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Letters to the editor and short takes Wednesday December 30 2020

By Letters to the Editor
Updated March 23 2021 - 11:28pm, first published December 30 2020 - 7:30am
Time to drive the point home for 4WD community's rogue element
Time to drive the point home for 4WD community's rogue element

FOUR-wheel drive off-roading attracts young men who buy expensive cars, especially utes. They purchase these vehicles, because they are an expression of their masculinity, and for the freedom they offer in getting away to wild places. Quad bikes and trail bikes tend to be purchased by wealthy parents for their adolescent boys. These boys want them for the same reasons that young men want the cars ('Dunes are an attractive option', Newcastle Herald 26/12). Because there are few places that are available within range of metropolitan areas, the few places that are available tend to be over-used. Over Christmas and New Year, the owners of these vehicles flock to places like Nine Mile beach, Stockton and Seal Rocks.

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