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Originally Posted by casstony
-1 to what Peter says 
IME your only hope of getting official access to the park is if the individual gatekeeper is partial to your interests. Avoid bureaucracy like the plague.
I imagine if you were caught in a NP without permission they'd simply throw you out, especially if you weren't causing any damage. |
I don't see a problem here. Access to *our* parks should be universal.
Closing off vehicle access may have been a response due to past vandalism...but it may have been simply a "nanny state" management decision based on the possbile rather than probable.
I'd be in favour of such decisions being able to be made by local park management based on the nature of individual requests (rather than some blanket policy ban/lockout)
The reason I mention paper work is simple: they give you a key.
You might loose it....solved by simply replacing the padlock... the cost of which could reasonably be expected to be met by you, and then some.
You might abuse it... e.g. leave the gate open, invite all your Druid mates...who knows??
Which comes back to establishing your Bona Fides with the park management.