This is utter bull**** on behalf of the council. I attended this fantastic airshow put on by Gai for many years. It is an insult to her and her helpers that a cash strapped council with developers hand down thier pants can get away with it.
If the boneheads did thier sums, the amount of people visiting the township and spending there money in local business would far out weigh the $100 and $310 landing and $30 camping fees!
We should all get behind this and force these mongrels to withdraw such charges in preparation for next years event. I have no idea if this can be challenged legally so if there are any lawyer/pilots out there please post your opinions with a view to perhaps taking things to a court to get a common sense outcome. But please remember it may be on a volunteer basis as these people are all volunteers themselves.
Rocket.