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Derwent Valley Inventory of Tourism Assets Summary www.qc3consulting.com.au DERWENT VALLEY INVENTORY OF TOURISM ASSETS SUMMARY REPORT Disclaimer The information contained in this document has been prepared specifically for the Derwent Valley Council and as such its use is limited to the Derwent Valley Council. QC³ Consulting accept no responsibility to any third party who may use or rely upon this document or the information contained within. QC³ Consulting has used reasonable care in preparing the information included in this document, but does not warrant that such information is error free. QC³ Consulting assumes no liability whatsoever for any damages incurred by the Derwent Valley Council resulting from errors in or omissions from the information included herein. While QC³ Consulting has made every effort to ensure the accuracy of the information contained within this document. This document may include typographical errors and may be changed or updated without notice. The concepts and information contained in this document are the property of QC³ Consulting. This document may only be used for the purposes for which, and upon the conditions, the report is supplied. Use or copying of this document in whole or in part for any other purpose without the written permission of QC³ Consulting constitutes an infringement of copyright. QC³Consulting note that the Inventory of Tourism Assets is only current on the date of issue and it is contingent on the Inventory owner to review and update to maintain the Inventory’s currency. Date: 16/01/2018 Revision: 1 Derwent Valley Council Inventory of Tourism Assets Revision Date: 16/01/2018 2 Contents 1 Executive Summary ................................................................................................................................ 5 2 Background .............................................................................................................................................. 6 3 Scope and Development ........................................................................................................................ 6 3.1 Scope - The final inventory includes clear reference to the following: ............................................. 6 3.2 Methodology ...................................................................................................................................... 7 3.2.1 Stage 1 ........................................................................................................................................ 7 3.2.2 Stage 2 ........................................................................................................................................ 7 3.2.3 Stage 3 ........................................................................................................................................ 8 3.2.4 Stage 4 ...................................................................................................................................... 10 4 The Good ................................................................................................................................................ 10 5 Barriers to Development....................................................................................................................... 10 6 Additional Gaps and Barriers............................................................................................................... 11 7 Key Findings .......................................................................................................................................... 13 Accommodation: ...................................................................................................................................... 14 Adventure Tourism: ................................................................................................................................. 15 Operating hours: ...................................................................................................................................... 16 Local Marketing ........................................................................................................................................ 16 Limited Regional Journey ......................................................................................................................... 17 New Norfolk and the Visitor Information Centre (NNVIC) ...................................................................... 19 Mt Field Visitor Information Centre and Waterfalls Café ........................................................................ 20 Derwent Valley Rail: ................................................................................................................................. 22 Transportation ......................................................................................................................................... 23 Infrastructure ........................................................................................................................................... 24 Development ............................................................................................................................................ 24 7.1 Assets A- Z ........................................................................................................................................ 26 7.2 Assets – Location (A-Z) ..................................................................................................................... 53 7.3 Assets – Accommodation (Hotels, Motels, holiday parks, camping, Flotals, Rotals) .................... 108 7.4 Assets – Arts (Museums and Artisan) ............................................................................................ 117 7.5 Assets – Attractions (Animal, Dams, geographical) ....................................................................... 118 7.6 Assets - Entertainment (Cinema, Movie hire, theatre) .................................................................. 120 7.7 Assets - Events (fairs, markets, major events) ............................................................................... 121 Derwent Valley Council Inventory of Tourism Assets Revision Date: 16/01/2018 3 7.8 Assets - Financial (ATMs, banks, currency exchange) .................................................................... 125 7.9 Assets – Food and Beverage .......................................................................................................... 126 7.10 Assets – Health (Drs, hospital, spas) .............................................................................................. 132 7.11 Assets – Historical / Religious / Cultural (Church, Aboriginal, temple, mosque, cemetery) ......... 133 7.12 Assets – Outdoor experience (Parks, gardens, horse riding, guided walks) and Sporting (golf, kayaking, bushwalking, fishing, biking) ...................................................................................................... 135 7.13 Assets – Public services (parks, toilets) .......................................................................................... 146 7.14 Assets – Retail outlets (shops, post, fuel, crafts) ........................................................................... 147 7.15 Assets –Tourism Centre (Souvenirs, travel agency, info centre) ................................................... 151 7.16 Assets –Transport (Taxi, Bus, Hire, Boat trips) ............................................................................... 152 8 Bibliography.......................................................................................................................................... 153 9 Glossary and Acronyms: .................................................................................................................... 153 10 Acknowledgements: ............................................................................................................................ 153 11 Appendices:.......................................................................................................................................... 154 11.1 Derwent Valley DAP Launch Presentation Notes (5/12/2017) ...................................................... 154 11.2 Derwent Valley DAP Launch Information Leaflet (5/12/2017) ...................................................... 154 11.3 Derwent Valley DAP Launch Presentation (5/12/2017) ................................................................ 154 Derwent Valley Council Inventory of Tourism Assets Revision Date: 16/01/2018 4 1 Executive Summary The Derwent Valley Council has identified opportunities to reinvigorate their Municipality, to optimise opportunities relating to tourism in the region and to ultimately meet the expectations of the Council and Community. Through partnerships between Council, State Government organisations and members of the local business community, strategies and action plan objectives have been developed with a first step being the commissioning of this inventory of current tourism assets (ITA). In compiling the ITA, online research, interviews and travel across the region and surrounds have been undertaken. Tourism in the Derwent Valley is in its infancy and recent developments indicate a major upturn in the number of visitors expected to holiday in the region in the immediate future. The Mountain Bike Park alone forecasts to attract twenty to thirty thousand visitors in their first year of operation (stage 1). Overall across the Derwent Valley this is circa a 20% increase
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