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Originally Posted by ZeroID
Why would spots be banned for nonlocals ?
A public space is a public space I would have thought.
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Well, not banned explicitly.. but effectively yes. Number of people on the site is limited, and ballot is for local residents only. Have a look at below links:
http://www.cairns.com.au/article/201...ocal-news.html
http://www.cairns.qld.gov.au/communi...nd-competition
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Police and the council have determined the popular lookout area only has a safe viewing capacity of 200 people, so decided a ballot was the best way forward.
"It is a wonderful opportunity for quite a number of very lucky people to hopefully have a spectacular view of the total solar eclipse," Division 10 councillor Julia Leu said.
"It is important for locals because we have to unfortunately limit the number of people who would want to go up on the headland via our stairway. We have only recently upgraded and improved that."
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Application form asks for proof of local address (so when I downloaded the form and saw that, I gave up, of course).