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Using a dredge in Australia for recreational prospecting is illegal - information and questions
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<blockquote data-quote="Barra_Mad" data-source="post: 62463" data-attributes="member: 2114"><p>Hey Guys</p><p></p><p>Just a little thing that happened to me today. I took my niece and nephew down to yarrowee to do a little panning as the are 9 and 4 so prime spot to spend time with them close to home and the like. when we got there I found a group of blokes had set up a dredging operation on the beach i had intended to use and where not welcoming to visitors. I went over to say gday and was met with the cold shoulder so i asked where he got his dredge from and he said it was home made so i pointed out that it was illegal and his response was "yeah so what you going to do about it" so not wanting a confrontation with the kids about i packed them up and moved on, much to there disappointment as my nephew was already knee deep in the creek. we moved up to a not so kid friendly spot and after a few slips and spills on the algae covered bed rock we called it a day with 2 very upset kids 8.( .</p><p></p><p>The setup they had was a high banker made of perspex and a 2 inch dredge nozzle feeding it the nozzle was stainless and looked well made so don't know why they went with perspex for the high banker so short of giving personal info on the guys and the name of the concreting company that was plastered all over there van parked on the creek side that they had cut a fence to get it there. or do i name and shame what are your thoughts on this. Did anyone see thses guys over the weekend??? and what is to be done is there a DPI hotline for this or just call the cops.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Barra_Mad, post: 62463, member: 2114"] Hey Guys Just a little thing that happened to me today. I took my niece and nephew down to yarrowee to do a little panning as the are 9 and 4 so prime spot to spend time with them close to home and the like. when we got there I found a group of blokes had set up a dredging operation on the beach i had intended to use and where not welcoming to visitors. I went over to say gday and was met with the cold shoulder so i asked where he got his dredge from and he said it was home made so i pointed out that it was illegal and his response was "yeah so what you going to do about it" so not wanting a confrontation with the kids about i packed them up and moved on, much to there disappointment as my nephew was already knee deep in the creek. we moved up to a not so kid friendly spot and after a few slips and spills on the algae covered bed rock we called it a day with 2 very upset kids 8.( . The setup they had was a high banker made of perspex and a 2 inch dredge nozzle feeding it the nozzle was stainless and looked well made so don't know why they went with perspex for the high banker so short of giving personal info on the guys and the name of the concreting company that was plastered all over there van parked on the creek side that they had cut a fence to get it there. or do i name and shame what are your thoughts on this. Did anyone see thses guys over the weekend??? and what is to be done is there a DPI hotline for this or just call the cops. [/QUOTE]
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