I was riding my bike round Lake Gininderra this morning when I saw something unusual that perhaps a rioter can shed some light on. In the section of the lake north of the Ginninderra Drive bridge, near William Slim Drive, well out from shore there was a pontoon, perhaps 5m square.
Unusual enough.
On the pontoon there was a largeish teepee, a BBQ and a chair or two.
You don’t see that kind of thing every day.
Who knows what/who this is about?
[Photo sent in by Grump]
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Lacking in this thread is an acknowledgment of what precipitated this action- $380 fine for setting of an alarm while cooking 🙁 What Nazi bulls*** is this? And who the eff are Campus Village Living- some sleazeball overseas corporation with their hands on taxpayer funded assets charging students a mozza because…they can? because an corporate minded user pays uni administration would rather hand over responsibility to whoever, as long as they get a kickback and bugger the welfare of the students? the kid is right , it’s an outrage and more needs to come of this…
Special G said :
Hope he has a fishing licence.
PearlGem said :
just to add a neat link
http://jason-lu.tumblr.com/post/17937766035/teepee-activism
http://jason-lu.tumblr.com/post/17940768506/teepee-activism-how-do-you-get-home
Just a shade structure for a spot of fishing. Adhering to the governments sunsmart policy.
I think if it floats it’s a boat.
You could have some kind of tower structure.
Or you could have something that waan’t moored or anchored, beached on an island or something….
Chop71 said :
Paint it red and call it Brodburger II. Should give you a couple of years worth of leeway. Once that goodwill runs out, you can start calling it a cultural institution. Hell who knows, if they muck the gubbermint around for long enough they might let them moor it in the “Kingston arts precinct”…
Hey Everyone,
Just letting you know this is actually the work of my very inventive brother (21 and studying industrial design). he’s currently working with the rangers to sort out something that allows him to keep the tee pee on the water but he loves talking to people about it, so if you ever see him don’t be afraid to say ‘ahoy’.
He’s not indigenous, just a hick. I know the family. Oh, and THIS IS NOT NORMAL!
Chop71 said :
or fourty years… [http://www.aboriginaltentembassy.net/]
PBO said :
Tent Embassy doing some washing?
arescarti42 said :
Just put a Red Black and Yellow flag on it and call it an embassy, you’ll be OK for about 20 years.
Skidbladnir said :
Dammit. I’ve always considered floating a caravan on a pontoon on the lake in order to live close to the city without having to pay rent.
That sort of rules that out.
Ah ha!
What if you built a crannog?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crannog
Expansion of the Tent Embassy?
Keijidosha said :
Heavs said :
Yes.
See page 36 of the Act:
Dictionary
[For the purposes of Lakes Act 1976] boat includes launch, yacht, canoe, raft, pontoon and anything else that can carry people or goods through or on water.
Skidbladnir said :
Maybe everything, but not everyone. Therefore we just play the race card…
“I am a coastal Aboriginal, and this is my tent embassy”
No one would dare try to disprove that.
Skidbladnir said :
Does it define a boat?
Looks to me as if the native Americans are scouting the place. Has anyone told the tent embassy?
I guess the legality depends on whether a teepee raft is considered to be a boat.
of similar interest is
32 Camping and caravanning
(1) A person must not camp, or keep a caravan, in a lake area at night.
so as long as its not a boat, and they’re not camping at night, seems legit?