WEBVTT -  Fremantle fights to keep beach parking exclusively for beachgoers

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<v Speaker 1>Hannah fitz Harding is the mayor of the City of Frio,

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<v Speaker 1>and improvements are being made to the way that parking

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<v Speaker 1>is managed along the Layton and Porl Beaches. We actually

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<v Speaker 1>spoke about this earlier in the year. Parking will remain free,

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<v Speaker 1>but the City of Frio is introducing four our time

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<v Speaker 1>limits and parking matters to car parks at two of

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<v Speaker 1>the beaches. I would assume that this is to try

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<v Speaker 1>and stop those people that had been essentially living down

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<v Speaker 1>there staying overnight.

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<v Speaker 2>A lot of the tourists that are parking up their vans.

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<v Speaker 3>Maybe not all those though. It's very and they can't

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<v Speaker 3>get in there half the time. Hannah, good morning, Good morning, guys.

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<v Speaker 2>How'd you come up with four hours?

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<v Speaker 4>Look, it's what we've found down at South Beach, and

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<v Speaker 4>it has been quite good at dealing with a similar

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<v Speaker 4>issue down there. Really, the challenge for us is that

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<v Speaker 4>the beaches are incredibly popular port and lation activity starts

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<v Speaker 4>at these beaches pretty early in the morning. You know,

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<v Speaker 4>the polar theirs are there from you know, they would

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<v Speaker 4>have been there for hours, So now they get there

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<v Speaker 4>at some ungodly hour of the morning. And if the

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<v Speaker 4>car parks are full of campers overnight. It makes through

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<v Speaker 4>a bit of a problem. So that sort of sort of,

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<v Speaker 4>isn't it if you like beach goers. So four hours

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<v Speaker 4>to us fields like long enough for people to just

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<v Speaker 4>have a good day at the beach, but probably also

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<v Speaker 4>you want to stay a bit so smart. I'm not

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<v Speaker 4>sure that an eight out date at the beach is

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<v Speaker 4>going to be particularly good for anyone. So we've found

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<v Speaker 4>it works pretty well. And Port and lath and particularly

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<v Speaker 4>Vasion we have a different challenge as well, which is

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<v Speaker 4>because it's nice and closer to a train station there,

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<v Speaker 4>it's been used for the parking ride, which means that

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<v Speaker 4>there's no parking during the day for people who just

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<v Speaker 4>want to get down the beach.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I reckon that's a real big issue for you.

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<v Speaker 3>Are you a sun sackey yourself, Hannah?

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<v Speaker 4>I do love the beach, so I divide my time

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<v Speaker 4>between South Beach and between between Later and there are

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<v Speaker 4>are two favorite beaches, right.

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<v Speaker 3>I can't imagine myself staying there for four years? Are

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<v Speaker 3>four years? Four hours do actually extend you stay that long?

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<v Speaker 4>Look, my daughter did nippers down at Lays and so

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<v Speaker 4>that's often quite a long day at the Beach. What

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<v Speaker 4>we've done to make sure things like surf club patrols

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<v Speaker 4>and the people who work in the various sort of

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<v Speaker 4>places down there, whether that's Coast or Orange Box. We've

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<v Speaker 4>introduced a permit system so if people are there for

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<v Speaker 4>legitimately the whole day doing a shift or you know,

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<v Speaker 4>maybe running a workshop down at the surf club, they'll

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<v Speaker 4>be excluded from the four hour limit. Said that system.

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<v Speaker 2>Because Next actually picked that up already.

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<v Speaker 3>While I understand the need for limits, some concern that

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<v Speaker 3>may impact on volunteer surf life savers like me who

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<v Speaker 3>have to patrol between four and six hours at times,

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<v Speaker 3>I also like to add that Fremantle's Beach car park

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<v Speaker 3>as people camping there daily, still, says Nick. Well, this

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<v Speaker 3>is what it's all aim to address, isn't it.

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<v Speaker 2>Hannah.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, that's correct. So you know, we don't want to

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<v Speaker 4>be terribly punitive or anything, but you know, these car

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<v Speaker 4>parks are just filling up, and you know, people leaving

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<v Speaker 4>their car there and go to the city for the

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<v Speaker 4>day and not not you know, that's not where they

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<v Speaker 4>should be parking.

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<v Speaker 1>And do we have areas? Do you have areas in

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<v Speaker 1>your council? This is the bigger question, Hannah, because I

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<v Speaker 1>do see a lot of them up at the other

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<v Speaker 1>end of town, and I do see them there as well.

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<v Speaker 2>Do we have areas.

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<v Speaker 1>Within the council and within our city that can accommodate

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<v Speaker 1>these people though, But we do.

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<v Speaker 4>I mean, they're really covered by things like caravan parks,

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<v Speaker 4>and we appreciate a lot of those are very full.

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<v Speaker 4>We've got one down in the south of Freemantle. You

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<v Speaker 4>would have seen those cute little nineteen eighties kind of

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<v Speaker 4>bungalows that are sort of at the south end of

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<v Speaker 4>Frio there. The challenge for us is if you're encouraging

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<v Speaker 4>people to camp in an area, you really need to

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<v Speaker 4>provide twenty four to seven facilities as some supervision to safety,

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<v Speaker 4>and we don't have a lot of land for that

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<v Speaker 4>in Fremantle, so it is a challenge. You know. We

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<v Speaker 4>appreciate with the housing classes there are a lot of

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<v Speaker 4>people who you know, are sleeping in vehicles and we

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<v Speaker 4>try not to be too punitive. But at the same time,

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<v Speaker 4>we can't have our beach car parks completely excluded from

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<v Speaker 4>beaches because of campus.

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<v Speaker 3>A lot of the National parks, you'd be aware, they

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<v Speaker 3>do allow casual camping, but they have someone who goes

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<v Speaker 3>in there is the caretaker for free camping, and they

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<v Speaker 3>can stay there for say maybe two months, and they

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<v Speaker 3>oversee the operation of that area and move people on

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<v Speaker 3>if required, and if they do not help them, they

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<v Speaker 3>can call the ranger. Is that a possibility you might

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<v Speaker 3>look at Look.

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<v Speaker 4>I don't really think we've got the land available for

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<v Speaker 4>that in Intre. You know, we're a pretty dense urban

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<v Speaker 4>area and we've looked at this a fair bit because

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<v Speaker 4>you know, obviously you want to be as inclusive as possible,

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<v Speaker 4>but you know, an area that a belongs to us,

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<v Speaker 4>we would be suitable to that and see has access

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<v Speaker 4>to those toilet and shower facilities twenty four to seven

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<v Speaker 4>just doesn't really exist for us. And you know, the

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<v Speaker 4>beaches are not the placer. We think that's that's going

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<v Speaker 4>to work out well Marry.

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<v Speaker 2>Fishing Boat Harboring Park there.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, Hannah good be interesting when all all this are

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<v Speaker 3>coming to force.

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<v Speaker 4>It's been rolled out now. I don't think people a

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<v Speaker 4>bit of time to get used to it before the summer,

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<v Speaker 4>and we're just hoping it means to surf club and

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<v Speaker 4>things that happen in the summer. It will just be

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<v Speaker 4>a little bit easier for people to get down there,

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<v Speaker 4>and tiny and parking.

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<v Speaker 2>All right, good on it. Thanks for your time this morning.

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<v Speaker 4>No problem.