GOTOKY - most advanced private off-grid communication networkGotoky is a Kickstarter project that commences in April 2018. Your mobile phone connects into Gotoky, which transmits messages to other Gotoky users you choose, thus creating your own little network. You can use it to make calls (like a walkie-talkie), text, and share your GPS location. It might be handy in trips where you are out of mobile coverage but want to stay in touch with others who are in about a 10-15 kilometre radius, or further if you use one as a repeater. This device is not a replacement for a PLB that sends an emergency signal via satellite anywhere in the world. A Gotoky has a button that sends a message to the group if your phone is dead, using the last GPS location it got from your phone; there is no onboard GPS. These types of mesh-network devices are new and there seems to be many coming onto the market, creating a new way for bushwalkers to stay in touch, an interesting space to watch.
Righting a historic wrong for UluruUluru will be closed to climbers from October 2019 after the board of the Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park voted to close the climb to the summit of the rock.
Changes to NSW Topographic Map pricesMaps will increase in price by more than 50% in February 2018, the first increase since 2010.
Death of prominent Hobart aviation operator Roger CorbinRoger Corbin saved many lives on search and rescue missions, but sadly died in a helicopter crash while conducting a training flight.
Stopped loggingLogging has been suspended at 34 sites in Victoria following a legal challenge that, if successful, threatens the validity of controversial timber operations in native forests across Australia.
Track collapse at Wentworth Falls in Blue MountainsOn 29 November a man died and two others were injured after a rockfall near Wentworth Falls in the Blue Mountains National Park, west of Sydney, a tragic loss. The men were working towards re-opening the National Pass track.
Fence doesn't stop tourists climbing Wedding Cake RockDespite a new fence, some foolish people continue to risk their lives on the very unstable Wedding Cake lookout at Royal National Park, NSW.
Wedding Cake RockMichael_p
Wedding Cake Rock from the fenceTqc
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