THE Victorian Liberal Party has been quick to criticise Labor after the Parks Victoria’s (PV) online booking system crashed on its first day.
As part of the upgraded online booking system, PV removed ballots from the last remaining balloted campground in the state –Tidal River Campground at Wilsons Promontory National Park.
This meant campers could now book every bookable campground across Victoria instantly with ‘no need to wait to hear if a ballot application was successful or not’, they stated last week.
However, according to the Liberal party, when the first online booking allocation for campers at Wilsons Promontory National Park opened, they were greeted with a notification that, “We have temporarily shut down the booking system in order to conduct an investigation into an issue related to system configuration.”
“With Parks Victoria’s booking system shutting down on its first day, it turns out it is easier to get a Taylor Swift ticket than book a campsite in Victoria,” said Shadow Minister for Environment, James Newbury.
The PV website was last updated on July 4, at 3:45pm which states, “Accommodation bookings made today in the system for Tidal River campground at Wilsons Promontory National Park will still stand. In the meantime all future bookings have been temporarily paused until further information is provided by our supplier.”
“Customers whose bookings may be affected will be contacted and we're sorry for any inconvenience caused.
“All other camping and accommodation booking releases planned for this week have also been paused until we have full confidence that the issue has been resolved.”
Further details are being sought from PV on the situation.
