north-north-west wrote:Seems aa very sensible approach. A temporary ban until they can work out the best way to handle the issue.
Must be fairly large craft to be causing so many issues: noise, disturbing wildlife . . . might be interesting to have one follow Tim's next nude bushwalk . . .
We already have laws here for the larger drones, we're using them at work (small enough to fit on a lunch room table) and you need a license to fly them.
The current crop of laws go a fair way back actually:
http://www.casa.gov.au/scripts/nc.dll?W ... c=PARTS101Some micro UAVs are pretty loud, fortunately they don't have much range and I can't see people taking them hiking. Car accessible camp grounds could be an issue though.
The larger flying wings and other UAVs (think Aerosonde) have fantastic potential for SAR and conservation.