TWO new walking trails have been proposed as part of a five-year plan to increase Kangaroo Island tourism.
The Economic Development Board, in a report released yesterday ...
"Its pristine environment and unique natural attractions make Kangaroo Island a mecca for environmental tourism and bestow on it a natural advantage in production of clean, green foods," the report says.
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The proposed new attractions are:
THE LIGHTHOUSE TRAIL - a walking track from Cape Borda to Cape Du Couedic along the coast through Flinders Chase.
THE NORTH COAST BIKE TRACK - a cycling path from Cape Borda to Kingscote along the north coast.
D'ESTEREE'S BAY TO VIVONNE BAY WILDERNESS ADVENTURE - a hiking trail through wild, remote beautiful virgin landscape.
(http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/south-australia/plan-to-double-ki-visitors-takes-off/story-e6frea83-1226061470500)
The Lighthouse Trail is similar to the existing Flinders Chase Coastal Trek, which used to extend from Ravine de Casoars to Cape du Couedic. However the northern section from Ravine de Casoars to West Bay remains closed following the 2007 bushfires. The existing trek does not follow a trail, it sounds like the new Lighthouse Trail would restore and extend the trek, as well as it being establishing as a marked trail.
The D'Esteree's Bay to Vivonne Bay Wilderness Adventure sounds similar to the existing Cape Gantheaume Coastal Trek, another unmarked trek, from D'Esteree'S Bay to Bales Bay. It sounds like the new trail would extend that trip and establish a marked trail.
It is just a report, there is no funding associated with it as yet.