the boat. Should have taken them for a spin ya selfish pr*coMattblack wrote:Yep, in the boat...and to top it off I had left my 6 year old in there whilst I went back to grab the car (yeah, bad form....wont be winning dad of the year for that one) To add insult to injury, one of them used the aerial as a grab rail on the way off.Kimtown wrote:Lol in your boat??
*Lesson for the day everyone...Don't leave your kids unsupervised ever!
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So the law already says that the money is supposed to go directly back into boating resources? Or have I misunderstood?cobby wrote:5.1m annually to Vicroads just for collecting the money, average 3m annually actually spent actually on ramps the rest goes in an account that by legislation dating back to the 60s when regos were first introduced can not be spent on anything other than recreational marine resources, mainly boat ramps. Things like bouys, markers etc come under a different area. We're the only state that has councils across every ramp take money to use them...DougieK wrote:As far as I'm aware boat ramps are a local council issue and not a State gov issue. I would like to see the $ breakdown of where that money is going.
cobby wrote:No you're 110% correct dougy. And that section of the legislation was not changed when revenue from boat and pwc licences was introduced. So either the government are sitting on the proverbial gold mine or they've done one hell of a dodgy. The red tape surrounding 'grants' for anything is ridiculous