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Dredging in Australia for recreational activities IS illegal..
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<blockquote data-quote="aussiefarmer" data-source="post: 428645" data-attributes="member: 5729"><p>My outburst may have been a little blunt , but before highbanking in nsw was banned i seen plenty of dredges and trommels being operated in public areas , even a large trailer mounted trommel big enough to be fed with a bobcat <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite9" alt=":eek:" title="Eek! :eek:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":eek:" /> , but was being fed by 4 guys on shovels operating at hillend the weekend of the napha meeting a coupla years ago.</p><p></p><p>I guess the rangers couldnt tell the difference so they stopped every motorised fossicking device to simplify the job, a bit like serrated tussock its a lot easier to get rid of if you wipe out all tussocks so the cant blend in.</p><p></p><p>The people making these rules dont want anyone in the bush!, plain and simple , but the fools who continued to dredge deffinently helped get highbanking banned.</p><p></p><p>I said it before the only long term fix is to get the wildlife warriors out of these government decision making rolls and get some prospectors in these jobs.</p><p>Comments saying dredging is as good or better for the environment than highbanking is just sealing the fate of highbankers. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite3" alt=":(" title="Frown :(" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":(" /> </p><p></p><p>Maybe pamv and napha should push the issue that dredges and dredge nozzles should be illegal to own and criminal to sell as trade off to get highbanking reintroduced , so that a clear line is drawn between the two methods of gold recovery.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="aussiefarmer, post: 428645, member: 5729"] My outburst may have been a little blunt , but before highbanking in nsw was banned i seen plenty of dredges and trommels being operated in public areas , even a large trailer mounted trommel big enough to be fed with a bobcat :o , but was being fed by 4 guys on shovels operating at hillend the weekend of the napha meeting a coupla years ago. I guess the rangers couldnt tell the difference so they stopped every motorised fossicking device to simplify the job, a bit like serrated tussock its a lot easier to get rid of if you wipe out all tussocks so the cant blend in. The people making these rules dont want anyone in the bush!, plain and simple , but the fools who continued to dredge deffinently helped get highbanking banned. I said it before the only long term fix is to get the wildlife warriors out of these government decision making rolls and get some prospectors in these jobs. Comments saying dredging is as good or better for the environment than highbanking is just sealing the fate of highbankers. :( Maybe pamv and napha should push the issue that dredges and dredge nozzles should be illegal to own and criminal to sell as trade off to get highbanking reintroduced , so that a clear line is drawn between the two methods of gold recovery. [/QUOTE]
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