Caravan World – May 2019

REGULARS postbag

Myson,whoisa writer,isa verygood

andcarefuldriver,andveryfamiliarwith

left-handdriving.

HesaysinGermanytherearefarmore

speedsignssoyouknowwhatisgoingon.

I hadgivenhimmycampervanfor

exploringa bitofourbeautifulcountry

beforeI hadmyhipoperation.Mysonhadto

staywithme,lookingafterme— thereason

hecametovisit,allonmyexpense.

I gotoffthehook,asI provedthatI wasn’t

thedriver.

Anewtrafficexpiationnoticewassentto

myson,atmyaddress.Thisfineisnow

includedintheexpenses,outofmymodest

pension.I paidthe$439,whichisa lot.

Nomercy— onlybureaucracy.Itwould

havebeennicejusttodropthefineandgivea

warningtoa touristfromanothercountry.

Istherea ruleabouthowoftenspeedlimit

signsshouldbeposted?

HediHoltkamp,viaemail

SHOWNNOMERCY

Another bureaucracy, or just no mercy for

tourists to Australia?

Have you ever been caught speeding? Well, I

didn’t. In fact, I did not receive any tickets for

any traffic offence in my 50 years of driving in

Germany and here in Australia — apart from a

$150 fine for parking our campervan on an

empty council carpark in Geraldton in 2015,

where a worker told us we could park while

shopping across the street.

Fine, yes: Fined $150 ... It hurt. I didn’t

contest. Geraldton is not in my good books.

Now I've got another traffic expiation

notice. My son, visiting from Germany, was

recently caught doing 90km/h in an 80km/h

zone. He was driving near Victor Harbor,

South Australia, was lost and as he couldn’t

recall what speed limit zone he was driving

in, let the vehicle roll downhill near a creek,

looking for his way. There was no other

traffic. But he was caught.

PASSIONFOREXPLORATION

When these wildflowers photos were

taken we were staying at the Coalseam

National Park located about 200km southeast

of Geraldton, WA. It’s a small park — you

could stay for three days to explore all the

wildflowers plus the birdlife.

Val and I were born and raised in Margaret

River where we have lived ever since. We've

now been retired for eight years.

This year my sister-in-law and her husband

travelled with us in their caravan.

Every September we travel from Margaret

River through the wildflower country (Mid-

West Region), Kalbarri, Monkey Mia (Shark

Bay) then up to Exmouth for three weeks.

Our total time away is about five weeks. In

Exmouth we stay in the Cape Range National

Park and explore the Ningaloo Reef in kayaks

while taking photos and also surface

snorkelling taking amateur underwater

videos of fish and coral.

Doug and Val Arthur, via email

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