Eroding Rights

Article and Photographs by: Nick Rains

Apostles - a permit for nature photography in Victoria costs either AUD275 for a year or AUD88 per day.This permit is only valid in Victora, you need another one in NSW and another one in Queensland etc etc.....
Photographing nature, landscapes, animals etc is an essentially benign pursuit that harms no-one and actively helps the environment by raising public awareness and concern through beautiful imagery.
Right?
Wrong. If current Government policies are to be believed, we are a bunch of wealthy, marauding capitalists who are making a squillion dollars out of pretty pictures of birds and scenery – all of which is owned by the Government; who drew all those lines on the map and named them National Parks anyway?
Basically, if current Government trends around the world continue unchecked it may become, at the very least, quite expensive to do any form of photography in public places, National Parks and just about any place of scenic and envi...