When was air access to Cox Bight stopped?

[guyburns]

I'm putting together an audio-visual about walking the South Coast Track in the 1960s and 1970s. Does anyone know an approximate date when landing at Cox Bight, and airdrops, were banned? I assume they're banned.

[gayet]

Cox Bight landings were possible in 2000, don't know when they stopped though. Ask Par Avion, they should have an idea at least. I think food drops may have ceased before then but don't know.

Not a lot of help sorry.

[guyburns]

Thanks for the hints. I'll contact Par Avion.

[guyburns]

This is what Greg Wells from Par Avion told me by email:

We haven’t landed at Cox Bight for over 25 years. No one does anymore, stopped at least 5 years ago. We certainly stopped landing there by choice. Tasair initially by choice, but now it is Parks Policy to prevent aircraft landing there.

We have never operated float planes and air drops were banned over twenty years ago. We only take freight to Melaleuca.

[Mark F]

I don't have an exact date but I think airdrops were banned in the late 70's early 80's. I had air drops put in the Arthurs (Thwaites Plateau, Lake Rosanne and High Moor) in 1970. Parks would know but I suspect it is deep in the archives. Most of the time the air safety rules were abandoned when dropping and there was on and off flack from whatever the air safety body was in those days.

[Lophophaps]

On a related theme, there was a hut at Point Eric and a shelter at Deadmans Bay; hope I have the places and structures correct. Does anyone know when these were removed?