NT Dept of Primary Industries and Fisheries phone 08 8999 4321 should be
able to advise about collecting regulations. I don't have a number for WA
Fisheries.
Dave Wilson
Darwin
>G'day Matthew
>
>The Gibb River Road shouldn't be a problem in your 2wd - when you turn onto
>it off the Wyndham Road there is one of those Christmas tree signs that is
>"loaded with goodies". You know the ones - 15 different messages depending
>what is your ultimate destination and they give you a general idea how the
>road is at the time e.g. 4WD only past so and so, no caravans etc
>
>We only used 4WD crossing the King Edward River and on a couple of "hairy"
>bits of the Mitchell Plateau track
>
>Perhaps Dave Wilson could tell you the current state of the amateur
>collecting regulations up there. I don't know of anyone who has kept any of
>the Kimberley gudgeons or any natural populations of M. gracilis outside WA.
>We did find a population of M. exquisita in WA on the way over in Bindoola
>Creek near Bluey O'Malley's crossing
>
>
>Regards,
>Bruce.
>
>Bruce Hansen, A.N.G.F.A., Advancing Australian Aquatics.
>
>Bruce Hansen, ANGFA, caring for our aquatic ecosystems.
>
>Please visit us at http://www.ozemail.com.au/~fisher/angfa.htm
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Matthew Stanton <matthews at sf.nsw.gov.au>
>To: 'rainbowfish at pcug.org.au' <rainbowfish at pcug.org.au>
>Date: Monday, 22 February 1999 14:54
>Subject: [RML] North West Australia
>
>
>>Dear RML,
>>I am heading to WA and NT for a longish holiday in April/May/June.
>>I have a number of queries of anyone who has been to that part of the world