Guardians of Lake Hāwea Submission to QLDC Freedom Camping Bylaw Review 2021
Our Guardians of Lake Hāwea sub-committee have made a submission to the QLDC Freedom Camping Bylaw Review 2021.
They commented on the following areas for the review:
Mapping of the Hāwea Flat Township.
Camphill Road carpark.
Adding part of SH6 as a restricted area.
The QLDC and LINZ to work together.
Submission Extract
1. Mapping.
The QLDC have mapped the Hāwea Flat Township as being contained within the Newcastle/McLennan Road boundaries.
We wish to ask that the Hāwea Flat Township actually be all of that contained within the Camphill Road (north), Lachlan Avenue (west), Kane and McLennan Roads (east and south).
This complete rectangle makes up the majority of the Hāwea Flat Township.
2. Camphill Road carpark.
We approve of this carpark with the following provisos.
(a). Should there be any despoiling within or adjacent to the carpark, i.e., problems arising with the presence of human excrement, then the council must install a toilet.
(b). There be a restriction of up to six Freedom Camping vehicles being allowed to park at any one time. We are mindful that this carpark was created for users of the white-water park, bikers and walkers on the Hāwea River Track.
(c). We ask for the site to be managed by the council, this could be by the Freedom Camping Ambassadors.
3. SH6 Restricted Area.
We request that SH6 from the Lake Hāwea Holiday Park (The Camp) to The Neck of Lake Hāwea be reinstated as a restricted area.
4. The QLDC working with LINZ.
We wish for the QLDC to work closely with Land Information New Zealand so that restrictions can be placed on LINZ reserves such as the Craig Burn and Deep Bay areas adjacent to SH6, and their areas on the east side of the lake.
The Hāwea community has long had to put up with the despoiling through excrement on areas near the lake which are very accessible to vehicles. If LINZ was able to exercise controls on Freedom Campers, our lake surrounds and waters would be very much cleaner and able to be enjoyed by all.
