I live about 20-25mins away from these illegal street drags that were mentioned on www.news.com.au (im not sure for certain coz i've never been to them and don't know -exactly- where they are).
We have legal street drags at Sydneys Eastern Creek drag strip every second wednesday and let me tell ya ur doing well to watch 1 good meeting in every 4. The cost is $15 which i believe is alittle exxy, around $8-10 would be more the suitable price I think. The facilities are very good and you get a full view of everything from the 1 spot so that isn't a problem.
With the drags being held from 5pm-10pm on a Wedneday during a normal week just isn't right at all. Most people are stuffed from work and couldn't be bothered attending (or is it the entry fee's).
Then for the drivers it costs $45 with no guaranteed runs. If you dont get there before 5pm your lucky to get 2 runs if that before the night ends. It would also be quite difficult for 90% of the working population to get there at 5pm to race.
In <3mths the new dedicated drag strip will be ready to go. Hopefully this means cheaper prices, weekend runs and in general a much better experience for the average jow blow (ie; actually being able to drag your mate instead of being paired up with a 9sec Pac Rotor).