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  1. BellingenNSW @[email protected] ·

    Australians prefer to go overseas again in record numbers, but no-one wants to come here...

    The majority fly overseas to cheap locations in 'Asia' that are known for human rights abuses (Indonesia). Five Eyes countries (NZ, US, UK) are the other visited locations where communicating is made easy.

    "While record numbers of Aussies are spending their money abroad, that spending is not being balanced out with international holidaymakers spending here."

    Why do people from overseas not want to
    - visit the bleached Great Barrier Reef
    - experience world heritage sites under threat
    - watch collapsing ecosystems
    - witness biodiversity made extinct
    - breathe mega fires and smoke
    - see the large scars in logged forests
    - admire the big holes left from mining

    They could just enjoy the Big Things: Big houses, big cars, big roads, the big banana, the big pineapple and so much more.

    >>
    Australians travelling overseas again in record numbers despite the cost-of-living crisis
    abc.net.au/news/2024-09-16/tra
    Environmental issues in Australia
    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Environm
    Indonesia, Human Rights Watch, 2024
    hrw.org/world-report/2024/coun
    The commercial and regional imagery of big things: Establishing a foundation for the study of oversized roadside landmarks
    journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.11
    #tourism #holiday #travelling #travel #FossilFuels #mobility #MobileSprawl #BigThings #landmarks #LoggingImpacts #Australia #ecosystems #extinction #biodiversity

    #tourism #holiday #travelling #travel #fossilfuels #mobility
  2. BellingenNSW @[email protected] ·

    The end of the road trip?

    The culture of 'the drive' requires sisyphean road maintenance, especially in a climate emergency.

    Mobile sprawl as a form of 'recreation' eliminates the landscape. It is the annihilation of space and time. Motorists want to get from their door to the spectacle in the fastest way possible. The 'in-between space' viewed through the car window vanishes.

    The pleasure cruise from A to B does not just degrade the landscape, but also eradicates possibilities of a livable planet. The overuse by the masses in their fossil fuel boxes makes the hillsides crumble, leads to landslides and erosion. After flash flooding, drought and heatwaves the roads have to be rebuilt over and over again.

    Here are three cases of 'scenic drives':
    California, Victoria and NSW

    Extreme weather is changing California. These road trips show how
    theguardian.com/us-news/2023/d

    Climate Risk : The Path Ahead for the Great Ocean Road
    Unsustainable Tourism
    earlywarningnetwork.com.au/new

    Waterfall Way scenic drive, NSW
    nationalparks.nsw.gov.au/thing
    Why is the road called Waterfall Way ?
    abc.net.au/news/2020-12-15/wat

    #TheDrive #Cars #roads #ScenicDrive #vehicles #MobileSprawl #tourism #FossilFuels #hazards #RoadTrips #culture #So50s #BigAuto #MobilityDesign #dromology #speed #GreatOceanRoad #WaterfallWay #Dorrigo #NSW #GlenifferRoad #landscapes #erosion #RockFall #FlashFlooding #ClimateCrisis

    #cars #roads #vehicles #mobilesprawl #tourism #fossilfuels
  3. BellingenNSW @[email protected] ·

    The end of the road trip?

    The culture of 'the drive' requires sisyphean road maintenance, especially in a climate emergency.

    Mobile sprawl as a form of 'recreation' eliminates the landscape. It is the annihilation of space and time. Motorists want to get from their door to the spectacle in the fastest way possible. The 'in-between space' viewed through the car window vanishes.

    The pleasure cruise from A to B does not just degrade the landscape, but also eradicates possibilities of a livable planet. The overuse by the masses in their fossil fuel boxes makes the hillsides crumble, leads to landslides and erosion. After flash flooding, drought and heatwaves the roads have to be rebuilt over and over again.

    Here are three cases of 'scenic drives':
    California, Victoria and NSW

    Extreme weather is changing California. These road trips show how
    theguardian.com/us-news/2023/d

    Climate Risk : The Path Ahead for the Great Ocean Road
    Unsustainable Tourism
    earlywarningnetwork.com.au/new

    Waterfall Way scenic drive, NSW
    nationalparks.nsw.gov.au/thing
    Why is the road called Waterfall Way ?
    abc.net.au/news/2020-12-15/wat

    #TheDrive #Cars #roads #ScenicDrive #vehicles #MobileSprawl #tourism #FossilFuels #hazards #RoadTrips #culture #So50s #BigAuto #MobilityDesign #dromology #speed #GreatOceanRoad #WaterfallWay #Dorrigo #NSW #GlenifferRoad #landscapes #erosion #RockFall #FlashFlooding #ClimateCrisis

    #cars #roads #vehicles #mobilesprawl #tourism #fossilfuels
  4. BellingenNSW @[email protected] ·

    The end of the road trip?

    The culture of 'the drive' requires sisyphean road maintenance, especially in a climate emergency.

    Mobile sprawl as a form of 'recreation' eliminates the landscape. It is the annihilation of space and time. Motorists want to get from their door to the spectacle in the fastest way possible. The 'in-between space' viewed through the car window vanishes.

    The pleasure cruise from A to B does not just degrade the landscape, but also eradicates possibilities of a livable planet. The overuse by the masses in their fossil fuel boxes makes the hillsides crumble, leads to landslides and erosion. After flash flooding, drought and heatwaves the roads have to be rebuilt over and over again.

    Here are three cases of 'scenic drives':
    California, Victoria and NSW

    Extreme weather is changing California. These road trips show how
    theguardian.com/us-news/2023/d

    Climate Risk : The Path Ahead for the Great Ocean Road
    Unsustainable Tourism
    earlywarningnetwork.com.au/new

    Waterfall Way scenic drive, NSW
    nationalparks.nsw.gov.au/thing
    Why is the road called Waterfall Way ?
    abc.net.au/news/2020-12-15/wat

    #TheDrive #Cars #roads #ScenicDrive #vehicles #MobileSprawl #tourism #FossilFuels #hazards #RoadTrips #culture #So50s #BigAuto #MobilityDesign #dromology #speed #GreatOceanRoad #WaterfallWay #Dorrigo #NSW #GlenifferRoad #landscapes #erosion #RockFall #FlashFlooding #ClimateCrisis

    #scenicdrive #cars #roads #vehicles #mobilesprawl #tourism
  5. BellingenNSW @[email protected] ·

    The end of the road trip?

    The culture of 'the drive' requires sisyphean road maintenance, especially in a climate emergency.

    Mobile sprawl as a form of 'recreation' eliminates the landscape. It is the annihilation of space and time. Motorists want to get from their door to the spectacle in the fastest way possible. The 'in-between space' viewed through the car window vanishes.

    The pleasure cruise from A to B does not just degrade the landscape, but also eradicates possibilities of a livable planet. The overuse by the masses in their fossil fuel boxes makes the hillsides crumble, leads to landslides and erosion. After flash flooding, drought and heatwaves the roads have to be rebuilt over and over again.

    Here are three cases of 'scenic drives':
    California, Victoria and NSW

    Extreme weather is changing California. These road trips show how
    theguardian.com/us-news/2023/d

    Climate Risk : The Path Ahead for the Great Ocean Road
    Unsustainable Tourism
    earlywarningnetwork.com.au/new

    Waterfall Way scenic drive, NSW
    nationalparks.nsw.gov.au/thing
    Why is the road called Waterfall Way ?
    abc.net.au/news/2020-12-15/wat

    #TheDrive #Cars #roads #ScenicDrive #vehicles #MobileSprawl #tourism #FossilFuels #hazards #RoadTrips #culture #So50s #BigAuto #MobilityDesign #dromology #speed #GreatOceanRoad #WaterfallWay #Dorrigo #NSW #GlenifferRoad #landscapes #erosion #RockFall #FlashFlooding #ClimateCrisis

    #scenicdrive #climatecrisis #flashflooding #rockfall #erosion #landscapes
  6. BellingenNSW @[email protected] ·

    The end of the road trip?

    The culture of 'the drive' requires sisyphean road maintenance, especially in a climate emergency.

    Mobile sprawl as a form of 'recreation' eliminates the landscape. It is the annihilation of space and time. Motorists want to get from their door to the spectacle in the fastest way possible. The 'in-between space' viewed through the car window vanishes.

    The pleasure cruise from A to B does not just degrade the landscape, but also eradicates possibilities of a livable planet. The overuse by the masses in their fossil fuel boxes makes the hillsides crumble, leads to landslides and erosion. After flash flooding, drought and heatwaves the roads have to be rebuilt over and over again.

    Here are three cases of 'scenic drives':
    California, Victoria and NSW

    Extreme weather is changing California. These road trips show how
    theguardian.com/us-news/2023/d

    Climate Risk : The Path Ahead for the Great Ocean Road
    Unsustainable Tourism
    earlywarningnetwork.com.au/new

    Waterfall Way scenic drive, NSW
    nationalparks.nsw.gov.au/thing
    Why is the road called Waterfall Way ?
    abc.net.au/news/2020-12-15/wat

    #TheDrive #Cars #roads #ScenicDrive #vehicles #MobileSprawl #tourism #FossilFuels #hazards #RoadTrips #culture #So50s #BigAuto #MobilityDesign #dromology #speed #GreatOceanRoad #WaterfallWay #Dorrigo #NSW #GlenifferRoad #landscapes #erosion #RockFall #FlashFlooding #ClimateCrisis

    #cars #roads #vehicles #mobilesprawl #tourism #fossilfuels