Tasmanian national parks to receive infrastructure makeover during closure
Rehabilitation work on park walks, roads and bridges that were damaged by recent bushfires will be undertaken while Tasmania's national parks are closed.
The Mercury
A SILVER lining to the closure of Tasmanian national parks will be improved infrastructure when they reopen.
Environment Minister Roger Jaensch said Tasmania Parks and Wildlife Service was taking advantage of the closure to undertake rehabilitation work on park walks, roads and bridges that were damaged by recent bushfires.
“Tenders will be called during the coming weeks for a range of projects in southern Tasmania where the fires damaged more than 117 kilometres of walking tracks and 119 kilometres of roads, bridges and other PWS assets,” Mr Jaensch said.
“The rehabilitation work will include projects such as clearing and track rebuilding. This work will help generate jobs and economic activity in regional Tasmania and help the tourism industry rebound strongly when the coronavirus emergency has passed.”
bogholesbuckethats wrote:Tasmanian national parks to receive infrastructure makeover during closure
Rehabilitation work on park walks, roads and bridges that were damaged by recent bushfires will be undertaken while Tasmania's national parks are closed.
The Mercury
Are you surprised it took this long? Tracks that don't make money get forgotten all too easily sadly.
As far as I know there's no work on the tracks off the Arve road area. It's the Anne area thats getting all the attention.
A SILVER lining to the closure of Tasmanian national parks will be improved infrastructure when they reopen.
Environment Minister Roger Jaensch said Tasmania Parks and Wildlife Service was taking advantage of the closure to undertake rehabilitation work on park walks, roads and bridges that were damaged by recent bushfires.
“Tenders will be called during the coming weeks for a range of projects in southern Tasmania where the fires damaged more than 117 kilometres of walking tracks and 119 kilometres of roads, bridges and other PWS assets,” Mr Jaensch said.
“The rehabilitation work will include projects such as clearing and track rebuilding. This work will help generate jobs and economic activity in regional Tasmania and help the tourism industry rebound strongly when the coronavirus emergency has passed.”
Are you telling me that they havent even begun rehabilitation of the damaged tracks following the 2018/2019 fires? I'm assuming this is referring to the Anne, E Arthurs and maybe Yoyo and Farmhouse tracks.
bogholesbuckethats wrote:Tasmanian national parks to receive infrastructure makeover during closure
Rehabilitation work on park walks, roads and bridges that were damaged by recent bushfires will be undertaken while Tasmania's national parks are closed.
The Mercury
A SILVER lining to the closure of Tasmanian national parks will be improved infrastructure when they reopen.
Environment Minister Roger Jaensch said Tasmania Parks and Wildlife Service was taking advantage of the closure to undertake rehabilitation work on park walks, roads and bridges that were damaged by recent bushfires.
“Tenders will be called during the coming weeks for a range of projects in southern Tasmania where the fires damaged more than 117 kilometres of walking tracks and 119 kilometres of roads, bridges and other PWS assets,” Mr Jaensch said.
“The rehabilitation work will include projects such as clearing and track rebuilding. This work will help generate jobs and economic activity in regional Tasmania and help the tourism industry rebound strongly when the coronavirus emergency has passed.”
Are you telling me that they havent even begun rehabilitation of the damaged tracks following the 2018/2019 fires? I'm assuming this is referring to the Anne, E Arthurs and maybe Yoyo and Farmhouse tracks.
Tas Tom wrote:All,
While we're still waiting to get out into our National Parks again it's well worth taking a deep breath and having a look on youtube at the Wandering Foxbat series of videos (taken from a light aircraft) of many of Tassies best mountains. Some good stuff here....
Might even give you a few new ideas heading forward.....
Nuts wrote:On May 11 ... National Parks and reserves will open to residents who live no more than 30km away.
MrWalker wrote:Nuts wrote:On May 11 ... National Parks and reserves will open to residents who live no more than 30km away.
So we can expect 70,000 people in Trevallyn reserve on Monday.
north-north-west wrote:So that's a bit over five weeks until we can do overnight trips. Time to plan a winter Overlander, methinks.
Nuts wrote:As far as I'm aware the 30k rule hasn't been flagged to change (?), so camping withing 30k's. I'm taking that also as by the crow line rather than odometer kilometers, which may squeeze in Narawntapu from Dev and Ben Lomond from Launnie.
How do I know if a national park/ reserve is within 30km of my primary residence?
When deciding if a park is within 30km you need to consider the distance by road.
Driving to a park entry must not exceed 30km. The 30km distance by road applies specifically to travel by vehicle. Once at the park you may walk or ride on the tracks and trails for more than 30km, but only during the day - not overnight.
There is no limit or restriction on the distance you may walk or ride a bicycle to a park from your place of residence.
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