Fitzgerald River National Park Coastal Walk Trail

Department of Environment and Conservation ii Fitzgerald River National Park Coastal Walk Trail Neither may theinformation contained inthis report bereproduced, transmitted orstored electronically inany form, such any process, electronic withoutthespecificwritten orotherwise, permissionofthecopyright owner, theDepartment of Except aspermitted undertheCopyright Act1968(Cth),the wholeorany partofthisreport may notbereproduced by as inaretrieval system, withoutthespecificwritten permission oftheDepartment ofEnvironment andConservation. Environment andConservation. Thisincludesmicrocopying, photocopying orrecording ofany partsofthereport. General ConditionsofContract for Government Contracts Fitzgerald River National Park Coastal Walk Trail COPYRIGHT STATEMENT FOR: Ecoscape (Australia) Ltd Pty North Fremantle WA 6159 PO Box 50/9StirlingHwy Direct all inquiriesto: fax: (08)94308977 ph: (08)94308955 7238-2444-10R Copyright © 20 pedxOe-Mp ...... 86 AppendixOne-Maps ...... 12.0 84 11.0 References ...... 82 10.0 Conclusion ...... 80 Community Consultation Plan ...... 9.0 8.0 Risk Assessment 75 ...... 66 Construction Methods andManagement ...... 7.0 TheTrail 41 Concept ...... 6.0 5.0 Interpretation Concept 37 ...... 4.0 Market 19 Analysis...... 3.0 Site Appreciation 5 ...... 2.0 Introduction 1 ...... 1.0 Executive Summary v ...... Table ofContents . Trail 74 Construction Costs ...... 7.8 Maintenance andMonitoring 74 ...... 7.7 7.6 Park Rangers 7.5 Visual 73 Environmental Risks Summary ...... 74 ...... Impact 7.4 69 OpportunitiesandConstraints 73 ...... 7.3 Construction ofNewTrails 67 ...... 7.2 7.1 Trail Classification 66 ...... 63 EASTERN SECTION (Stage 2)...... 6.3 52 CENTRALSECTION (Stage 1) ...... 6.2 45 WESTERN SECTION (Stage 2) ...... 6.1 37 TheLinearLandscape ...... 5.1 TheFitzgerald Walk Trail BusinessModel 35 ...... 4.5 32 OtherTrail Assessments ...... 4.4 29 Visitor Product Development ...... 4.3 4.2 Visitor Profiling 4.1 Introduction 20 ...... 19 ...... 15 Landscape Character Types ...... 3.3 3.2 Biophysical 5 Socio-cultural Analysis ...... Analysis 3.1 6 ...... 2.1 Key 1 Issues......

iii Fitzgerald River National Park Coastal Walk Trail iv Fitzgerald River National Park Coastal Walk Trail 40 pedxTre-Cnutto ...... 118 AppendixThree -Consultation ...... 14.0 110 AppendixTwo -OpinionofProbable Costs ...... 13.0 Other Consultation ...... 120 Stakeholder Meetings ...... 118 Stage Two Trail HeadCosts ...... 116 Stage Two Accommodation Costs ...... 115 Stage Two Trail Costs ...... 114 Stage OneTrail HeadCosts ...... 113 Stage OneAccommodation Costs ...... 112 Stage OneTrail Costs ...... 111 Map 21: Map 20:MainTrail Experience-Day Six ...... 107 Map 19:MainTrail Experience-Day Five ...... 106 Map 18:MainTrail Experience-Days Three &Four ...... 105 Map 17:MainTrail Experience-Day Two ...... 104 Map 16:MainTrail Experience-Day One ...... 103 Map 15:Trail Alignment -QuoinHeadto Hopetoun ...... 102 Map 14:Trail Alignment -Point Annto QuoinHead ...... 101 Map 13:Trail Alignment -Bremer Bay to Point Ann...... 100 Map 12:Trail Concept ...... 99 Map 11:ConceptandLandscape Character Types ...... 98 Map 10:Landscape Character Types ...... 97 Map 9:Shoreline Condition...... 96 Map 8:Hydrology ...... 95 Map 7:Vegetation ...... 94 Map 6:Geology ...... 93 Map 5:Significant Views ...... 92 ...... 90 Map 3:LandUse Map 2:Existing Features ...... 89 Map 1:Management Zones ...... 88

Main Trail Experience-Day Seven ...... 108 Fitzgerald River Na The development ofacoastal walk trail ispartofthe 1.0 There iscurrently aninformal, unde from Hamersley Inlet to Hopetoun. and Stage Two between Bremer Bay andPoint Ann,and Stage Oneisbetween Point AnnandHamersley Inlet; Governments. Ithasbeendividedinto two stages; Project, jointly fundedbytheState andFederal included: The development ofthewalk trail concept plan trail users andtheenvironment. spread ofdiebackitpresents thegreatest riskto both However dueto itsremote nature andthepossible most remote coastal walking experience inthePark. from Point Annto Hamersley Inlet, whicho • • • • • resulti socio-cultural andbiophysical site assessments, a market analysis includingvisitor pro Character Types through whichthetrail passes de and abusinessmodel product development, assessment ofothertrails prepara experience Landscape, to give meaningto thewalking Linear Landscape: Inspire theWalker to Read the types andprovide arange ofop visitors to exerience awiderrange ofcharacter trail loopsare alsorecommended to enable Twin Bays, QuoinHeadandHamersely Inlet. The overnight stops at Gordon Inlet, StMaryInlet, seven day main trail isrecommended with trail op iden management includingtrail classi risks. Broad trail construc opportuni constructi accommoda million for Stage Two. approximately $4.5millionfor Stage One, and$2 fi ni ti Executive Summary

ngintheiden ti fi on ofatrail interpreta ca ti ti ons andtrail loopsofvarious classes.A on ofatrail alignment concept including ti on techniques, designprinciples, on oftrail construc ti esandconstraints andenvironmental ti on and trail heads,are calculated at ti onal Park (FRNP)Improvement ti

fi ca ti onofseven Landscape ti on costs including ti ti on concept, ‘The on methods and ti ons for visitors. fi ned walk trail ff ers the ers fi ca fi ling, ling, ti on, The marke broader des success oftheproject. Marke groups isacriti and Ravensthorpe, andlocal industry andcommunity approach between theDEC, theShires ofJerramungup region. Suggested marke Product development ini • • • • • • • • • • informa informa inves tourism coordinator posi trail where roles and responsibili preparing adedicated marke equally between thetwo Shires working closelywiththerespec stakeholders are clearlydetailed Tourism Organisa crea and specialisedtour operators targe external promoti developing aseries ofinteres considera of thewalk trail developing accommoda along thewalk trail accommoda Management Plan. prepara development ofanevacua safety andmedical equipment andthe known to visitors, recommending appropriate supply plan,visitor registra Miti including accident, injury, illnessandlackofwater. various risks that trail users are likely to experience assessment ofvisitor risks whichrevealed the loc which includesdistribu al andr ga ti ti ng auserfriendlyandinforma ti ti nganalysis revealed that ahighlycoopera ga ng specialisedlongdistance walking groups ti ti on measures include developing awater na ti ti ti on ofacommunity consulta on days, andongoing web based on. ti cal ingredient for sustainable, longterm ng thecrea ti on of a commercial eco style ti on basisisrequired for theFitzgerald ti on facility inthePark withinthe egional c on ti ons (RTOs) whenundertaking ti ti ng ini a ti ves include: ti ommunity displays and on ofajointly funded ti ti on precincts at eachend ti on oftrail informa ng andpromo ti ti a ti on /recovery plan. on, possiblyshared ti ti ng planfor thewalk ves include: ti ti on, makingrisks ng “res ng ti ti v Regional ve ve website ti es ofkey ti ti ng huts” ng ti o plan on on a ti on, ti ve ve

v Fitzgerald River National Park Coastal Walk Trail 1 Fitzgerald River National Park Coastal Walk Trail The Fitzgerald River Na 2.0 is dominated bycoastal hills,collec two UNESCO Biosphere Reserves inWA. Thelandscape botanically diverse regions intheworld. Itisoneofonly and Esperance andisrecognised asoneofthemost the southcoast ofWestern Australia between Albany park off Barrens, aswell asspectacular spongolite cli bush walking,nature apprecia project isto improve tourist accessandfacili and Federal Governments. Theaimofthis$40million FRNP Improvement Project, jointly fundedbytheState The development ofacoastal walk trail ispartofthe some ofthebest inthecountry. magnifi fi surrounding communi Park andassist economic andsocialdevelopment in levels ofdiffi The FRNPwalk trail can provide varied experiences and landscapes andcultural histories. in anenvironment that hasuniquebiodiversity, trail whichwould provide atotally di FRNP create theopportunity for anothericonic coastal Tracks. Thespectacular landscapes andrugged ofthe walking trails; theBibbulmunandCapeto CapeWalk landscapes are currently experienced bytwo iconic biodiversity andlandscape values. Thesevalues and and remarkable landscapes that o Western Australia isrenowned for itsspectacular only Stage 1ofthewalk trail isfunded. Ann andfrom Hamersley Inlet to Hopetoun. Currently the links west andeast ofthis,from Bremer Bay to Point between Point AnnandHamersley Inlet. Stage 2isfor has beendividedinto two stages. Stage 1isfor alink The walk trail por Ravensthorpe andJerramungup. core ofaBiosphere Reserve. that itisone of anumbertrails whichtraverse the Bremer Bay andHopetoun. Thetrail isalsouniquein shorter loopwalk opportuni within thecentre ofthePark. Theconcept alsosuggests to Bremer Bay andHopetoun to aclass5trail located shing andwhalewatching. TheFRNPisblessedwith cent coastal scenery, whichmany peopleseeas ers diverse recrea Introduction culty ranging from class3sec ti on oftheFRNPImprovement Project ti ti es ofBremer Bay, Hopetoun, onal Park (FRNP)islocated on ti onal experiences including ti es closeto thetowns of ti on, camping, canoeing, canoeing, on, camping, ff erent experience ti ff vely knownas e excep er ti ons close ons ti es inthe ff s. The s. ti onal excep A trail located inaremote natural area needsto be trail intheFRNP. involved withtheplanningandconstruc The following sec The objec experience ofthetrail. its remote qualityneedsto andrugged dominate the values ofthelandscape. Thenatural environment and so that itdoesnotimpactthevisualorenvironmental 2.1 TRAIL ALIGNMENT • • • • • • • • • • challenging sec create looptrails ofvarious lengths, intheless between Point AnnandHamersley Inlet more higherrisktrail challenging, inthecentre, risk, easierclassesintheStage 2secti create diff create alinkbetween Bremer Bay andHopetoun provide arange ofexperiences for trail users connect to exis connect placesofcultural andnatural interest Hopetoun use exis sites suggest addi required where possible,andupgrade facili facili use exis vegeta catchments to minimisethepoten stay within2kmofthecoast inthe coastal sustainability andtheexperience they o however thesetrails needto beassessedfor spread ti onal initsalignment, designandconstruc ti Key Issues ti ves for thedesignoftrail were to: es through thechallengingmiddlesec ti on clearingandlower construc ti ti ng trails where possibleto minimise ng overnight campsites andfacili erent classesalongthetrail withlow ti on outlinessomeofthekey issues ti onal overnight campsites and ti ons closerto Bremer Bay and ti ng walk trails andrecrea ti al for dieback ti on ofawalk ti ons anda e where es ti ff on costs, er ti on ti ti ti on on es poten the site needsto beunderstood. Thishelpsminimise biophysical, social,economic andcultural context of In order to develop atrail concept, thecurrent iden environmental andcultural values ofanarea andhelps following: trail networks isdependent ontheassessment ofthe The successful integra SITE APPRECIATION • • • • ti fy interpre level varia consider development ofloopsorspurs andclass recrea ecological values landform andstability ti al impactsoftrail construc ti on andpublicaccess ti on to respond to landscape features. ti ve features andnarra ti on, design andmanagement of Photo 1. West MtBarren trail ti ves. ti on the The trail needsto beclassi the Na that have beeninplacesince 1986andthesize of limited accessto thesite andmanagement strategies The FRNPislargely free ofdiebackdiseasedueto Construc and management andmaintenance regimes. material selecti terrain, soilandvegeta on thetrail loca Australian Standards: classi The FRNPcoastal trail concept incorporates various which have di TRAIL CLASSIFICATION DIEBACK MANAGEMENT CONSTRUCTION METHODS AND MAINTENANCE • • • • • • • • • fi AS 2156.2-2001Walking Tracks –Classi Design AS 2156.1-2001Walking Tracks –Infrastructure and Signage. track condi management regimes. weather•terrain•infrastructure signage•gradient• land capability. hazards•other cultural heritage indigenous heritage landscape and visualamenity ca ti onal Park. Theconstruc ti ti ons between class3and4,eachof onmethods andmaintenance vary depending ff erent requirements for: on, grading, infrastructure requirement ti on asaresult offactors suchasaccess, ti ons ti on. Trail designconsiders fi ed according to following ti on ofamajortrail fi ca ti on

2 Fitzgerald River National Park Coastal Walk Trail 3 Fitzgerald River National Park Coastal Walk Trail three to four litres of water perperson perday. Itis It isusuallyrecommended that walkers carry at least proposed trail isfrom arainwater tank at Twin Bays. Currently theonlyfresh water supplyalongthe Water supplyalongthetrail willneed to beaddressed. Managing riskisanessen increases theriskofdiebackintroduc planning. Considera of thediseaseunlessappropriate hygiene prac risk that vehicular andfoot tra through bothconstruc management -principleandguidelines. in accordance withAS/NZSISO 31000:2009Risk A basicriskassessment process hasbeenundertaken essen therefore, awareness andhygiene prac is unlikely that any introduc are introduced aspartofthewalk trail experience. It and cri Thumb Peak to approved permitholders for research to thepeaks ofMidMtBarren, Woolbernup Hilland the FRNPManagement Plan1991-2001restricts access To prevent thespread ofdiebackto thesehighpoints, suscep impacts ofthedisease.Ahighnumberrare plants measures are taken to avoid signifi Act 1999(EPBCAct).Approval was given provided Environmental Protecti with adecisionmadeunderSec approved aroad upgrade andthiswalk trail development, Environment, Water, Heritage andtheArts),has The Australian Government (Department ofthe one oftherequirements. migratory species.Limi listed threatened speciesandcommuni WATER AVAILABILTIY RISK MANAGEMENT • • • constructi environmental risks visitor risks ti al for visitors unfamiliar withthepoten ti ti bleto diebackare located at thetop ofpeaks. cal management. on andopera ti on hasbeengiven to: onandBiodiversity Conserva ti ti on andvisitor use.There isa ng theriskofdiebackspread is ti ti ons would bedeliberate, onal risks. ti al component oftrail ffi c may assist thespread ti ons 75and77Aofthe cant impactson ti on andspread ti es andlisted ti ces willbe ti ti ces on ti al whole seven day walk. Anumberofop not possiblefor awalker to carry enoughwater for the poten The proposed trail was assessedinterms ofthe MARKET ANALYSIS considered for addressing water supplyincluding: loca in thestate, interstate andinterna nearby experiences; andanalysis ofothersimilartrails trail experience andvisitor servicing. This analysis assisted inproviding arange ofop • • ti on ofthesite; current visita rain water tanks a sized to suite local rainfall condi se levels monitored bysta for walkers to drop supplieso ti al market. Considera tti ngupofcaches at publiclyaccessibleloca tt ached to newcamp shelters, Photo 2. ff andvolunteers ti on was given to the ti ti on rates; linkage to onally. ff West MtBarren trail priorto walking. ti ons withwater ti ons could be ti ons for ti ons natural area. Someguidelineshave beeniden component ofdeveloping atrail concept inaremote routes andassociated infrastructure isanimportant assessing thepoten an important partoftheexperience. Therefore, The visualresources ofremote natural areas are Opportuni market oftheproposed trail. The market analysis includedassessment ofthetarget minimise the impact ofthe the trail include: Issues associated withdeveloping amarket pro and usage monitoring orfee system for aremote trail. to indicate appropriate tra visita VISUAL IMPACTS • • • • • • • • • • ti take take for thewalk. Developing amarke be somechallenges indeveloping amarket profi normal visitor traveller pa the geographical remoteness from Perth and develop selec Hopetoun before, a encourage trail users to stay inBremer Bay and capitalise ontourism poten medium to longterm bene walk willbeamajor the tourism industry want more products anda assessment including visualandenvironmental impact need something for poten partnerships withtourist providers need anumberofparallel processes important to give stakeholders realis on expecta staged process withmarket triggers. on;andsimilarlandscape loca ti ti me es for exis ti ons ti ti al visualimpactsofproposed track on criteria for tour developers ti ng andproposed recrea ft er, and/or duringtheirwalk. ffi c numbers, facili service ti tt rac fi naltrail alignment. Visual tt ti fi erns meansthere will on ts ti al operators to bite ti onswere explored ti al ofthetrail, ti ng profi ng ti

le can le fi fi le for le ed to ed ti on es le ti c Trails shouldprovide crea this zone: according to theWildernessPolicy. Inthecase ofFRNP area doesnotmeet thecriteria for awildernessarea the Park isde of thisreport. Themanagement zone inthecentre of Management Planwere reviewed andmapped aspart The Management Zones for theFRNPasde texture. track width,visualabsorbancecapacity, colour and resource planningconsidered sight lines,topography, E of thecultural andnatural dynamicsofanarea. elements to allowusers to gain abroad understanding this wildernesszone presen A large porti many opportuni of connec trail experience. Thishelpsthevisitor develop asense and socio-cultural context andcan enhanceavisitor’s understanding oftheenvironment anditsbiophysical One. AllMapsreferenced are inAppendixOne) infrastructure to trail users. (Refer to with regard to managingvisitor safety andproviding dis histories. as theuniquemixofindigenous andnon-indigenous of theregional andlocal senseofplace.TheFRNPo Interpreta INTERPRETATION MANAGEMENT ZONES ff ecti • • • ti ncti is strictly for conserva for essen has accesslimited to non-motorised forms except has minimalprimi ve interpreta ve geological andbiophysical processes aswell ti ti on alsorequires anexcellent understanding on andstewardship withthelandscape. on oftheStage 1trail passesthrough fi ti ned asbeinga‘wilderness’zone. This al management andemergency needs ti es for interpreta ti on provides visitors withagreater ti ve facili ti ve andengaging interpre ti on ti ng anumberofissues ti es. ti on because ofthe Map 1 in fi ned inthe Appendix ff ers ti ve ve

4 Fitzgerald River National Park Coastal Walk Trail 5 Fitzgerald River National Park Coastal Walk Trail The following socio-cultural characteris 3.1 3.0 mapped (Refer to Maps2,34and5 European explora coast, noti as islandsin1802whenhesailedeastwards alongthe explorer, George Vancouver. Flinders con the Doub Whaling andsealingwere prac the area. 1849 theGregory Brothers (A.C., F.T. andH.C.) explored through thearea in1848,andthefollowing year, in Albany. BothJamesDrummondandJ.S. Roe travelled of East MtBarren duringajourney from Adelaideto Eyre andhisAboriginalfriendWylie camped at thebase off ruins can befound intheeastern endofthePark, and mine at Twertup, openfrom 1965 to 1973.Homestead of disusedmineswithinthe Park includingaspongolite of farming, agriculture andmining.There are a number The FRNPandsurrounds hasarichEuropean history 1166km between at Point AnnandCunderdin. the No2RabbitProof Fence, builtin1905,stretching crossing from Perth to Adelaideandbuilt1875-77; Telegraph Linetrack, aresult ofJohnForrest’s successful The Park contains remnants oftheIntercolonial commercial salmon thePark’s coast, andthere are s • • • • • • • exis exis signi aboriginal sites land use• exis rabbit-proof fence. intercolonial Telegraph Line ti ti ti ng features ng tracks androads ng accommoda tf fi Socio-cultural Analysis Site Appreciation ng theranges as‘barren hills’. In1841,E.J. cant views ul Islandswere spo ti onoftheparkbegan in1791when fi shing lease north of Pt Ann. shing leasenorthofPt ti on ti tt ced duringthe1800’s ed bytheEuropean ): ti ll remnants ofa fi rmed these rmed ti c were cs track to Twin Bays and Marshes Beach. emergency andmanagement access from thetelegraph terms ofdiebackmanagement. Two maintracks allow was theeasiest route for thevehicles, buttheworst in and there are numerous indigenous sites ofsigni The parkisofcultural signi as amajortourist site withinthePark. Quaalup Homestead, builtin1858,hasbeenrestored are inthemore remote loca tables andbenches andbarbeques.4WDcamping areas spots to primarycamp sites withfacili Park, withvarying facili There are anumberofexis sites. for food andwater aswell associalandceremonial within thePark, mainlyat estuaries whichwere afood fi Exis few through themiddlesec there are afew closedtracks around Quaalup,butvery numerous tracks usedbyquadbikes and4WDvehicles; many tracks, mainlyat thewestern end.HoodPoint has area beinga a walk trail at Twertup, however itisclosed dueto the West MtBarren, Point AnnandEast MtBarren. There is with many ofthetracks branching o telegraph track isusedasamanagement accesstrack, 1970’ coast having beenmadebyfi sher people. ti ng designated walk trails are few; occurringat s. Thesetr ff ected by ack s are mostly alongridge lines,asthis fi re inrecent years. ThePark has ti es from backpacker camping fi ti shermen inthe1960’s and cance to Noongar people ons andusedprimarilyby ti ti ng campsites withinthe on ofthepark.Theold ti es suchastoilets, ff ofthisto the fi cance detail andinrela The following describesthegeology ofthePark inmore Mount Manypeaks, Toorgellup andGore systems. systems, andto lesserdegrees through theMeerup, Jonacoonack, Hammersley andWhoogerup geological Charles. Thetrail passespredominantly through the graniti Ranges. There are alsosmallsec of theMount Barren Group whichform theBarren predominantly ofthefolded andfaulted metasediments Yilgarn Craton. ThesouthernendofthePark iscomprised formed byastable crustal segment referred to asthe considerably older(2500-2900millionyears old)andis old). Thebedrock ofthenorthernpartPark is of theAlbany-Fraser Province (1100-1800millionyears The bedrock ofthesouthernpartparkis River Na and vegeta The biophysical features ofgeology, soiltype,landform 3.2 duplex. TheQuaalupLoopop sandy, paledeepsandand alkaline grey shallowsandy sandplain withswampy coastal depressions, withgrey This system consists oflevel to gently undula Hammersley System 6). characteris Mallee-heath vegeta system, whichisfound from Bremer Bay to Hopetoun. shallow sand.Associated vegeta of calcareous, mostly alkaline sand, sandygravel and Hood Point. Itischaracterised bycoastal dunesmade pass through thissystem east of Bremer Bay across south coast from Albany to Bremer Bay. Two trail op The coastal dune Meerup System system. mallee scruband heath. GEOLOGY c gneissalongthecoast from Bremer Bay to Point ti onal Park have astrong rela Biophysical Analysis ti c isdescribedbelowinmore detail. ti on structure withintheFitzgerald ti fi on to thetrail concept (Refer to elds ofthissystem are found onthe ti on isassociated withthis ti on passesthrough this ti on isYate woodland, ti ons ofslightly older ti osi. Each onship. ti Map ons ti ng Dempster Inlet andaround Hamersley Inlet. Quaalup, alongTrigelow Beach,from StMaryInlet to The trail passesthrough thissystem at Bremer Bay, sand andpaledeepmalleeheath vegeta characterised bybare rock, stony soil,paleshallow park between Bremer Bay andHopetoun. They are wide valley fl The deeplyincisedvalleys withbreakaways, cli Jonacoonack System lichens onexposed rocks. is lowwoodland andscrubheath withmossesand nowhere elsealongthetrail. Theassociated vegeta passes through thisgeological typewhichisfound this system are found at HoodPoint. Onetrail opti shallow sandygravel, bare rock andshallowsandsof along thesouthcoast from Albany to Bremer Bay. The The grani Mount Manypeaks System ti c hillsandheadlandsofthissystem are found oors ofthissystem are found withinthe Photo 3. Trigelow Beach ff s and s ti ti on. on on

6 Fitzgerald River National Park Coastal Walk Trail 7 Fitzgerald River National Park Coastal Walk Trail Ranges, and a wave cutpla Proterozoic quartzite andmetasediments intheBarren by mountains andmoderately inclinedto steep hillson The mountains andhillsofthissystem are characterised Whoogarup System and scrub heath andmalleeincluding duplex andshallowsand.Associated vegeta soils consist ofbare rock, stony soil,grey deepsandy Whalebone Beachandat East MtBarren. this system at Point Ann,between Dempster Inlet and Dryandra quercifoliaDryandra tf . Thetrail passesthrough orm onEast MtBarren. The Eucalyptus preissiana Photo 5. Photo 4. ti on isthick Point Ann Point Ann

Photo 6. Photo 7. West MtBarren West MtBarren Photo 10. Photo 9. Two BumpHillground surface Coastline to ThumbPeak Photo 8. Thumb Peak Photo 12. Photo 11. Quoin HeadWest Coastline geology

8 Fitzgerald River National Park Coastal Walk Trail 9 Fitzgerald River National Park Coastal Walk Trail remnants ofPleistocene forma This system ofHolocene coastal sanddunes withsome Tooregullup System and shallowsandsmixed coastal scrubvegeta Photo 14. Wave CutPla Photo 13. ti tf ons, calcareous deep orm at East MtBarren Quoin HeadWest ti on The gently undula Jerramungup System northern region ofthepark. does notpassthrough thissystem asitislocated inthe sand. Associated vegeta shallow soils,grey non-cracking clay andpaleshallow consists ofplateau edge andscarp slope,withgrey the Park between Bremer Bay andRavensthorpe and The valleys andbreakaways ofthissystem are found in Suze through thisfrom CulhamInlet to Hopetoun. is found from Bremer Bay to CapeArid.Thetrail passes vegeta grey, shallow, loamy andsandysoils.Theassociated between Jerramungup andRavensthorpe. Ithasalkaline, breakaways oftheLower Fitzgerald system are located The deeplyincisedvalleys withrock outcrops and Lower Fitzgerald System Park. this system asitislocated inthenorthern region ofthe associated malleescrub.Thetrail doesnotpassthrough alkaline, grey, shallow, loamy andsaline,wet soiland and Ravensthorpe. Ithasgrey sands,shallowanddeep; Jerramungup system are found between Jerramungup This system ischaracterised byundula Ravensthorpe System is located inthenorthernregion of the Park. heath. Thetrail doesnotpassthrough thissystem asit associa clay andstony soil.SalmonandYork Gumvegeta gravel andselfmulching cracking clay, non-cracking ultrama on Archaean greenstone ofmetasediments and region ofthePark. pass through thissystem asitislocated inthenorthern tt a System ti ti on consists ofwoodland, malleescruband fi ons occurwithinthissystem. The trail doesnot cs, withalkaline red shallowloamy soil,shallow ti ng plateau withrock outcrops ofthe ti on ismallee-heath. Thetrail ti ng lowhills ti on The vegeta To date 1,748plant specieshave beeniden Province. the Eyre Botanical District oftheSouth-West Botanical The Park istheonlyremaining uncleared remnant of woodlands onlyoccurringalongrivers andinswamps. open to very openmallee,shrublandandheath with including: of Agonis openforest and Acacia mixed scrubland Homestead, alongop The following community isfound around Quaalup 42: Malleeandacacia onsouthcoastal dunes drift These areas are characterised byunvegetated areas of 129: Drift western halfofthepark. Freshwater lakes are do 126: Freshwater lakes the larger Eyre Botanical District (Refer to Map7 The following vegeta species. amounts to 20%ofWestern Australia’s knownplant the Park ofwhich75are found nowhere else.This The op spinosa, Melaleuca. cochlearis, Acacia sp, Hakea corymbosa, Jacksonia Beach passesthrough thefollowing vegeta Calothamnus pinifolius, andPimeleaferruginea. oleifolia, Banksia media,Melaleuca pentagona, dunes, Banksia mixed heath: Mallee andAcacia mixed scrublandonsouthcoastal VEGETATION AND FLORA sandbetween Fitzgerald andDempster Inlets. ti on Binlandroute whichrunsparallel to Trigelow sand Agonis ti on oftheFRNPconsists predominantly of fl exuosa, Eucalyptus decipiens,Acacia ti ti on Dofthetrail. Itiscomprised on systems are subdivisionsof tt ed through thePlains inthe Acacia cyclops,Hakea ti ti on:

fi ed within ). The 47: Tallerack mallee-heath op falcata, Hakea crassifolia, andAllocasuarina. Exocarpos sparteus, Eucalyptus Eucalyptus decurva, Banksia repens,Banksia media,Anigozanthos humilis, obtusifolia, Calothamnus pinifolius, Xanthorrhoea, Eucalyptus decipiens,Adenanthos cuneatus,Agonis including: Adenanthos mixed shrublandandBanksia mixed heath It iscomprised ofEucalyptus Openmalleescrubland, Fence to Point Ann.Italsooccurs east ofHamersley Inlet. Quaalup, andfrom QuaalupalongtheRabbitProof ti on Dofthetrail headingbetween Bremer Bay and Tallerack mallee-heath vegeta Nuytsia Photo 16. Photo 15. inland route parallel to Trigelow Beach fl oribunda, Eucalyptus tetragona, Vegeta Vegeta ti on alongGairdner Road ti on alongOp southeast of Quaalup ti on occurs along ti o B on 10 Fitzgerald River National Park Coastal Walk Trail 11 Fitzgerald River National Park Coastal Walk Trail Photo 18. Photo 17. Point Annvegeta Point Annvegeta ti ti on on Photo 20. Photo 19. Point Annvegeta Point Annvegeta ti ti on on This associa 50: Dwarf scrubongranite (southcoast) communi Point. Itiscomprised ofanintricate mosaicofplant The trail doesnotpassthrough thisvegeta 516: Malleescrub,BlackMarlock Bossiaea rufa. Leucopogon revolutus, Comespermaconfertum, and Acacia cyclops,Hakea prostrata, Hakea oleifolia, ferruginea, Isopogonformosus, Hibber The trail passesthrough thisvegeta 691: Dryandra quercifolia andEucalyptus spp.Thicket sp., Melaleuca spathulata, Grevillea sp. including: is comprised ofEucalyptus openmalleeshrubland community, located at thenorthendofpark.It secti from Dempster Inlet to Hamersley Inlet, withsmall Allocasuarina humilis Banksia lehmanniana,Calothamnuspinifolius, including: comprised ofEucalyptus mixed closedmalleeshrubland ons at West MtBarren andEast MtBarren. Itis ti esuponthegranite summitincluding: Eucalyptus redunca, Eucalyptus sp.,Banksia Eucalyptus quercifolia, preissiana,Dryandra ti on occurs alongop Photo 21. West MtBarren vegeta ti on Cat theHood ti ti o associa on a cuneiformis, a Pimelia ti ti ti and on on on Photo 23. Photo 22. West MtBarren vegeta West MtBarren vegeta ti ti on on 12 Fitzgerald River National Park Coastal Walk Trail 13 Fitzgerald River National Park Coastal Walk Trail Photo 25. Photo 24. Photo 26. Quoin Headwest vegeta Quoin Headwest vegeta East MtBarren vegeta ti ti ti on on on This associa of thePark. community, located insmall areas inthewestern edge The trail doesnotpassthrough thisvegeta 931: Mediumwoodland: Yate woodland characterised by edge ofthePark. Itiscomprised ofEucalyptus open community, located inasmallarea inthenortheastern The trail doesnotpassthrough thisvegeta 938: Mediumwoodland: York gumandYate Brachysema lanceolatum. Anthocercis genistoides, Astroloma compactum, and Eucalyptus occidentalis, Eucalyptus decipiens, and Anthocercis mixed sparse heath including: Eucalyptus loxophleba. ti on iscomprised ofEucalyptus woodland Photo 27. Eucalyptus occidentalis, East MtBarren vegeta ti ti ti and on on on separated byrocky headlandsandsteep cli The Park’s coastline consists ofbroad sandy bays in themisafew cen within theplains;duringwinter thewater andspring, Many woodland andshrublandcovered swamps occur present signifi inlets, whichmay insomeinstances beimpassableand bars break open,walkers may struggle to cross the block theinlets. Ontherare occasions that thesand Park. Ingeneral crossing occurs at thesandbars that The walk trail crosses allthemajorrivers withinthe catchments (Refer to Map8 sand bars onrare occasions a blocked bysandbars. Therivers onlybreak through the major rivers terminate ininlets whosemouthsare northwest to southeast through thePark, andallthe in thewinter andspring.Therivers generally runfrom the Park. Alltherivers are intermi and Dempster Rivers have alloftheircatchments within Fitzgerald, Hamersley andPhillips.Theshorter StMary are partlyincleared agricultural land;the Gairdner, The Park hasfour mainrivers whosecatchments and Eucalyptus decipiens,Banksia repens,Banksia media, pinifolius, Nuytsia Adenanthos cuneatus,Agonisobtusifolia, Calothamnus Banksia mixed heath including: shrubland, Adenanthos mixed openshrublandand of thePark. Itiscomprised ofEucalyptus openmallee community, located across thevery northernreaches The trail doesnotpassthrough thisvegeta heath 940: Malleescrub,blackmarlock;tallerack mallee areas. Quaalup to Annpassesthrough Pt someofthese COASTAL MORPHOLOGY HYDROLOGY Anigozanthos humilis. cant visitor risk. fl ti oribunda, Eucalyptus tetragona, metres deep.Trail Op ). ft er heavy rainfall inthe tt Eucalyptus redunca, ent and ti fl ff on Dfrom ow mainly ssecti ons ti on they move alongthecoast (Refer to experiences muchofthisvaried coastal morphologyas eastern endfrom Dempster to CulhamInlet. Thewalker Bay andDempster Inlet, andthesteep cliff occur inthewestern secti interspersed withsmallsandycoves. Thesandybays onofthePark between Bremer Photo 28. areas nearWest MtBarren Map 9 Low lyingswampy ). s inthe 14 Fitzgerald River National Park Coastal Walk Trail 15 Fitzgerald River National Park Coastal Walk Trail the onlyexcep character typeare experienced onsite bythewalker, ensure that most ofthedis design ofthetrail. Detailed planninganddesignwill possible iso described to ensure that thebroadest experience The landscape character typesofthestudy area are 3.3 The Park hasseven dis the northernpartofPark. each have auniquelandform, climate, vegeta natural landscape that would have existed before the Esperance Plainsandisanexpansive example ofthe The Park isthelargest area ofuncleared landinthe water form, cultural andlandusepa • • • coastal towns. rocky coast sandy coast valleys•ranges• plains• uplands• Landscape Character Types ff ered to thewalker through theconceptual ti on beingtheUplandscharacter typein ti nct types oflandscapes that ti nct features inalandscape tt erns. They are: ti on, Photo 29. plains focus ranges. ontherugged and animallife. uninterrupted Long, views across the great ecological signifi lakes appearinginwinter andspring.Thelakes are of the undula granite outcrops. Steep-sided, v-shaped valleys incise Allocasuarina, Grevillea andAcacia associated withthe E. tetragona mallees ofEucalyptus redunca the coast. Theuplandsare covered withvery open occur onthenorthernedge ofthePark, away from and ragged, upright granite outcrops. Theuplands granites andgneisseswithshallowloamy andsoils The uplandsare gently undula areas withnorun-o shrub mallee.Thistypeispoorlydrained andhaslarge very openmalleeofE.decipiens cracking clay. Theplainsare covered withwidespread, siltstone withshallowsandyloam,colluvial sandsand generally This horizontal landscape iscomposed ofplainsthat are winter andspring. dis surrounding plainswere cleared for agriculture. The below (Refer to Map10 UPLANDS PLAINS ti nct landscape character types(LCT) are described Plains LCT between MtBlandandWest MtBarren fl at andmadeofsedimentary spongolite and ti ng plainwithasinglechannelthat (Tallerack) and alsoscrubandheath of ff , withsumpsandsmallephemeral cance asawater source for plant ). andopento very open (BlackMarlock)and ti ng plainsmadeof fl ows in a smallpor that openoccasionally a geology. Themouthoftheinlets isblocked bysandbars spongolite orlimestone depending onthesurrounding extend to thecoast andform inlets incisedinquartzite, long views upordownthevalley. Allthemajorrivers one ofenclosure, withdensevegeta the mesas.Theexperience ofthevalleys intheplainsis low woodland onslopesandrimsopenmallee lines supportopenshrubmalleeof and smalllinearpools.Thevalley have streams withsmall valley slopesanddeeperonthevalley rocks andsandyloamsoilsthat are shallowonthe similar to that oftheplainswithspongolite andsiltstone sided breakaways andbroad Valleys are cutthrough thefl the edges. these to theinlet beingsaline.Samphire heath grows on Lincoln Mallee) and VALLEYS fl ats, withMelaleuca woodland orshrublandon ti on oftheexpansive E. incrassata ft er heavy rain. Water occupies fl ows inwinter andspring, fl at at bo at plainsandhave steep fl at at tt (LerpMallee),with oms.Thegeology is

fl E. conglobata oors anddrainage fl ti oor, thesoilsnext on obscuringany fl oor. Thevalleys (Port open lowscrub;andthephylli quartzite soilssupportBanksia scrubandAdenanthos sands orphylli phyllite, dolomite andconglomerates withquartzite The ranges are steep rugged, hillsmadeofquartzite calcareous orsiliceoussandsoccurover spongolite turquoise waters oftheSouthernOcean.Theloose rocky headlandsofgranite that protrude into the beaches andsweeping bays are protected byrounded dunes covered inadensegreen coastal heath. These white beachesbacked bywindswept solidi The sandycoast ischaracterised lowcurving bylong, range, anddeeplinearvalleys. above coastline, thescrub,curvilinear abruptlow plains present alinearpa the geology of thecoast. From thehillsexpansive rock outcrops oforange, white, grey andpinkexpress and ranges withverti and Banksia andAllocasuarina lowscrub.Isolated peaks very openshrubmalleeof RANGES SANDY COAST Photo 30. ti Breakaway nearQuaalup intheValley LCT cloamy sandandschist duplex soils.The cally protruding rock andfrequent tt ern oftaller malleegrowing E. incrassata ti c schist soilssupport (LerpMallee), fi ed limestone 16 Fitzgerald River National Park Coastal Walk Trail 17 Fitzgerald River National Park Coastal Walk Trail expansive and drama The proximity ofthehighranges to thecoast allows for di to rocky sandoccurinsomeloca rocky cliff The ranges abut the SouthernOceancrea taller occur oflowdenseAgonis protected areas furtherfrom thecoast, woodlands uncinata Acacia species,Leptospermum spinescens , or quartzite. Thecoastal heath isadiverse mixof the steep slopes.Intermi white rock contrast thegrey green heath clingingto of theranges. Studdedoutcrops ofcaramel, grey and coastline andacross therolling hillsto thesteep peaks extremely suscep E. occidentalis crashes into therocky shore parallel to thecoastline. Ocean isbroken bythesparklingwhite foam asthesea Ocean inVshapedvalley ofrock. Theturquoise ofthe erosion crea in thedirec like swathes ofstark white against the grey green heath ROCKY COAST ffi cult to accessbecause ofthesteep topography. E. decipiens,transcon (Broom Bush),and s over rocky shorelines. Minorcoves of ti on oftheprevailing winds. ti ng blowouts that appearaslong (Flat-topped Yate). Theloosesoilsare Photo 31. ti ble to windandsome ti c views upanddowntherugged tt Thumb Peak intheRanges LCT ent streams

fl exuosa (Peppermint), and Banksia species.Inmore ti nentalis ti ons buttheseare (Redwood) and fl ow toward the ti ms wave mes ti Melaleuca ng steep, ng fi nger- fi ne and geographically remote communi the two endpoints ofthePark. They are smallquiet The coastal towns ofBremer Bay andHopetoun form rela large visiti are diff opera is currently expanding asaresult ofnearbymining the Park. provide important andsuppliesto services visitors to contrasts theremote andwild nature ofthePark and COASTAL TOWNS ti onship to thecoastal environment. Thetowns ti ons. Thetowns provide the‘civiliza erent incharacter; withBremer Bay having a n popula ng Photo 32. ti Sandy Coastal LCT -Trigelow Beach on insummer, whileHopetoun ti es withaclose ti o’ that on’ For furtherdetails onwhichsec experiencing adiverse range ofuniquesite features. Types except for theUplandsLCT. Thisresults inusers The trail passesthoughalltheLandscape Character rela Refer to Map15 through thevarious landscapes see ti onship to Landscape Character Types. for ofthetrail anoverview andits ti ons ofthetrail pass Secti on 6.0. Photo 33. Rocky Coastal LCT -nearThumbPeak 18 Fitzgerald River National Park Coastal Walk Trail 19 Fitzgerald River National Park Coastal Walk Trail The Fitzgerald River Na 4.1 4.0 a tourism marke the Shires ofRavensthorpe andJerramungup. From a 230 kmwest from Esperance, thePark crosses into both approximately 180kmnorth-east ofAlbany andabout southern coastal region ofWestern Australia. Located geographically remote towns boas Both Bremer Bay andHopetoun are small,quiet and town centres. hours 30minutes from eitherAlbany orEsperance (1 hour40minutes) andthendrive approximately 2 daily capital cityofWestern Australia, orvisitors can take lies some6hours direct drivingsouth-east from the In terms ofvisitor accessfrom Perth, theNa boundary andfrom there southto thecoastline. Park isHighway Number1whichrunsalongitsnorthern Outback. Themainroad accessroute for visitors to the being Australia’s SouthWest andtheAustralia’s Golden into thetwo Tourism WA recognised tourism regions popula beaches andarelaxed coastal lifestyle. The permanent Sta around 300andaccording to Australian Bureau of had apre-mine popula Southern coastline. TheABSes and alongthemajorroad accessroute linkingthe Hopetoun issome BHP Ravensthorpe Nickel Opera and growth over recent years linked directly to the Bay, Hopetoun hasexperienced strong expansion and year 2001some 241residents). Unlike Bremer level for thepast 15years (inyear 1996221residents, 2001), however inMay 2008,theShire es LandCorp es is considered very rapid andfurtherevidencedbya had grown to above the1,000mark.Thisrate ofincrease (source: West Australian Press). Asnewminesopenand one ofthemost rapidly decliningregional popula Since thedeclineofRNOHopetoun /Ravensthorpe is 1,100 people(inSeptember 2007)(source: LandCorp). the Hopetoun popula tt rac ti s fl ti ti ights to Albany (1hour15minutes) orEsperance cs (ABS)historical data hasremained around this onfor thosetravelling to andthrough thebroader ti on for Bremer Bay iscurrently es Introduction Market Analysis ti ma ti n perspecti ng ti on that withinthespaceofone year fi

ft y kilometres from Ravensthorpe ti on rose from 586(in2006) to ti on in2001of357people(ABS ti onal Park isamajorvisitor ve thePark alsocrosses ti mated that Hopetoun ti ons (RNO)project. ti ng white sandy ti mated this mated ti ti mtd at mated onal Park ti ons Throughout theworld, developing des a richresource baseofpris signi a For thelocal economy ofades genera one opportunityto grow employment through the crea operators are obviousdirect bene a community hasmany advantages. Local business or acomputer, thedevelopment oftourism within the employee cannot beeasilyreplaced byamachine Being highlylabourintensive, andanindustry where one ofAustralia’s most signi Over thelast two decades tourism hasemerged as visits. incen providing products andexperiences that actasan must befocused onmaximising individualspend,and opportuni des addi also development isul The mainbene wool produc and Jerramungup withbroad acre cropping and economic ac ti Historically, agriculture hasbeenthefocus of numbers willincrease. RNO recommences withnewownership, popula opera that visitor des acti been iden approach isnowbeingimplemented andtourism has mor individualis to ashi Evolving tourist trends have, over thelast decade, led local economic andemployment base. tt ract tourists insearch ofauthen vity withintheRavensthorpe Shire, however, anew ti e meaningful na ti ti fi fi on ofasuccessful tourism industry withina onal spendingandemployment opportuni cant compara cant ti lter through to thecommunity at large crea ti ve to tourists to stay longer andreturn onrepeat on provided amajors ti ti onofjobsandthecrea on, however thedollars spent byvisitors ft from standardised masstourism to more ti ti es. For tourism to besuccessful, e

ti fi c pa ed ashaving thepoten ti on thekey industries. TheRNOmining vity withintheShires ofRavensthorpe ti na tt erns, inwhichgreater fi ti ciary ofwell-managed tourism ti xperience ha on. ti mately thelocal communi ve advantage intheirpoten ti nenatural treasures, hold ti fi mulus to local economic ti cant growth industries. na ti ve gained prominence. onofentrepreneurial ti on tourism presents ti c newexperiences. ti fi al to diversify the ciaries from the fl ti exibility and a na ti os with ons, ti e of es ti al to al ff ti ti ti ort es. on ng off The proposed FRNPCoastal Walk Trail project certainly can s accommoda start thedevelopment suchasnew ofancillaryservices a diverse range ofop of thedes also needsto beadded,thegeographical remoteness provide asubstan instantaneous. Theestablishment oftheFRNPtrail will industry willmeaneconomic bene des years to develop into successful and sustainable visitor short term. Aspiringtourism areas typically take many scale ofbene but local stakeholders shouldremain realis long term growth to thelocal visitor basedeconomy faced withsimilarchallenges. ers thispoten ti na ti mulate local entrepreneurial opportunity, kick ti ons andtheFitzgerald River region willbe ti na ti on andhospitality andprovide services, fi ts to beachieved over theimmediate to ti on and on ti al andwhenimplemented correctly ti al boost andactasacatalyst for ti onal ac ti me lagnature ofthetourism Photo 34. ti viti es. However, cau Point AnnLookout fi ts may notbe ti c onthe ti on signi coastal towns ofBremer Bay andHopetoun boast some The Fitzgerald River Na 4.2 broader des impressive cleanwhite sandybeaches,however ina spectacular coastline, unique popular andwell promoted neighbouringdes region doesnotrate ashighwhencompared to more have notbeenconsidered asamajorvisitor des scale ofa such asEsperance andAlbany whichboast more “iconic” available tourism research for thedes by State andRTO promo limited initsscope. What isavailable isdetailed below: CURRENT VISITATION • • • fi cant natured-based visitor a The Department ofEnvironment andConserva (DEC) reports that inatypical year anes Na this es es on majorentry roads into thePark andbyapplying This 40,000 visitors enter theFitzgerald Na considered signi project could leverage upon.Thesenumbers are visita The Tourism WA Tourism Development Priori seasonal”. also stated “all visita visitor numbers appearminor. TheTWA report main road ofthetown ofRavensthorpe andthese previous year. TheVisitor Centre islocated onthe year 2008,adecrease of730visitors from the received some6,550visitors through itsdoors in the Ravensthorpe Hopetoun Visitor Centre in February 2009.Inthisreport, TWA states that Ravensthorpe Tourism Asset Assessment Report Tourism WA (TWA) prepared theHopetoun (1,000). adjacent towns ofBremer Bay (300)andHopetoun considering thesmallresident popula 2010-2015 (March 2010) report es visita ti ti mates ofnumbers ofpeoplepervehicle. If onal Park would indicate asubstan tt Visitor Profiling rac fi ti ti gure iscalculated byusingtra on market that theproposed walk trail on levels to theShire ofRavensthorpe over ti ti mate iscorrect, 40,000visitors into the na ti ons. To date Hopetoun andBremer Bay ti on context, theFitzgerald Biosphere fi cant inpar ti onal Park andsurrounding ti ti on bodiesandtherefore, on to the region ishighly fl ora andfauna, and tt rac ti na ti ti ti mated annual os including ons clr when cular ti ffi on remains on c counters c ti ti ti onsinthe onal Park. al exis ti na ti ti mated na ti ons ti ti ti ti on on ng es 20 Fitzgerald River National Park Coastal Walk Trail 21 Fitzgerald River National Park Coastal Walk Trail • • • 2010) compared visita Ravensthorpe Dra Using similardata sources, theShire of the remaining 8%from overseas. large majority(92%)are domes the 2001-2008periodto bearound 17,500.The tourism strategy related to market percep visitors to Albany. Primary research carried for the visitors to Esperance andaround 1/10thofthe Ravensthorpe asbeingaround 1/5thofthetotal and posi poten and opportuni the natural features oftheFRNPas strengths island status”. Speci serenity, rawness andpeaceful nature –protected compara crowds”. Thereport highlights that theregion’s untouched, unknownandanescape from the small-country-town feel, non-commercial, quiet, survey respondents perceived thearea as“relaxed, annual holiday plannerre A review oftheAustralia’s GoldenOutback(AGO) des for theHopetoun andFitzgerald Na year round holiday. Great for boa to local a tourism ready product) withafull page dedicated bush walking,wild snorkelling,swimming, fi beaches andistheperfect se by unspoiltwilderness,abundant pris businesses. Thetown isdescribedas“surrounded River Na the AGO remains keen to promote theFitzgerald Discussion withAGO seniormanagement reveals boa in theFitzgerald; Summer–swimmingand marke recently appliedfor external fundingfor a regional tourism organisa professional, e appears well considered. TheAGO isconsidered a This approach, alongwithwhalewatching themes, along windswept beaches;Spring–wild ti ti na ng; Autumn–coastal ti ti al market diff ng campaign withthethemes “4seasons ti on (considering itsrela ti ti ti ve advantages liesin“untouched ve ve onal Park to external markets and tt rac fi ti ndings ofthereport were that ti es onwhichto basetheregion’s ff ons andadver ecti ft fl Tourism Strategy report (April owers...” eren ve, andhighlyappropriate fi cally thereport highlights ti on levels to theShire of ti whalewatching,shing, a fl fi ects agood presence ti shing; Winter –walks ti on that shouldbe on. tti ng for arelaxed all ti ti ti sing from local ng, ng, windsur c travellers and ti vl limited vely ti oa Park onal ti ne white ne fl owers.” ti fi ons ng, ng, Re of current visita Park andsurrounding towns comprising: fl • • • ec Exis new walk trail. iden thebudgetservices andcaravan market withan Bremer Bay islimited incapacity andlargely accommoda Bremer Bay doeso -to upmarket standards ofaccommoda general lackofupperend-accommoda during summerschoolholiday periods.This home for shortterm rent whichremain popular as well asmarke Homestead andtheWellstead Museumco captured withthecurrent range ofaccommoda much visitor poten loca Ravensthorpe are situated between three popular WA report, whichstated “although Hopetoun and facili While thelowpriceendofaccommoda to alarge growing sector ofdiscerning travellers. being ofabasicstandard, whichdoesnotappeal the midandhighpriceranges.” market iscurrently catered for, there are gaps in resour Local residents School holiday families ti o o ng theseobserva ti recrea enjoying theregion’s coastal assets via fi popula (Summer andEaster) arrivingfrom inlandWA uti and themajorcentre ofPerth, typically parks. rented orowned) caravan andcamping ti ti shing, divingandboa shing, n accommoda ng ti ons, Albany, Hyden andEsperance there is

es isalsoreinforced intherecent Tourism fi lising holiday home accommoda ed gap insupplyfor travellers wan ced t ti ti onal pursuits sur ofswimming, o assist inthepromo ti on centres suchasKalgoorlie Boulder on to theFitzgerald River Na ti o op on ti ng arange ofprivate holiday ti ons we can develop apro ti ti al whichcannot befully ti on withinHopetoun and ons includingQuaalup ff er somemore unique ti ng. ti onal role for the ti on (either ti ng mid tt ti ages onal ti fi ti ti ti on. ng, ng, on on on fi le • • Self Drive Holiday makers Dedicated nature enthusiasts o o range ofaccommoda part ofalonger trip.Basedonthecurrent arriving eitherfrom Esperance orAlbany as predominantly travelling through theregion day-trippers emana intrastate travellers, andwould alsoinclude diverse includinginterna primary acti range style oftravellers withsightseeing a Hopetoun, thesewould bebudget to mid Park andinaround Bremer Bay and a Esperance. fl andexperiencing unique bushwalking/hiking opportuni to experience therange ofnature based purpose for visi wonders oftheFitzgerald istheirprimary photography. Experiencingthenatural wild whalewatching,would includehiking, ora andfauna. Speci tt racted to theFitzgerald River Na fl birdower viewing, watching, and ti es andacti vity. Source oforiginwould be ti ng. Photo 35. ti fi ng from Albany and ti c recrea on o ti onal, interstate and viti West Mt Barren es suchas ti ff onal ac er withinthe ti onal Park ti viti es The poten ther From thena di above itcan be seenthat bothparti A review ofavailable recrea heritagecanoeing, andculturally basedtrails products. mountain bike tracks butcan alsoincludebridletrails, the more commonly acknowledged bushwalking and Na trends isprovided below. acti years andover par Australia wideanes parti in Exercise, Recrea in 2004.Bushwalking par most popularac Annual Report). Bushwalking was ranked asthe8th Western Australia par 2001 to 2004periodswitha2.9%increase. The ERASS2004Survey alsoes which represented aparti Australia. Bushwalking a rates inselected acti bushwalking clubsopera of trails throughout theState. There are some7major West trails database totalling some3,000kilometres Australian Department ofSportandRecrea 3.7%. There are some600trails listed ontheWestern and undertake tripslocally, na members. Most are non-commercial, volunteer run Perth Bushwalkers Clubisthelargest withover 370 es A total membership baseofaround 2,000to 3,000is outdoor adventure ac and leisure goods retailers withinthestate and71 A review ofretailer directories reveals some272spor IN BUSHWALKING/HIKING TRAILS TRENDS AND REVIEW OF PARTICIPATION RATES ffi ti cult to de ti mated from thesegroups. vity for exercise, recrea onal par cipa e are some120camping equipment retailers. ti onrate ofaround 82.8%(source: Par ti al market for bushwalking andhikingtrails is ti ti fi cipa onal andstate widesta ne accurately. Recrea ti vity withsome818,000par ti ti on rates on andSportSurvey –ERASS2004 ti cipated inat least onephysical ti viti mated 13.1mpersons aged 15 ti ti vity retailers. More specifi cipa es for theState ofWestern tt ti racted some58,100persons ng withinWestern Australia. ti cipa ti ti ti on and sport in2004ora cipa onally basedsta on rates ti on increased over the ti onally andoverseas. ti ti on rate ofaround mtd parti mated ti onal trails include ti cipa s ti cs reviewed cs ti ti on’s Trails o levels on ti ti s cipa cipa ti cipants ti cs and c ti ti ally ti on on ng , 22 Fitzgerald River National Park Coastal Walk Trail 23 Fitzgerald River National Park Coastal Walk Trail years. Bushwalking andhikingac acti and consumer expenditure inphysical recrea posi considered growth industry sectors withdirect and es The Department ofConserva such astheFRNP. included thefollowing: Bibbulmun Track. Asummaryofthereport results to measure usage levels andpa 2003). Independent research was carried outin2003 The BibbulmunTrack UserResearch Report (December of thestate’s total). FRNP es region whichincludesthe 2004/5. The“SouthCoast” parks, state forests andotherreserves intheyear ti • • • • • • mated that there were some9.65mvisitsto na viti ti ve implica It ises just 1%ofallgroups. Commercially organized group visitscomprised private vehicle. Nearly 90%ofwalkers accessedthetrack by of the21,000usingtrack). walking endto endwhichequates to 1,050walkers for more than4days (including5%whowere were walking for 2to 3days and10%were walking 30% doingday walks greater than4hours, 19% were doingday walks lessthan4hours dura 41% ofwalkers interviewed duringthesurvey on 4day orlonger walks averaging nearly$750. to 3days walk averaging around $200,andthose an average day walker spendof$72,walkers on2 walkers ontheBibbulmunTrack. Thisisbasedon nearly $21mare spent eachyear asaresult of In terms ofexpenditure thesurvey es some 280,000userdays inayear. with anaverage 2.04days for eachwalk, there are These users generate some137,250visitsand day walks. 21,000 individualusers eachyear, mostly for short es andproducts hasincreased over thepast 5 ti mated some870,562visitors (oraround 9% ti mated that thetrack isusedbyaround ti ons for walk trail development projects ti onandLandManagement tt erns across theen ti viti es are therefore ti mated that ti onal ti ti on, ti on re re T to es communi impact interms ofdirect expenditure into local that users oftheBibbulmunTrack have asigni If thesurvey results are correct thenthisindicates accommoda range ofindustry sectors (food supplies,equipment, however the majority ofusers appearto besourced from intrastate the poten with theinten overseas. Theseare considered important for highqualitytrail products from interstate and that there isunderlyinglevels ofuntapped interest r ail project andsimilarmarket data could beapplied • • ti applying thissurvey That is11%were from outsideofWA andwhen WA, 7%from interstate and4%from overseas. A large 89%ofwalkers interviewed were from an average group size of3.1people. The most common group size was 2peoplewith a majormoti before arrivingsugges out ofstate users haddecidedto walk thetrack The survey alsofound that around athird ofthese 2,310 users originated from outsideofthestate. 21,000 total users peryear thenapproximately some 760users. mate future usage oftheproposed walk trail. ti es alongthetrail andspread across abroad ti

al marketability oftheFRNPCoastal Walk ti on, andpetrol). Withoutdoubtthelarge fi nding that some760users arrived to WA ti on ofundertaking thetrail indicates va ti ng factor to visitthestate by fi gure against thees ti ng that thismay have been Photo 36. fi West Beach ndings for ndings ti mate of fi cant cant WA coastal des tourism”) to Bremer Bay/Hopetoun andothersouthern The seasonalimpactsongeneral visita General observa the spring“wild local operators suggest that schoolholiday periodsand wild (dedicated hikers, whalewatchers, bird watchers and based tourism opportuni periods. Lower volume specialinterest andniche would beconsidered low“masstourism” visita months andperiodsgenerally outsideofschoolholidays to October are themost popularperiodsto visit.Winter migra to whennature basedevents occur, suchaswhale SEASONAL CONSIDERATIONS fl ower enthusiasts) would bea ti on pa tt erns, Julythrough to October eachyear. ti na fl ti ower” months ofSeptember through ower” ons combined withconsulta ti on areas are considered signi ti es suchasnature enthusiasts tt racted according racted ti o (“mass on ti ons with fi cant. ti on DEC SouthCoast Region provided arange ofvehicle A review oftheneighbouringcoastal visitor des and thespringmonths ofAugust to October. Easter andChristmas/Summer schoolholiday periods be seenthepeaks invehicle numbers occurred during period March 2008through to January2009.Ascan the Pabelup Drive Southandcovers anear12month most revealing chartsuppliedishighlighted belowfor data most for specifi indicators for es of Esperance alsoprovides someuseful andapplicable to theFitzgerald region. ti ma c Easter andChristmas periods.The ti ng masstourism visitor pa Source: DEC SouthCoast Region ti na tt erns fl ti ow on 24 Fitzgerald River National Park Coastal Walk Trail 25 Fitzgerald River National Park Coastal Walk Trail accommoda For the2006year, theEsperance commercial southern coastal des indica monthly average occupancylevels provides agood Tourist Accommoda providers inEsperance in2006(source ABSSurvey of spent at thesetypeofcommercial accommoda rate of$91.04.There were some61,101room nights an annualoccupancyrate of60%andanaverage room from thoseproviding results to theABSsurvey, averaged $91.04 re also re review oftheabove graphs showthat themonths of Source: ABSdata ofcommercial survey accommoda Shire ofEsperance asacomparison ti on ofmonthly visitor seasonalityimpactsfor a fl ects theseasonalityimpactsandaverage fl ects amixofaccommoda ti onproviders with15ormore rooms and ti on Shire ofEsperance 2006).The ti na ti on. Theaverage room rate ti on standards. A ti ti on on, ShireofEsperance year 2006. to August re Occupancy levels were recorded lowest inmonths June maker market corresponding to schoolholiday periods. visitor periodsmost likely thefamily servicing holiday room rates indica December, January, andAprilreceived above average a similarandneighbouringcoastal tourist des Again, usingtheShire ofEsperance asanexample of es along theWA southerncoastline, intheyear 2006an accommoda interna average 2005&2006). ti mated 50,200visitors (45,500domes ti onal) stayed in“hotel/resort/motel” style fl ti ec on (source IVS andNVS data annual ti ng thecolder winter months. ti ng that thisisconsidered thepeak ti c and4,700 ti na ti on Based ontheseobserva purpose isto holiday andundertake recrea Mass tourism would includevisitors where theprimary the Stage 1endto endwalk trail experience. sites. Specialinterest visitors are assumedto undertake trails inandaround theBremer Bay andHopetoun town generally undertake onlythe Stage 2range ofwalk has beenassumedthat “masstourism” visitors would groupings; masstourism andspecialinterest visitors. It to theFitzgerald region can bebroadly dividedinto two acti Peak visita Easter schoolholiday periodsand itisduringthis that thedes of visitor numbers. Visitors would u in andat theboundariesofNa towns ofBremer Bay andHopetoun, orcamping grounds and commercial accommoda admirers andtheirvisita such asdedicated bushwalkers/hikers, Special interest visitors includenature basedenthusiasts end to endwalk trail. stays withinthePark andpoten may encourage greater length ofwalks andovernight visitors shouldexperience mildertemperatures andthis Easter holidays inAprilare lesspredictable however 2 network ofwalk trails. Weather pa due to theseasonalheat andbefocused ontheStage to day tripsorat themost 2day/1 night bushwalks summer usage ofwalk trails would belargely limited assumed that thesevisitor typeswillu to whenthenature basedevent ofinterest occurs. Itis user group types,poten The following table summarises poten 1 and2network ofwalk trails. high andlowperiods,adescrip a typical year, themonths ofvisitdividedinto peak, acti FRNP COASTAL WALK TRAIL POTENTIAL USERS viti viti es such as swimming, surfi essuchasswimming, es. ti on would occurduringtheSummerand ti na ti on would experience greatest volume ti onsitisassumedthat visita ti ti al visita al on pa on ti on inandaround the ng, ng, ti tt al useoftheStage 1 erns will correspond ti on levels ofeachin fi ti ti ti shing andboa on ofrecrea lize holiday home onal Park. During tt erns around the ti lize bothStages fl ora and fauna and ora ti al walk trail ti ti onal onal ti ti ti me ng. on Photo 37. Point Ann 26 Fitzgerald River National Park Coastal Walk Trail 27 Fitzgerald River National Park Coastal Walk Trail Summary ofpotentail users perannum Peak High Low ESNLT OTSESTIMATED WALK TRAILUSAGE MONTHS SEASONALITY days) April (92 January, December, (123 days) October September, July, August, (150 days) November May, June, March, February, 92 day periodes Stage 2trails); usage levels during Walk trail network (predominantly per day enter trail or184for period. End to endusers (Stage 1);2hikers walk trail network. 97 to 163visitors perday onthe 9,000 to 15,000visitors oraround numbers. commercial walking tour operator entering thetrail eachday. Includes enthusiasts or6to 10hikers 1,200 dedicated hikers andnature could range between 800and walk trail duringthese4months End to end;usage levels ofthe 6,150 to 8,000visitors. to 65visitors perday orbetween Walk trail network; es Walk trail network; re than 1perday. End to endusers; negligible,less month period. persons perday or750for the4 predominantly local usage at 5 ti mated at between fl ti ec mated at 50 ti ng year itises Based upontheassump within theFRNP. Thisvisita individual users willundertake awalk trail experience es typical year. ti mated 1,100to 1,400endto endtrail users ina beach-going, beach-going, and beaches,recrea mass tourism to coastal towns, a Summer andEaster schoolholiday periods, Bremer Bay. Fulltrail mul visitors basedinthetowns ofHopetoun and be most popularduringtheseperiodsfrom Day walks andshortovernight walks would condi walks would belimited dueto heat andsummer special interest andnichebasedvisita Whale watching andwild expected. Walk trail shoulda should a Ideal ti types. dedicated hiker andnature enthusiast visitor Considered the less appealing walk trail willoccur. Theseare considered the group islocal residents. - summerorwinter. Assumesgreatest user to endwalk trail dueto eitherextreme weather towns andleast appealingto undertake theend ti mated that between 17,000to 25,000 ti me to undertake en ons. tt ract greatest hiker market numbers. fi shing, shing, boa ti mes to visittheadjacent coastal ti ti ons detailed above, inatypical DESCRIPTION mes where least usage ofthe ti on ac ti on level includesan ti ti fl ng andswimming. ple overnight stay ower seasons,more ti ti re walk trail and viti tt ract the es including tt rac ti ti ons on Tourism des Factors withincontrol of local tourism stakeholders. of factors bothwithinandoutsidethesphere ofcontrol industry andvisita Factors outsidecontrol FUTURE TOURISM TO THE REGION SUMMARY OF FACTORS THAT WILL IMPACT • • • • • • • • • Levels ofcoopera operators, regional tourism organisa stakeholders; local government, industry informa pla understand thevalue oftourism andprovide a as DEC andTWA. Inparti Investment indes Investment inlocal infrastructure. partners. community, theresidents must bewilling order for tourism to sustain itselfinalocal will beessen Networking withtheright industry tour operators experiences. Delivering value for money andmemorable visitor customer care. Encouraging highlevels standards ofservice and Adop Establishing ane opera for both promo Australian dollar o tf orm for theprivate sector to deliver, andin the currency dollar have direct impactsontourism visita dollar hasnega within Australia. Inshort astrong Australian tourism des (thereby reducing domes encouraging Australians to travel overseas ti ti on ofregional themesandbranding. ons, suchasbookingsandpayments. ti na ti on centres, government agencies such ti ons operate inahighlycompe ti ti al for thesuccessofwalk trail. on levels can bea ff ecti ti ti fl na ti na uctua on andtrail management ve onlinewebsite presence ti ti ti on promo ve impactsonregional ti ons inAustralia by on amongst tourism cular, local councils must ti ons oftheAustralian ti c tourism) while ff ected byarange ti on. ti ons, visitor ons, ti

ti ti on ve ve While regional tourism des directly in leverage basedonthesefactors. prepared to implement programs to eithercounter or managers needto beaware oftheseimpacts andbe • • Price ofoil General economic growth o o These fl within Australia for visitors andagain and internal travel (especiallydrive tourism) the priceofoilimpactsbothcost ofairfares 2010. 2008 before recovering to US$0.92inearly nearly US$0.98to US$0.62bylate October from its‘resources boom’peakinmid2008of quickly, for example the$AUD fell sharply des percep unemployment typically leadsto adomes 2009/10. Strong growth andlow outperform nearlyalldeveloped economies in the Australian economy isforecast to popula which can bebene des also makingAustralia aless des uctua fl uence theabove factors thosedes ti ti ti na na na fl ti ti ti uctua ti ti ti on of“value for for regional money” on withstrong spendingpoten ons inthiscost directly impactsthe ons inAustralia. ons.

on for interna ti ons can besigni fi ti cial to regional tourism na ti onal holida ti ons are unableto fi cant andmove y makers. tt ti rac na ti ti on ti ve ve al ti c 28 Fitzgerald River National Park Coastal Walk Trail 29 Fitzgerald River National Park Coastal Walk Trail The principalreason for visi 4.3 visitors that o day-trippers orovernight visitors. Itistheseovernight Travellers to aregion can besimplygrouped aseither is therefore considered criti of thevaluable natural assets. Strikingtheright balance experience, andenablethemost e natural environment, enhancethenature basedvisitor adjacent to thePark must complement thesurrounding end, itisessen experience thenatural wonders oftheregion. To this poten spending approximately three tripper expenditure androughly ten visitors byde addi Successful tourism shouldalways translate into simply make a“pitstop”. accommoda local a des overnight visitors are what highlysuccessful tourism Communi should beprimarilymeasured byhowmuchaddi having themavailable. Ul but don’tleave money behindthat cover the cost of subsidising visitors –providing that services visitors use programs are note community, whereas communiti see that thelocal industry actuallysubsidises the visitor dollars are spent inacommunity. ti na ti onal cash into acommunity andovernight ti al to maximise expenditure opportuni ti tt ons must ul rac ti Visitor Product Development es withsuccessful tourism programs will ti ti ons. Interms ofvisitor expenditure, petrolon, meals,shopping, andvisi fi ff ni er aparti ti al that any builtinfrastructure inand ti on willspendmore dollars onlocal ff ti ecti mately target andstrive for. cular des cular ve ordonot exist are infact ti cal. ti mately, successful tourism ng theFRNPisto enjoy and ti mes thelevel ofday- ff ti es where tourism ecti na ti ti ve management on thegreatest mes those that those mes ti onal ti ti ng es The AGO Des require be “Towns beyond theregional centres (withintheAGO) 2007-2017 makes thegeneral observa to encourage visitors to stay longer.” TheDes Fitzgerald River Na Development Strategy alsofocuses ontheimportant 1,800 beauti and rates asaWorld Biosphere byUNESCO. More than is oneofthemost diverse botanical regions intheworld of lodge andcamping accommoda The DDSrecommends theestablishment ofarange been recorded intheNa as well asamyriad oflichens,mossesand fungi,have established to theneedsofusers service oftheNa As can beseenfrom theAGO Des Park. “iconic signi Na matrix onthefollowing page theFitzgerald River communi readiness” whichwillhave within thisreport willfast track thePark’s “market readiness”. Investment withinthePark asproposed Biosphere region can bedescribedass In terms ofatradi through” selfdrive travellers, orthoseovernigh visitor markets from Albany andEsperance, “passing- early development theday phases,principallyservicing MATRIX DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY AUSTRALIA’S GOLDEN OUTBACK DESTINATION ti onal Park rates slightly above themidrange for ti es inques tt e accommoda er ful andbizarre speciesof fi cance” butonlypoorinterms of“market ti na ti onal product life cycle, theFitzgerald ti ti onal Park ci on Development Strategy [DDS] ti on. ti onal Park.” fl ow onbene ti facilion andservice DEVELOPMENT ti ng “theNa ti na ti ti on Development fl o facili on ti owering plants, ll growing inits fi ts to thelocal ti ti onal Park o that on ti ti na e be es ti ng in ng ti onal ti ti on es accommoda Without anac local budget style caravan andcamping establishments. to onlysa Australia isthepresence ofasolidlocal accommoda of allthesuccessful VICsopera Informa also work to inhibitthe The lackofasolidcommercial accommoda Establishing addi from. base that they take bookingsfor andgain commissions a developing tourism des important viabilityissuesandul has beenclearlyiden result whensuffi tourism growth for apar lack ofaccommoda ti on Centres (VICs).Acommon denominator ti sfy thesecurrent “lowyield”market types. ti on sector theFitzgerald area willcon cient market demandfor suchfacili ti onal accommoda ti ve, tourism-focused commercial ti on capacity can severely restrict ti fi

nancial viabilityoflocal Visitor fi ed. There isnodoubtthat ti ti na clr des cular ti on posesanumber of ti ti mately shouldonly ng withinWestern ti on capacity within ti na ti o however on ti on basecan ti nue ti ti on es Source: AGO Des expansion ofnewfacili triggers are achieved. is typically stems onlyonceavibrant local visitor industry development must therefore beimplemented and ventures. Alongterm approach to accommoda these opera sa should develop ando nature focused overnight travellers theseprecincts trail as well asthebroader tourism region. Targe very important for thelong term successofthewalk end oftheproposed Fitzgerald Walk Trail isconsidered The establishment ofaccommoda trippers andnichebasedovernight visitor markets. planning ofthesesites shouldther the required demandeventuates. Longterm master scale andscope ofopera ti sfy current visitor needsyet beableto expand the fi rst established that isbasedonpro ti ti ons must alsobe nati on Development Strategy 2007-2017 ff er accommoda ti es ifandwhen market demand ti ons andfacili fi nancially sustainable nancially ti on precincts at the e ti fore enablethe on op ti es ifandwhen fi tbe day table ti ons that ti ti on ng 30 Fitzgerald River National Park Coastal Walk Trail 31 Fitzgerald River National Park Coastal Walk Trail Successful tourism des regional visitor des visitor a years, agroup oflocal businessmenhave grown asimple is theWave Rock Experience,where over aperiodof30 many years. Agood example withinWestern Australia of accommoda well resourced andhighlyfocused promo Walk Trail thisgrowth phasecan befast tracked with market demanddictated. For theFitzgerald Coastal project stakeholders shouldremain realis communi scale ofbene tourism des As asummaryofproduct development ini and theinvestment ofappropriate resources. the Fitzgerald Coastal Walk Trail: • • • acc date, however viabilityconsidera make thisprobable over thelongterm. Develop aseriesofinteres Develop accommoda loca parti the walk trail to sa the walk trail. Inves accommoda development op should enableapprovals for longterm growth and Hamersley Inlet. Master planningofthesesites Gordon Inlet), andShire ofRavensthorpe landat Infrastructure land(between Bremer Bay and the Na triggers dictate. Include visitor informa servicing faciliservicing Include withinNa these accommoda considera ommoda tt ti cular at or nearbyimpressive coastal ti rac es over theshortto mediumterm. Successful ons. ti ti onal Park; onDepartment ofPlanningand na ti fi ts thewalk trail can deliver to thelocal on into animportant andsuccessful ti ti

ti o op on on ofcommercial eco-style on development doesrequire ti ti ti

on facili on facility withinthePark at afuture ti na ti es for thewalk trail at eachof ti ti ti ons to facili on o ti ti ti na ons eachdeveloped asthe on nodeloca onal Park Management Plan ti gate development ofprivate ti ti ti sy overnigh sfy on precincts at eachendof ti es ontwo sites adjacent to on development can take ff ering anextensive range ti ng “res ti ti ti es asdemand ons. ons would only ti ng huts”along ti ng needs,in ti ti on however c aboutthe ti a ti ves for ves ti me on 4.4 Descrip bookings Fee paying/ Length ti on Other Trail Assessments the southern 3 hours drive from CapeTown on Nature Reserve some260kmsor Located withintheDeHoop accommoda Fee paying andbookingsfor with amoderate degree offi designed to a has 5overnight stops. Thetrail is from Potberg to Koppie Alleenand The WhaleTrail stretches 54Kms conserva plus accommoda max 12pax at R1050(AUD$150) group bookingsineither6pax or Whale Trail costs are basedon charged for entry into theReserve. (AUD$4) andR15perchildis extensive cancella booking condi The website includesdetailed to luxury co can range from simplecampsites trail. age of8are notallowed onthe disclaimers. Children belowthe WHALE TRAIL, SOUTHAFRICA WHALE TRAIL, ti on fee ofR30peradult tt ti ages. on required. A tt ti ti ract nature lovers p ofsouthAfrica. ons including ti on costs which ti on policiesand tness. OVERLAND TRACK, TASMANIA variety offascina beauti dolerite mountains, near travels through spectacular true wildernesswalk which Mountain to Lake StClairisa The Overland Track from Cradle mountain, before and closeto Tasmania's highest Clair. Australia's deepest lake, Lake St World Heritage Area. of theTasmanian Wilderness 65 kilometres through theheart A sixday 5night walk, travelling encouraged. although young children not under 5may walk free ofcharge concessionaires is$128.Children under), seniors and pension for children (aged 17and adult, includingGST. Thefee The fee is$160AUD per of booking. The fee must bepaidat the season (1November -30April). applies duringthepeakwalking The Overland Track Fee only CRADLE MOUNTAIN ful waterfalls, through a ti ng ecosystems fi nishing at Table con ti me beauti 12 Apostles. Weave through within sight ofthemagni resort town ofApolloBay, to stretches 104kmsfrom theidyllic Victoria's spectacular west coast, The Great Ocean Walk, on up to 8days ontrack. Ocean Walk iti a numberofsuggested Great overnight walks. Choosefrom A range ofshortwalks, day walks, pris deserted beachesandgaze over (plus $5administra per individualtent, pernight individual tent sites costs $22 Camping at Great OceanWalk Individual sites per applica (plus $10administra by agroup for $160pernight person tents), andare bookable people (approximately 8x2 can holdamaximum of15 These larger, more opensites campsites a Cape Otway, alsohave group at ElliotRidge, Blanket Bay and Great OceanWalk campsites Group sites may bebooked percampsite. maximum smallpartysize of12 of 4individualtent sites, with applica ti nues onthefollowing page ti ne marinesanctuaries. GREAT OCEAN WALK, ful Na ti on). ti VICTORIA tt on). Amaximum ti ached to them. onal Parks, walk neraries andspend ti on fee ti on fee per fi cent 32 Fitzgerald River National Park Coastal Walk Trail 33 Fitzgerald River National Park Coastal Walk Trail off Services da Accommo- ered ti on facili complete seclusion,comfortable watching opportuni dura R300.00 (approx $AUD43) for the the transport cost oftheunitis This container iscalled aunitand standard containers are provided. guides whilewalking. 60litre only adaypack, camera andfi allowing you theluxury ofcarrying carry yourself to thenext co luggage that you donotwant to is onstandby to transport the Every day thetransport contractor trail backto theircars at Potberg. the hikers from theendof the shu Vehicles are le Hoop, eachsite accommoda are alsoten campsites at De ma weather condi ti a builtinbraai suitable for all the hutsexcept Noetsie have to accommodate 12 people.All The hiker's hutsare designed situated throughout thereserve. tents orcaravans. Picnicsites are a maximum ofsixpeoplein op to morewith bedding, luxurious some ofwhichare equipped ranging from basicco catering cott On thenature trail twelve self- house sleepsten adultsando the MarineProtected Area. The of thereserve ontheshores of home situated inanisolated part Lekkerwater comprises agracious luxury ofsolarpowered ligh go to make theaccommoda bedding. trail. Hikers must bringtheirown live upto thespecial status of the WHALE TRAIL, SOUTHAFRICA WHALE TRAIL, ti tt ons. Accommoda tt resses, isprovidedle service to take ti ti on ofyour hike. es andspectacular whale ages are available, fi rewood andthe ft ons. Warm water, at Potberg anda ti es. There ti tt on at ages, ti ti ti on ng all ng tt ff age, ers eld OVERLAND TRACK, TASMANIA There are three addi y has abushwalker’s toilet.) and at Echo Point. (Each ofthese Scott main track, at Lake Rodway (the bushwalkers’ huts,mostly o the Informa shu and your Parks Pass. Afrequent collect your Overland Track Pass check inat theVisitor Centre to nearby ifyou request. You must Centre, orat theaccommoda at theCradle Mountain Visitor Public buseswilldrop you o less obviousthanthemaintrack. tracks are generally narrower and are allclearlysignposted, butthe lakes and peaks. Thesesidetracks Overland Track, withwaterfalls, The sidetracks adddiversity to the Ronny Creek, 5kmsinto thePark. the start ofthewalking track at Visitor Centre 7days aweek, to located at eachofthe There are bushwalker’s huts pla stop isarainwater tank, camping Track. Alsoat eachovernight overnight stops ontheOverland hut haslongsleepingpla at hutsandalongthetrack. Each and frequency ofovercrowding along thetrack andtheamount pressure at theovernight stops departures andrelieves the The bookingsystem manages fl ea and communal cooking and at thehuts.Itisessen ma cooking utensils, cooking stoves, and tables. There isnofood, y-out bushwalker’s toilet. ou c ti tf ng areas withbenches tt tt orms, othercampsites anda resses orbeddingavailable -Kilvert hut),at PineValley goes fromle busservice CRADLE MOUNTAIN arry atent andfuelstove. ti on Centre andthe ti onal ti fi al ve ve tf that orms ff the Table con ti on ff

Step on ando tent. 3m x3.5mandholdsa2–3person fl tent site allows maximum tent Parks Victoria. Each individual approvedunless otherwise by one night at eachhike-in campsite east to west directi overnight hikes must move inan before your hike start-date. All Obtain apermitat least 2weeks hike incampsites. 7 tents. There isnocar accessto group areas catering for afurther campsites alsohave dedicated Bay andCapeOtway hike-in each site. ElliotRidge, Blanket catering for 2-3person tents at only. There are 8tent pads Hike-in campsites are fuelstove (untreated) andcamp tables. shelters, rainwater tanks Each site hastent pads,toilets, accommoda convenience; enjoy comfortable natural se and wake upinaspectacular the walkers' camp sites onroute the way. Pitch your tent at oneof wildly picturesque spotsalong local mealsorpitch your tent at oor dimensionofapproximately ti nues onthefollowing page GREAT OCEAN WALK, tti ng. VICTORIA ti on andexcellent ff thetrail with on. Alimitof Iden en Managing Website • • • • • • ti ty ti

loca high yieldfacili standards. Converted farmhouses o Off above theaverage. The “add on”orsidewalks are what raises awalk Visually spectacular natural scenery campsites, there istheop the basichuts,toilets andtent pla facili showers, mealsandwine.Itisthese upscale ‘soapie’ by doingaguidedtrip,complete with injec and limi Management oftrail byrequiring priorbookings Interacti track, payable onlyduringmajorvisitor season. Pricing was around $150peradultfor 5night one ti and o fi ed Key SuccessFactors er arange ofaccommoda ti ti ti ons suchastheOverland Track inaddi me. es that o ng economic bene ff ering bookingandpayments services. ve website withabundant informa ti ng numbers ofwalkers ontrail at any CapeNature - a publicins Reserve andWhaleTrail Key words –DeHooPNature www.capenature.co.za successful ‘Conserva driven bythevisionto establish a the Western Cape.CapeNature is for biodiversity conserva with thestatutory responsibility WHALE TRAIL, SOUTHAFRICA WHALE TRAIL, ff ti er thegreatest poten es however even inremote fi t to thelocal region. ti on Economy’ ti on ofbecoming a ti ti on in tuti ti on style and tf orms at most on ff er upmarket ti OVERLAND TRACK, TASMANIA a for al ti Key words –Overland Track www.parks.tas.gov.au Tasmania Parks andWildlife Service on to ti on CRADLE MOUNTAIN Keywords –Great OceanWalk www.greatoceanwalk.com.au Parks Victoria GREAT OCEAN WALK, VICTORIA Photo 38. Point Ann 34 Fitzgerald River National Park Coastal Walk Trail 35 Fitzgerald River National Park Coastal Walk Trail region viaentry andpar FRNP coastline. Visitors willinjectexpenditure into the to varying degrees ofdiffi highly rewarding day andextended overnight walk trails The Fitzgerald Walk Trail willo 4.5 generate signifi The socio-economic goal oftheproject willbeto towns. and dollars spent withineachofthesurrounding as outlinedwithinthisreport hasstrong poten into thelocal communi the collecti will undertake thetrail eachyear butrather bywhat is should notbemeasured simplybyhowmany walkers The perceived successoftheproposed walk trail deliver signi surrounding theFitzgerald Na the proposed Walk Trail shouldgenerate substan the current visita “iconic” signi • • • Accommoda for a4to 5night experience) periods onlyandintherange of$150perperson “End to End”walk trail fees (charged duringpeak collected allyear round) Na o o o o ti onal Park general entry fees (charged and Shire managed accommoda campsites withinthePark DEC walker overnight hutsandgeneral Private operator accommoda each endoftheproposed walk trail. businesses; supermarkets, petrol, a Flow onvisitor expenditure into local townsites. stage 2walk trails andwithinthenearby restaurants andcafes etc. admission fees, tour operators, walking guides, The Fitzgerald Walk Trail Business Model ve economic impactthese visitor willinject fi cn bene cant cant visitor expenditure locally via: fi cance amongst dedicated nature ti on levels andexpenditure generated ti on ti ti fi cipa es. TheFitzgerald Walk Trail ts to thelocal communi culty alongthespectacular ti ff ti on fees, accommoda er arange ofuniqueand onal Park. Inaddi ti on precincts at ti on adjacent to tt rac ti ti on to al to al ti ons ti ti on ti es al A highlycoopera project. ingredient for sustainable longterm successofthe industry/community groups isconsidered acri Shires ofJerramungup andRavensthorpe, andlocal signi enthusiasts. Theproposed visitor infrastructure will mark to supplyproducts that andservices meet iden industry to actonentrepreneurial opportuni market type.However, thechallenge alsolieswithlocal the region andwillwork to a FITZGERALD WALK TRAIL MANAGEMENT • • • fi e cantly enhancethepoten As thewalk trail willliewithinNa func delivered onlinewithlive bookingsheet “end to end”walk trail product. Thisshouldbe resourced bookingsfacility willberequired for the management role. Acentralised andwell be e and similarinterested community groups can also there are good examples ofwhere local “Friends” management willrest withtheDEC, however boundaries theul informa the DEC thewebsite shouldprovide anessen an e Accommoda basis. on behalfoftheirclients onacommission fee ability to accessthewebsite andmake bookings local accommoda visitor centres (andperhapseven someselected Accommoda warrant feasible investment ofthisnature. currently andinto theforeseeable future to ti con currently managed byDEC andthisshould this stage suffi operator onaleasebasisto theDEC. However, at developed byathird partyprofessional commercial facili Trail o where asuitable loca t needs. nue un ti ff ti onality andpayment ability. Managed by ecti es would lieoutsideofthePark boundaries ff ff er greatest commercial opportunity. These ecti ti on source for poten ve promoti ve ve contributors to theoverall ti ti l/if visitor demandgrows to thepoint ti ti ve approach between theDEC, the cient market demanddoesnotexist o op on on precincts at theendsof theWalk ti on providers) shouldhave the ti onal tool for thewalk. Local mate responsibility for its ti ti ons withinthePark are on withinthePark could be tt ract anewandaddi ti al visitor experience to ti al users aswell as ti oa Park onal ti es and es ti ti onal

ti fi cal ed ti al Marke Fitzgerald Coastline” isacurrent promo basis isrequired for theFitzgerald region. “The of theWalk Trail shouldstrongly infl being usedandthenamingassociated branding closely withthebroader des the suggested marke FITZGERALD WALK TRAIL MARKETING • • • • operators bytherespec ti and ideallybemanaged/leased to private towards fundingapermanent tourism o from theseprecincts could beusedbytheShires opportuni a business peopleorfrom external operators entrepreneurial thinking and ac Ulti Private investment inlocal accommoda and/or regional promo Inves coordinator posi responsible for thecoordina between thetwo Shires). Therole would be and speci coordinate theproduc DEC, Shire andprivate industry. Therole would the “iconic” Fitzgerald Walk Trail product across applica produc The Walk Trail itselfwillrequire theprepara a dedicated marke responsibili Without pre-emp detailed. Regional Tourism Organisa undertaken by working closelywiththerespec Plan themajorityofexternal promo access/entry point). (working with Albany asthemajorwestern visitor entry point) andwithAustralia’s SouthWest with Esperance asthemajoreastern visitor access/ the Australia’s GoldenOutbackand(working in ti tt ng andpromo racted bytheperceived market based mately, thistypeofinvestment relies on ti gate thecrea ti ti on ofrequired promo on across allmarke fi ti cally focusing uponthemarke es generated bytheWalk Trail. ti es ofkey stakeholders are clearly ti ng ini ti ti ti on (perhapsshared equally on abroader des ng thework oftheMarke ti on ofajointly fundedtourism ti ng planwhere roles and ti ti ti ti a na on ofauni ons to external markets. ti ve Shires. Leaseincome ves include: ti on ini ti ti ti ng literature andthe ons (RTOs) namely on oftourism issues ti uence andwork in onal collateral. ti a ti onal branding ti fi ti ti on bylocal ed brand, its on shouldbe ves. Someof ffi cer role ti na ti ti ng of ng on of ti ti on. ti ti on ng ve ve • • groups willbecri and interest duringtheini The crea periods. website withhighdegree offunc criti and local industry management) isconsidered paymentbooking, facility, membership database the proposed trail. the BibbulmunT closely withwell established WA groups suchas Targe websites andsocialnetworking forums. Working editorial coverage intheirrespec ti These walker typestypically respond well to aspect ofany marke and specialisedtour operators willbeanimportant cal to e ti ng specialisedlongdistance walking groups ti on ofauserfriendlyandinforma ff ecti ve marke r ack andCapet ti cal for genera ti ng focus for theWalk Trail. ti ng andmanagement of ti al track opera o CapeWalk Trail ti ti onality (online onality ve magazines, ve ng awareness ng ti onal ti ve ve 36 Fitzgerald River National Park Coastal Walk Trail 37 Fitzgerald River National Park Coastal Walk Trail apprecia Landscape’. Thisisderived primarilyfrom onsite The proposed Linear themefor thetrail is‘The Inspire theWalker to Read theLandscap analysis, adra Based onthebiophysical, socio-cultural andmarket 5.1 5.0 in thelandform, geology, vegeta shaped thelandscape to form recognisable pa to inform theloca following: The natural linesinthelandscape includethe have shapedit. learn aboutitsmany cultural andphysical forces that hopefully ‘inspire thewalker to read thelandscape’ and its designandinterpreta will addanotherlineto thelandscape whichthrough fences, tracks andtelegraph lines.Theproposed trail physically inscribedinthelandscape intheform of through stories andhistoric journeys whileothers are apparent. Someoftheseare inscribedinthought humans have inscribeduponthelandscape are also pa Rela the trail loca tt • • • • • • erns are predominantly linear. Cultural linesthat ti ng thetrail to an interpreta lines ofvegeta protrude from thesoilinstrong linearpa geological linessuchasthedis Tradi ancient lines of stories andtravel madebythe and thehorizon water form suchasrivers, inlets, estuaries, bays sea the linesmadebyjourneys ofexplorers at land the linesmadebyjourneys ofexplorers on which respond to theunderlyinggeology ti on ofthenatural processes that have The LinearLandscape Interpretation Concept ti onal Owners ofthisland ti on to give meaningto theexperience. ft interpreta ti on ofthetrail andtrail facili ti on, caused bywindand ti on ofthelinearlandscape will ti onconcept was developed ti on andfauna. These ti on narra on ti ncti ve rocks which e ti ve, allows ve, tt erns fi re and re tt erns ti es. The interpreta and are noted inthefollowing • • • • • Maps 16,17,18,19,20 lines ofmarinemigra the silhoue drama a strong contrast to theturquoise ocean and the coastline whoseedge thetrail follows providing the lineofRabbitProof fence including whales line the linecreated bytheIntercolonial Telegraph ti c landforms Photo 39. ti on opportuni on tt ed lineoftheranges inthedistance Point Annlinear rock forma Secti and ti ti on alongthecoastline on 6.0 es alongthealignment 21. TheTrail Concept ti ons Photo 41. Photo 40. Lines ofvegeta Mt BlandandWest MtBarren Lines ofvegeta ti on Litt le Boondadup ti on between Photo 42. Lines ofvegeta ti on Litt le Boondadup 38 Fitzgerald River National Park Coastal Walk Trail 39 Fitzgerald River National Park Coastal Walk Trail Photo 43. Photo 44. Linear rock forma Linear rock forma ti ons at beachnearQuoinHead ti ons west ofQuoin Head Photo 45. Quoin Headlinearrock forma Photo 46. Ridge lines ti ons Photo 48. Photo 47. Coast line Trail line 40 Fitzgerald River National Park Coastal Walk Trail 41 Fitzgerald River National Park Coastal Walk Trail secti locate atrail. andremote Therugged character of this Head presents amore challenginglandscape inwhichto terrainThe rugged between Dempster Inlet andQuoin and needamoderate level ofbushwalking experience. walkers can encounter ahigherlevel ofnatural hazards Inlet, thelevel ofdi fi require nobushwalking experience andamoderate Bay andHopetoun. Thesewould beClass3trails which trail secti is walked from endto end (Refer to Three classesofdi along pris in thesmall,coastal town ofBremer Bay, wanders of theFitzgerald River Na The trail traverses thespectacular coastal landscape 6.0 less modi undula through thickcoastal vegeta and steep hillsandhugsthedrama The MainCoastal Trail (noted asOp to experience thenatural beautyofthisarea. through thisarea allowingagreater numberofpeople of management aClass4trail could beconstructed trail alignment, appropriate signage andasuitable level Hopetoun at theeastern endofthepark. into thepark.Thetrail endsinthecoastal town of with expansive views across theSouthernOceanand Concept Descrip at Gordon Inlet, St MaryInlet, Fitzgerald Inlet, Twin can becompleted inseven days withovernight stops and 2.Walking from Bremer Bay to Hopetoun thetrail approximately 110kminlength for combined stages 1 COASTAL TRAIL tness level. East ofPoint Annandwest ofHamersley on lendsitselfto aClass5trail whichwould require ti ng plains,nego ons willbeclosest to thetwo towns, Bremer ti fi The Trail Concept ca ne, white sandybeaches,passesover dunes ti on andsignage. However, withcareful ti on and ffi cultycould beexperienced ifthetrail ffi culty increases to Class4,where ti ates quartzite rugged ranges ti onal Park. Thetrail begins Maps 13,14 ti on, traverses gently Map 12 ti ti c rocky coastline on AintheTrail ). Theeasiest and 15)is morning windsare west/northwesterly anda winds west/southwest. Data for Esperance notes provide adiversity oftrail op to experience awiderrange ofcharacter typesand Op of thePark, see act asananchordrawing walkers towards thecentre enable thespectacular views oftheBarren Ranges to west to east, from Bremer Bay to Hopetoun. Thiswill It isrecommended that trail users walk thetrail from for visitors. all Class3,ensuringrela directi Wind data for Albany airportsuggests morningwind are drawn. landscape, withthegreatest contrast, to whichoureyes Hopetoun. Anop Bays, QuoinHeadandHamersely Inlet before reaching Four MileBeach. LOOP TRAILS WALKING DIRECTION • • ti onal looptrails are alsosuggested to enablevisitors off The the mainalignment. • loop would take four days andincludessec Gordon Inlet before returning to Bremer Bay. This Quaalup Homestead thento Point Annand Loop) between Four MileandEast MyliesBeach Mylies Beach(West BeachLoop Two smallloops,onefrom West Beachto East Barren. Inlet andtherocky shoreline belowEast Mt of East MtBarren, thewestern shore ofCulham half day walk. Thiswalk would take inthefoothills The 12km and Edwards Point before returning to theInlet. shoreline ofHamersely Inlet, towards West Beach The • on ispredominantly northwest anda ers aniceday op Hamersley Loop Quaalup Loop are alsoprovided. East MtBarren Loop Photo 49 ti onal overnight stop ispossibleat ti vely easy halfday to day walks leadsfrom Bremer Bay to . Anchors are features inthe isabout16kmlongand ti ti on. It travels alongthe ons. Theloopopti isalsoapoten ) andtheother ft ft ernoon ernoon ons are (Barren ti ons of ti al trail. This isimportant for tourism opportuni It isrecommended that anamebechosen for the remote loca the landscape andminimisesnega surrounding landscape sothebuiltform blendsinto and texture ofthebuiltform shouldborrow from the collect run-o tent sites, sleeping shelters, andrain water tanks to It isrecommended alltheovernight stays includetoilets, a northwesterly inthemorningandsouthwesterly inthe winds south/southeasterly. Ingeneral, windsare especially alongthebeachsec the windwillbeat theirback.Thiswillbeexperienced winds to assist trail users rather thanhamperthemas on site inves permitt walkers ifthey desire andparti from vehicle campers to enableasenseofseclusionfor Walker faciliti remote natural values of thearea are notcompromised. kept to aminimum andbecarefully sited to ensure the especially theindigenous community. following consulta marke signi may take to complete. Thealignment alsocaptures distances are involved andhowmany days thetrail The trail alignment hasbeenplo loca re site inves TRAIL NAME OVERNIGHT FACILITIES ft ernoon. Awest to east walking direc fi ne thevisitor experience. ti fi ons are indica cant landscape andcultural features. Allroute ti ed inthecampsite. Allcampsites require further ng purposes.Itispreferable thenameischosen ti ga ti ti ons, suchasTwin Bays, facili ff ga ti es shouldbelocated at afair distance from roofs. Theform, colour, material on to determine theirsuitability andto ti on for loca ti ti on withcommunity members, ve onlyandwillneedfurtheron ti on andstyle. ti cularly ifgenerators are ons ofthetrail. tt ed to determine what ti ve visualimpact.At ti ti on willallow es shouldbe ti es and es Photo 49. Point Annlooking east across theparkto theranges 42 Fitzgerald River National Park Coastal Walk Trail 43 Fitzgerald River National Park Coastal Walk Trail Central andEastern Sec Concept. Thedescrip Secti constructi trail, op classi is provided below. Descripti suggested loopwalks .Anoverviewofeachsecti Secti TRAIL CONCEPT DESCRIPTION ons 6.1to 6.3 on 7.1. fi ca ti ti onstaging. Each Sec alternaon A, ons according to AS 2156are provided in (pages 45-65) describetheTrail ti ons are grouped into Western, ti ti ons, whichre ve alignment op ons ofthedi ti ondescribesthemain Photo 50. fl ect proposed ect ff eet trail erent ti os and ons Point Ann on Main Trail: Days1-2(Class3) Secti Quaalup Loop:4days(Class3) Main Trail: Days3-6(Class4) Secti Main Coastal Trail: Day7(Class3) Secti Trail Loops:DayWalks (Class3) • • • • • • • • • • • • on 6.1Western Secti on 6.2Central Secti on 6.3Eastern Sec Day One(Bremer Bay to Gordon Inlet, op Day One(Bremer Bay to Quaalup,op B) Day Two (Gordon Inlet to Point Ann,opti & C) Day Three (Point Annto Fitzgerald Inlet, op Day Four (Gordon Inlet to Bremer Bay) Day Three (Point Annto Gordon Inlet Day Two (Quaalupto Point Ann) Day Five (Twin Bays to QuoinHead,op Dempster Inlet to Twin Bays, op Day Four (Fitzgerald Inlet to Dempster Inlet, then & B) Day Six(QuoinHeadto Hamersley Inlet, op B) Day Seven (Hamersley Inlet to Hopetoun, op A) (op West BeachLoopandBarren Loop,Day Seven A) (op ti ti on B);East MtBarren Loop,Day Seven on C);Hamersley Loop,Day Seven (op ti on (Stage 1) on (Stage 2) on (Stage 2) ti on A); ti on D) ti ti ons A& onsA& ons A, B ons A, ti ti on D) ons A ti ti on on all trail op divided into Stages, Trail Classi The overall Trail Concept( Op landscape features, infrastructure, roads andtracks. The Trail Alignment Maps(Maps13,14 All theMapsare in shown oneachmapare describedbelow: TRAIL MAPS • • • ti on AthemapsisMainTrail. Thetrail sec Map 14Trail Alignment: Ann. Map 13Trail Alignment: Hopetoun. Map 15Trail Alignment Head. ti ons, loops,trail distances, trail condi MAPS 12 Appendix One Photo 51. Map 12 21 fi ca Bremer Bay to Point Point Annto Quoin Li ) shows theMainTrail ti . : QuoinHeadto tt ons anddays. le BoondadupRiver and 15) ti show ti ons, ons classes, interpre experience alongthetrail. They alsoshowthetrail The mapsgraphically describewhat thetrail userwill 19, 20 The MainTrail ExperienceMaps shown oneachmapare describedbelow: landscape types, views andestuaries. Thetrail sec features, where thetrail experience changes between • • • • • • Hamersley Inlet to Hopetoun (Class3). Map 21MainTrail Experience: Head to Hamersley Inlet (Class4). Map 20MainTrail Experience: to QuoinHead(Class4). Map 19MainTrail Experience: Four Map 18MainTrail Experience: Inlet to Point Ann(Class3). Map 17MainTrail Experience: Bay to Gordon Inlet (Class3). Map 16MainTrail Experience: o o and Fitzgerald Inlet to Twin Bays (Class4). Point Annto Fitzgerald Inlet (Class4) 21) show themaintrail dividedinto days. ti ve opportuni ve ti es, anchors, landscape (Maps16,17,18, Day Five Twin Bays Day Two Gordon Day OneBremer Day Three and Day SixQuoin Day Seven ti ons 44 Fitzgerald River National Park Coastal Walk Trail 45 Fitzgerald River National Park Coastal Walk Trail vegeta from thecoast into theenclosed,higher, thickcoastal Cove. At theendofbay thetrail usermoves away the promontory at theendofBremer Beach,at James horizon andPoint Hood.Theanchorfor thissec white sandsofBremer Beachwithwideviews to the river valley andtheocean. Thetrail follows thebroad Wellstead Estuary where theviewopensuptoward the The trail beginsinBremer Bay townsite leadingto Op Inlet). Main Trail Experience-Day OneBremer Bay to Gordon Alignment Bremer Bay andGordon Inlet (Refer to Map13Trail There are three op Main Trail: Days 1-2(Class3) 6.1 Interpreta views openupwest into theriver valley andinlet. north asananchor, then toward Gordon Inlet, where trail leads northalongthebeachwithPoint Annto the Doub Beach withwideviews oftheocean, Point Hood, opens upasthealignment descendsonto Tooregullup passes over highertopography. Thetrail experience to West MtBarren, MtBlandandtheoceaniftrail vegeta Aboriginal, water form); James Cove (geological form, Wellstead Estuary (geological form, vegeta explorers, mari Aboriginal); West MtBarren &Mt Bland(land form, Aboriginal,marinemigra DAY ONE: BREMER BAY TO GORDON INLET • • • ti on A-Maintrail tf Visitor Risks: minimal LCT: Coastal Town; Valley; SandyCoastal Length: 21km ul IslandsandPoint Anninthefar distance. The ti ti on withlimited views. There are possibleviews on form, landexplorers, mariti WESTERN SECTION (Stage 2) ti o opportuni on - Bremer Bay to Point Ann,andMap16 ti me explorers); Gordon Inlet (water ti ons for thetrail userbetween ti es includeBremer Bay and ti on). m explorers, me ti o form, on ti on is on borrow elements from the The style ofthebuiltform ofthenewcampsite could located onDEC land. used bywalkers, butitisunsuitable because itisnot located onprivate landat theInlet whichiscurrently Gordon Inlet withinFRNP. Acorrugated iron shackis A campsite could beestablished ontheeast sideof Overnight facili the SouthCoast. ti es fi Photo 52. shing shacks common on Gordon Inlet hut Op This op Point Hood.Instead ofcrea uti the Department ofPlanning(DoP)managed reserve it this track was allowed there may becon the trail experience. Thisop walkers andoff Op Beach. op bays withwhite sandybeaches. Itistheonlysec ridges ofdwarf coastal scrubinto acouple ofsmall areas onthesouthernheadlandanddescendsfrom the Promontory. Ittakes thewalker through higher, grani This op reduce thepoten would enablesometo beturnedinto walk trails and numerous tracks withinthisDoPmanaged reserve. This for walking. Theopportunityexists to ra which needto be assessedfor level of useandsuitability In placesthetrack usessomeexis on southerncoast headlandswest ofthePark. granite’ vegeta of thetrail whichexperiences the‘dwarf scrubon Op may necessitate anaddi walk from Bremer Bay. possibility would beto develop itasaseparate day loop lises anexis • • • • • ti • ti ti ti on Aandresults inalonger walk alongTooregullup on Cismuchlonger thanopti on B-HoodPoint private land on C-HoodPoint promontory Visitor Risks: con LCT: SandyCoastal Length: 11km Visitor Risks: cli LCT: Rocky Coastal; SandyCoastal Length 22km ti on provides analterna ti on involves aloopthrough Point Hood road vehicles whichwould compromise ti ng track through private land.Ifuseof ti on community, found predominantly ti al for usercon ff risks, con fl ict withvehicles ti onalovernight stop. Another ti ti on isslightly longer than ng anewtrack through fl ict withvehicles ti fl ve alignment across ict. ti ons AandB ng vehicle tracks, fl ictsbetween ti onalise the onalise ti on ti c There are two op Op Experience - - Bremer Bay to Point Ann,andMap17MainTrail Inlet andPoint Ann(Refer to vegeta exposed to thesoutheast butisframed bythickcoastal strong anchordrawing thewalker north.Thebeachis white, sandyTrigelow BeachwithPoint Annasa From Gordon Inlet thetrail moves northalongbroad, high vegetated duneonitsle the track con Beach hasinteres breaking uponrocks to theright. Li which protrude from thewhite sandybeach. DAY TWO: GORDON INLET TO POINT ANN • • • ti on A-Maintrail Photo 54. Visitor risks: cli LCT: SandyCoastal; Rocky Coastal Length: 16kms ti on to thewest. At theendofTrigelow Beach Day Two Gordon Inlet to Point Ann). ti nues alongarocky shelfwhichhugsthe Photo 53. Rocky shelfnorth endofTrigelow Beach ti ons for thetrail userbetween Gordon ti layered,ng, linearrock forma ff risks, wave risks Trigelow Beachlookingsouth ft withtheturquoise ocean Map 13Trail Alignment tt l Boondadup le ti ons 46 Fitzgerald River National Park Coastal Walk Trail 47 Fitzgerald River National Park Coastal Walk Trail Photo 57. Track alongLi Photo 56. Photo 55. Li Li tt tt tt le BoondadupBeach le BoondadupBeach le BoondadupRiver beach to theridge top at Point Ann. Three op rocky, shaly gneisscliff to Point Annthelandscape ischaracterised bysteep, Trigelow East Track to Point Ann. From Trigelow Beach From above Litt • • • One op A second op Ann aspossible. from Li A third op track. experience. track signifi the conveyer beltrubberusedto stabilise the the least preferable astheaccessisvery steep and at theendofTrigelow Beach.This ti ons require inves ti tt on isto de le Boondadupto theexis ti le Boondadup Beachthetrail follows on isto usetheexis cantly detracts from thevisual ti on is to usetheexis Photo 58. s withspectacular views from the fi ne anewtrail ascloseto Point ti ga ti Li on for movingfrom the tt le BoondadupBeach ti ng vehicle access ti fi ng walk trail nal op nal ti n vehicle ng ti on is on Mt Bland(landexplorers, mari Interpreta walk alongtheroad. visitors move between thetwo areas withouthaving to the campsite at StMaryInlet sothat walkers andother A trail shouldbedeveloped between thelookouts and watching opportuni lookouts at Point Annwhichprovide excellent whale Islands (landexplorers, mari Inlet (water form, Aboriginal,marinemigra Ann (geological form, Aboriginal, marinemigra Boondadup (geological form, vegeta historic fence line). ti on opportuni Photo 59. ti es from Julyto October. ti esincludeWest MtBarren and ti ti Trail to Point Annlookout me explorers); Doub me explorers); Gordon ti on form); Point ti on); Li on); ti on, tf tt ul le Photo 60. Photo 62. Photo 61. View from Point Annday usearea View to ranges from Point Ann Point Annrocky coastline 48 Fitzgerald River National Park Coastal Walk Trail 49 Fitzgerald River National Park Coastal Walk Trail Photo 63. Photo 64. St MaryInlet campsite track RabbitProof Fence Plans are underway to upgrade theexis Overnight facili site isvery smallandhasnopoten located withintheforedunes at Li at StMaryInlet. Inaddi located closerto theotherfacili A campsite for walkers usingthetrail would be higher points inthelandscape Thisop may off along aclosedtrack parallel to thebeach.Thisop foredune intheenclosed,dense,green, coastal heath walking alongtheexposed beachisto walk behind the From Gordon Inlet, amore protected, alternate route to Op Rabbit Proof fence. lookouts andalongtheridge andalignment ofthe There are numerous smalltrails at Point Annfrom the Extra walks along thecoastline to Point Annas opti longer andmay noto • • ti on B-BehindTrigelow Beach LCT: SandyCoastal; Rocky Coastal Class: 3•Length: 16kms er views to West MtBarren andMtBlandat the Photo 65. ti es Coastal heath behindTrigelow Beach ff er thesamespectacular views ti on abackpackcampsite is ti es at StMaryInlet. tt le Boondadup.This ti al for expansion. on Adoes. ti on isslightly ti ng campsite ng ti tt on er Op Ann). (Refer to Map13Trail Alignment heads backto Bremer Bay. and includesQuaalup,Point Ann,Gordon Inlet, then This isafour day trail loopwhichbeginsinBremer Bay Quaalup Loop:4days (Class3) Careful planningwillberequired to minimisepoten which runsroughly parallel to theGairdner Road. and malleeshrubs.Itfollows aclosedvehicle track inland through anarea ofopen,Eucalypt malleetrees eastern edge ofWellstead Estuary to thenorth,veering This trail loopbeginsinBremer Bay butfollows the The trail con con depending ontheamount oftra may needto beconstructed over theGairdner River Homestead uti DAY ONE: BREMER BAY TO QUAALUP Photo 66. • • • ti fl on D ict between vehicles andwalkers. Visitor risks: minimal,con LCT: Coastal Town, Plains,Valleys Length: 17kms Gairdner Road withviewofWest MtBarren ti nues, headingnorth towards Quaalup lising themainvehicle track. Abridge fl ict withvehicles -Bremer Bay to Point ffi wih currently which c ti al There are someshortwildfl Extra walks campground. including chalets, cabins, on-site caravans anda Quaalup Homestead o Overnight facili listed QuaalupHomestead, builtin1858. uses thebridge. Thedays walk endsat theheritage ti es ff ers arange of accommoda Photo 67. Photo 68. ower walks available. Quaalup Homestead Quaalup Homestead ti on 50 Fitzgerald River National Park Coastal Walk Trail 51 Fitzgerald River National Park Coastal Walk Trail grey rocks. Thevegeta mallee withverti plains landscape isdominated byanarea ofopenshrub Mt Barren andMtBlandun the RabbitProof fence whichitfollows between West skirt alongthenorthofWest MtBarren un closed QuaalupNorthRoad. Thetrail leaves thistrack to The trail leaves Quaalupandheadsnorthalong thenow Op Ann). (Refer to Map13Trail Alignment walk to thesummitofWest MtBarren. The West MtBarren walk trail off Extra walks landscape a DAY TWO: QUAALUP TO POINT ANN • • • ti on D Visitor Risks: minimal LCT: Valleys, Plains,Ranges, Rocky Coastal Length: 24kms ff ords longuninterrupted views. cally protruding orange, white and ti onislinearinpa ti l itreaches Point Ann.The ers anopportunityto -Bremer Bay to Point tt ern andthe ti l itmeets Photo 71. View from West MtBarren to Gordon Inlet andMt Bland Photo 70. Photo 69. West MtBarren trail West MtBarren trail Trail users can follow eitherop Gordon Inlet). Ann and (Refer to Map13Trail Alignment The trail usercan follow eitherOp Point Ann). Ann and (Refer to Map13Trail Alignment the previous ‘MainTrail’ sec travelling from Point Hoodto Bremer Bay. and Wellstead Estuary willbetheanchors for walkers in theprevious ‘MainCoastal Trail’ secti of northto complete thetrail loop.Op anchors for walkers asthey headtoward Gordon Inlet. and Doub Trigelow Beachwould allowwalkers to viewPoint Hood DAY THREE: POINT ANN TO GORDON INLET DAY FOUR: GORDON INLET TO BREMER BAY Map 17Trail Experience-Gordon Inlet to tf Map 16Trail Experience-Bremer Bay to ul Islandsinthedistance, whichare strong ti on butheadsouthinstead ti ons A, BandCasnotedons A, -Bremer Bay to Point -Bremer Bay to Point ti on AorBasnoted in ti on. Bremer Bay on Atrail along - Point Annto Fitzgerald Inlet). Point Annto QuoinHeadand and Fitzgerald Inlet (Refer to There are two op their walk at Point Charles/Fitzgerald Inlet. they donotcare to traverse thewholesec Twin Bays inoneortwo days alongaClass4trail; orif Trail users have theop Main Trail: Days 3-6(Class4)) 6.2 DAY THREE: POINT ANN TO FITZGERALD INLET CENTRAL SECTION (Stage 1) ti ons for walkers between Point Ann ti on to walk from Point Annto Map 14Trail Alignment Photo 72. Map 18Trail Experience Fitzgerald Inlet ti on, can end - 52 Fitzgerald River National Park Coastal Walk Trail 53 Fitzgerald River National Park Coastal Walk Trail Op route through enclosed,thickdunevegeta The trail crosses StMaryInlet andtakes aninland vegeta the lake, andthentraverses through encloseddune the southernendoflake withlongviews across the anchorpoint ofLake Nameless.Thetrail passes Interpreta con experiences off back to thecoast. Thisop points. Point Charlesisananchordrawing the walker (water form). fence line)Lake Nameless(water form); Fitzgerald Inlet (geological form, Aboriginal,marine migra • • • ti fl on A-Maintrail ict between walkers andvehicles onthebeach. Visitor Risks: Inlet crossing, cli LCT: Rocky Coastal, Valley, SandyCoastal Length: 12kms ti on withpossibleviews to theoceanat high ti o opportuni on Photo 73. ered alongthetrail andavoids poten Fitzgerald Inlet inforeground, Dempster Inlet, MidMt Barren, Woolbernup Hill in background ti on increases thediversity of ti es includePoint Ann ff risk, fi ti re risk on, historic ti on toward on ti al Day useandvehicle basedcamping facili Overnight facili Op provide water. spring at Fitzgerald Inlet, whichiffound could also walking guidesrefer to thepresence ofafreshwater Separate facili backpacker campsite at theeast endofFitzgerald Beach. The Management Plan1991-2001,alsoproposes a at Fitzgerald Inlet whichcan beaccessedby4WD. dunes eithersideoftheridge. side ofPoint Charlesdueto the looseunvegetated determining thebest alignment o up west into theriver valley. Care willneedto betaken ranges. Asthetrail crosses Fitzgerald Inlet, views open The walker willexperience spectacular views ofthe north to Fitzgerald Inlet withPoint Charlesasananchor. The trail crosses StMaryInlet andfollows thebeach • • • ti on B-Beach Visitor Risks: Inlet crossing, cli LCT: Rocky Coastal, Valley, SandyCoastal Length: 8kms ti es for walkers shouldbeprovided. Some ti es ff thebeachoneither ff risk, fi re risk ti e exist es Twin Bays). Head and (Refer to Map14Trail Alignment Photo 74. for thewalker alongthissec valley. Theheadlandnorthoftheinlet actsasananchor Dempster Inlet theviewopensto thewest uptheinlet large sandydunalareas withviews to theocean.At From Fitzgerald Inlet thetrack follows thebeachpast The trail willneedto nego alignment through thissec challengingcentralthe rugged, secti Barren, whichisadominant anchor. Thisisthestart of the endofFitzgerald Beachto thefoothills ofMidMt considered to minimise thepoten low vegeta as well asinlandto theranges. Thetrail passesthrough are great views from therocky headlandto theocean traverses asec BBY17 acti becomes adominant anchorwiththequartzite hill parallels therocky coastline ontheright. ThumbPeak secti the sheltered western beachofTwin Bays. Some use alongthissec DAY FOUR: FITZGERALD INLET TO TWIN BAYS • • • ons ofexis Visitor Risks: Inlet crossing, cli LCT: Rocky Coastal, Valley, SandyCoastal Length: 16kms ng asasecondary anchorpoint. Thetrail also Map 18Trail Experience-Fitzgerald Inlet to Walking di ti on between MidMtBarren onthele ti ti ng andclosedtrack may besuitable to on ofrocky coastline before reaching ti on. TheTwin Bays are dividedbya ffi culty increases northofDempster ti on willneedto becarefully ti on. ti ate thesteep slopesat Inlet nearMidMt Barren -Point Annto Quoin ti al for erosion. There ff on ofthetrail. The risk, fi re risk ft and Barren (geological form, landexplorers, mari (geological form, water form, Aboriginal);MidMt Interpreta and smallerthanthewestern one. small rocky headlandwiththeeastern bay beingrockier explorers); Twin Bays (geological form, vegeta The oldhutat Twin Bays was linked to salmon Overnight facili land explorers, mariti when are notcompromised. sited to ensure theremote natural values ofthearea facili increasing thecurrent water supply. At thisloca should beprovided withstrong considera facili who walk through Twin Bays. Addi tank andwalkers logbookwhichare usedby people Park Ranger, Lindsay Brown. Ithasasmallrainwater ti ti es shouldbekept to aminimumandbecarefully es willberequired. Alongwithtent sites, atoilet fi shed byMcGlinn andmaintained byaformer ti o opportuni on ti Photo 75. es me explorers). ti Twin Bays hutandwater tank es includeDempster Inlet ti oa camping onal ti on given to ti on form, fi shing ti ti me on 54 Fitzgerald River National Park Coastal Walk Trail 55 Fitzgerald River National Park Coastal Walk Trail The Twin Bays to QuoinHeadsec Op Map 19Trail Experience-Twin Bays to QuoinHead). Map 14Trail Alignment op the ranges descendinginto theocean.There are two most di Bays uponto anexis The trail con trail leaves theexis north between ThumbPeak andTwo BumpHill. The to avoid steep gullies.There are possibleviews to the more denseandenclosedasthetrail moves inland of ThumbPeak andtheocean. The vegeta This sec Bump Hillisananchorasthetrail approaches thehill. Thumb Peak asananchor. ThesouthernendofTwo between ThumbPeak andthesteep coastal cliff between two micro catchments. Using thistrack would ridge lineofTwo BumpHill,whichforms theboundary Hill to avoid walking above the150mcontour andthe DAY FIVE: TWIN BAYS TO QUOIN HEAD • • ti • ti ons between Twin Bays andQuoinHead(Refer to on A-Maintrail Visitor Risks: High- LCT: Rocky Coastal Length: 18kms dehydra ti ffi Photo 76. on o cult, remote, andspectacular withviews of ti nues from therocky eastern beachofTwin ff ti ers great views oftheeastern escarpment on Looking across deepvalleys towards ti ng ridge linetrack ofTwo Bump ti ng track onthecoastal pla -Point Annto QuoinHeadand fi re, injury, cli ti on ofthetrail isthe ti on becomes Thumb Peak ff risk, swith tf orm vegeta ridges between ThumbPeak andthecoast where the with views to Red Islet andwindsitsway alongthe catchments. Thetrail thenturnstowards thecoast increase thelikelihood ofdiebackspread across two inland, before mee turns away from thecoast for asecti the deeplyincisedvalleys belowThumbPeak. Thetrail do inland andlowcoastal vegeta through various vegeta characterise thissecti opportunity to visitoneoftheisolated coves which travels past Marshes Beachwhichgives walkers an and crossing valleys onmore gentle slopes.Italso coastline, following broad ridges asmuchpossible Past Two BumpHillthetrail follows exposed therugged coast. directi ranges alternately actsasanchors dependingonthe to theWhoogarup Range. Theocean,Red Islet, andthe and impressive linearrock forma rocky coastline are characterised bycleanwhite sand beach east ofQuoinHead.Thebeachesalongthis The trail descendso act assmallanchors inthislandscape. the QuoinHeadcamping andday usearea. Head. Anexis a sandysaddleto reach thepris tt ed withprotruding, linearrock forma on thetrail takes- eitherinlandorheadingto the ti on ismore openandavoiding, where possible, Photo 77. ti ngset ofstairs leadsfrom thebeachto ti ng thecoastline again withviews ff on ofcoastline. Thetrail passes theridge onto thewhite sandy Quoin Headlookingwest across ti on types,highermalleeshrubs ti on. Theheadlands are ti ons. Thetrail crosses ti ne beachat Quoin to MidMtBarren on, headsback ti ons which ons Interpreta vegeta mariti (geological form, vegeta mariti Head (geological form, vegeta Marches Beach(geological form, water form); Quoin me explorers); ThumbPeak (geological form, me explorers). ti on form, landexplorers, mari Photo 78. ti o opportuni on Small anchors ofQuoinHeadwest ti on form, landexplorers, ti es includeTwin Bays ti on form, landexplorers, ti rock protrusions me explorers); me Photo 80. Photo 79. Coastline west ofQuoinHead Quoin Headwest outcrop 56 Fitzgerald River National Park Coastal Walk Trail 57 Fitzgerald River National Park Coastal Walk Trail Photo 81. Descent into avalley Photo 82. Valley Photo 83. Thicker highervegeta ti on theinlandroute Photo 84. Low coastal vegeta Photo 85. ti on west ofQuoinHead Beach at QuoinHead Photo 86. Photo 87. Rock forma Rock forma ti ti ons at beacheast ofQuoinHead ons at beacheast ofQuoinHead 58 Fitzgerald River National Park Coastal Walk Trail 59 Fitzgerald River National Park Coastal Walk Trail Photo 89. Quoin HeadBeach Photo 88. Photo 90. Beach west ofQuoinHead Quoin HeadBeach suitable loca walkers thoughabrief site inspec should begiven to developing aseparate campsite for recent however theseappearto have beendestroyed bya indicates that toilets andcamping are available, which can be accessedby4WD. Visitor informa Currently there isabarbeque andcar parkat QuoinHead Overnight facili fi re andwillneedto bereinstalled. Considera ti ons. ti es ti on didnotreveal any ti ti on on Op the vegeta of erosion. Traversing thevalleys can bedi traverse numerous valleys whichmay increase therisk closer to thecoastline. Thisalignment willneedto Op the poten the primaryaimsofalignment should to minimise scenarios o the valleys iso very steep. Incontrast thevegeta and coastal areas, where Op Op ranges aspoints ofinterest for walkers. through. TheoceanandRed Islet are anchors withthe to maximise thevariety ofenvironments thetrail passes for uniqueandspectacular views. higher into theranges, upThumbPeak foothill slopes though longer, alsoprovides theopportunityto climb coast off • • • ti ti ti on Bsuggests analignment whichstays much on Ahasamore diverse alignment, covering inland on B-Coastal route Visitor risks: High- LCT: Rocky Coastal Length: 9kms dehydra ering spectacular views ofthecoast. Op ti al for erosion andneedfor maintenance and ti ff on inthebaseisthickandslopesare er challenges to trail construc ti on ft en head height andquite dense.Both ti on Bstays closeto the fi re, injury, cli ti on at theheadof ti on however ffi ut as cult ff risk, ti on A, 60 Fitzgerald River National Park Coastal Walk Trail 61 Fitzgerald River National Park Coastal Walk Trail Photo 91. Hamersley Inlet nearShire campsite secti eroded andshouldbeavoided, whiletheuseofother 4WD WhaleboneTrack. Thestart ofthistrack ishighly Whalebone Beachgenerally following theexis From QuoinHeadthetrail headseast towards Op to Hamersley Inlet). Hopetoun and (Refer to Map15Trail Alignment account exis minimise con Other points ofinterest inthissec Quoin Headactsasananchorwalkers travel east. Whoogarup Range to thele height vegeta of Hamersley Beachmay provide a suitable alterna to Hamersley Beach.Arocky shelfat theeastern end Beach withopenoceanviews, before dropping down heads atop thesteep sandydunesbehindWhalebone to movingupo Interpreta open upnorthinto theinlet. shoreline ofHamersley Inlet to thecampground. Views water form, marinemigra Hamersley Inlet (landexplorers, mariti mariti (geological form, vegeta DAY SIX: QUOIN HEAD TO HAMERSLEY INLET • • • ti on A-Maintrail ons shouldbeconsidered carefully, taking into me explorers); WhaleboneBeach(Aboriginal); Visitor Risks: LCT: Rocky Coastal, SandyCoastal Length: 11kms ti o opportuni on ti ng andfuture levels ofvehicle useto ti fl on par ict between users. Aheadlandeast of ff Map 20Trail Experience-QuoinHead thebeachagain before walking upthe fi re, cliff ti ally enclosesthetrail user, then ti ti risk,injury ti on). on form, land explorers, es includeQuoin Head ft . Thelowto medium -QuoinHeadto ti on includethe m explorers, me ti ti ng ve ve from vehicle basedcampers. Considera for walk-in campers withsomedegree ofsepara Planning for thisarea shouldprovide speci exis Plans are underway to upgrade andconsolidate the Overnight facili be given to providing water for walkers. ti ngDEC andShire ofRavensthorpe Campgrounds. ti es ti on should also fi c camp sites ti on Photo 92. Hamersley Inlet Shire campsite Photo 93. Hamersley Inlet 62 Fitzgerald River National Park Coastal Walk Trail 63 Fitzgerald River National Park Coastal Walk Trail There are four op Main Trail: Day 7(Class3) 6.3 Hopetoun, withtheop loop trails from certain loca Op Experience Alignment makes trail de drift Campground willneedto traverse two large areas of The trail alignment from theHamersely Inlet an anchorpoint. From here thetrail headspast West to thenorthwithaheadlandat West Beachac vegeta trail follows asteep barren rocky headlandwithopen which shouldo skirts between ahigherrocky point andtheocean DAY SEVEN: HAMERSLEY INLET TO HOPETOUN • • • ti sandanddunes.Theshi on A-Maintrail Visitor Risks: Cli LCT: SandyCoastal, Rocky Coastal, Coastal Town Length: 25km ti on andwithEdwards Point ananchor. Thetrail EASTERN SECTION (Stage 2) -QuoinHeadto Hopetoun and - Hamersley Inlet to Hopetoun). fi ni ff er spectacular views to AnniePeak ti on di ti ons between Hamersley Inlet and ff Risk ffi cult. Once over thedunes ti ons alsoforming addi ti ons. (Refer to ft ing nature oftheseareas Map 21Trail Map 15Trail ti ng as ng ti onal Photo 94. The trail con an unsealedroad. Beach, asmallwhite sandybay, withbeachaccessvia intercep inves rock shelfaround to Barrens Beach,whichwillneed At theeastern endofthebeach,trail follows the point ofEast MtBarren. Mylie’s Beach. point ofHopetoun forms the the inlet. Abeachwalk from theinlet to the anchor landscape point ofinterest where views openupinto then follows Four MileBeach,passesCulhamInlet, a (land explorers, mari Interpreta migra vegeta Beach (Aboriginal);East MtBarren (geological form, (land explorers, mari Culham Inlet (landexplorers, water form); Hopetoun Annie Peak (geological form, landexplorers). ti ti ga on); Edwards Point (marinemigra ti on form, landexplorers, mari View ofMylie’s Beach looking west into thepark ti ti ng anexis on to determine itssuitability. Thetrail ti o opportuni on ti The beachwalk hasviews to theanchor nues alongthe rocky coast before ti ti ti me explorers, water form, marine me explorers, marinemigra ng track anddescendingonto ti es includeHamersley Inlet fi nal secti on ofthetrail. ti me explorers); me ti o) West on); ti on); This alterna to West Beach. trail loopfrom West Beachto Mylie’s Beachthenback Op Trail Loops:Day Walks (Class3) track through openvegeta The trail headsinlandfrom West Beachalongaclosed Op it descendsonto Four MileBeach. The alignment isjust southofEast MtBarren, andthen dune vegeta Beach alongaclosedtrack, thenittraverses through trail leaving thebeachat theeastern endofEast Mylie’s BARREN LOOP WEST BEACH LOOP • • ti ti on Bdescribed above can alsobeusedasasmall on B-Inland Length• LCT: SandyCoastal, Rocky Coastal, Coastal Town Length: 10kms ti : 7kms ve, noted onMap15asOp ti on, runningparallel to Hamersley Drive. Photo 95. ti on. View to East MtBarren ti on B, hasthe Op track onto thetop oftherocky exposed cli The trail ascendsfrom Mylie’s Beachalonganexis follows theinlet edge southun towards thebroad, openwater ofCulhamInlet and to theEyre Range, whichactsasananchor. Itdescends the smallerpeakto itsnorthoff north across thesaddlebetween East MtBarren and Op Photo 96. • • ti ti on Aroute at Four MileBeach. on C-Inlandaround East MtBarren Town LCT: SandyCoastal, Ranges, Rocky Coastal, Coastal Length: 12km East MtBarren rock forma ering spectacular views ti l mee l ti ons looking east ti ng withthe ff thenheads ti ng 64 Fitzgerald River National Park Coastal Walk Trail 65 Fitzgerald River National Park Coastal Walk Trail Photo 98. East MtBarren trail over quartzite landform Photo 97. West Beach Op longer trail loopop loop, whichcould alsoincludetheBarren Loopfor a Op used to break uptheseventh day. Addi A current vehicle campsite at Four MileBeachcan be Overnight facili main alignment. Barren asananchor, before headingsouthto jointhe the east withpossibleviews to Eyre Range andEast Mt inlet northto astream from where itfollows avalley to From Hamersley Inlet campsite, thetrail follows the the summitofEast MtBarren. An exis Extra Walks for walk-in campers are recommended. EAST MT BARREN LOOP TRAIL LOOP • • ti ti on Cdescribedabove can beundertaken asatrail on D-Hamersley Inlet Coastal Town LCT: SandyCoastal, Valley, Ranges, Rocky Coastal, Length: 9km ti ng walk trail provides anopportunityto walk to HAMERSLEY LOOP ti es Photo 99. ti on. West Beach accessto beach ti onal facili onal ti es have theabilityto achieve anAS2126–Class4Trail were determined through thesite reconnaissance to Inlet are remote butaccessibledunal landscapes that Fitzgerald Inlet andbetween QuoinHeadandHamersley The coastal landscapes between Point Anne and walk trail, requires considera The DEC, for thepurposesofplanningcoastal 7.1 7.0 Class 3Trail Classi and on-going maintenance required for anAS2156- to provide thevisitor withtheopportunityto: remote anddrama Site reconnaissance revealed that because ofthe AS 2156-Class3Trail Classi Fitzgerald River Na Management Zone, iden These two areas fall withintheNatural Environment Bay andPoint Ann. Hopetoun andHamersley Inlet andbetween Bremer eastern andwestern endsofthecoastal area between areas are iden Na restricted motorised access,andsemi-primi the opportunityfor four-wheel drive tracks butwith low to moderate level ofmanagement; andincludes zone isto conserve thenatural environment witha density outdoor ac with minimumimpairment, aselected range oflow- facili camping facili CLASS 4TRAILS CLASS 3TRAILS • • • ti onal Park Management Plan1991-2001.These ti es. Themanagement requirement withinthis provision ofinterpreta requiring amoderate level offi walk inslightly modi occasionally encounter otherwalkers. with limited provision ofinterpre observe andappreciate thenatural environment common. Trail Classification Construction Methods andManagement ti es. ti

fi ed ashaving theabilityto sustain, fi ca ti ti ti onal Park, theabilityto achieve an c nature ofthelandscape ofthe viti ti on. Theintent ofaClass3Trail is es withaminimum ofrelated ti

fi ed inthe Fitzgerald River fi ed natural environments fi ti ca on andfacili ti on oftheconstruc ti on, exists onlyinthe tness, where the ti ve signage. ti es isnot ti ti on ve ve the visitor withtheopportunityto: Classi opportunity to: intent ofaClass5Trail beingto provide visitors withthe coast issuited to anAS2156-Class5trail, withthe and presents ahighriskto users. Thispor Quoin Headisremote range andrugged landscape The coastal landscape between MidMount Barren and iden This area falls withintheManagement Zone –Wilderness, Natural Environment, iden These two areas alsofall into theManagement Zone – Management Plan1991-2001.Thiszone isiden Na Management isfocused onconserva having extensive areas maintained inawildernessstate. for emergency andessen resource andallows non-motorised assessonlyexcept adjustment to themanagement plan,sensi A Class4trail could beachieved inthisarea with provided are to beprimiti walking opportuni Remote areas would remain to provide off associated facili considered placement ofthetrail alignment and The WA federa approach. CLASS 5TRAILS • • • • • ti onal Park Management Plan1991-2001. ti

explore anddiscover rela tracks withminimalfacili natural environments alongde fi encounters withotherwalkers. enjoy frequent opportuni using theiradvance outdoor knowledge andskill. without provision ofinterpre observe andappreciate thenatural environment walkers. enjoy solitudewithfew encounters withother fi fi nd theirownway alongo ca ed intheFitzgerald River Na ti on. Theintent ofaClass4Trail isto provide ti ti on ofBushwalkers issuppor es andasuitable level ofmanagement. ti es for experienced bushwalkers. ve. ti al management. Facili ti

fi ed intheFitzgerald River ti ti es, ifany. es for solitudewithfew ft ti en indis en ve signage. ti vl undisturbed vely ti fi on ofthenatural ned anddis ti ti oa Park onal ti nct tracks nct ti on ofthe ve ofthis ti v and ve ti track

fi ti ed as es if ti nct 66 Fitzgerald River National Park Coastal Walk Trail 67 Fitzgerald River National Park Coastal Walk Trail Design Principle2: and gates. contrast to whichoureyes are drawn, includingedges Anchors are features inthelandscape withthegreatest Design Principle1: to that shape. things innature, includingtrails, andhowwe respond Natural shapedescribesthebasicfound inall ul regimes neededto achieve theseobjecti The best constructi 7.2 basic site-speci at any given loca alignment anddetailed design.They de considered duringtheselecti The following broad designprinciplesshouldbe detailed site planninganddesign. constructi and management can off relies ontheuseofwhat nature, thesite, materials to thehumanandphysical forces andrela 2004). underpin sustainable natural surface trails. (Parker, ANCHORS NATURAL SHAPES ti mately related to trail shapingtechniques andthe • • anchors inthelandscape. Align trails to allowthewalker to bedrawn to in nature to connect thewalker to theplace. Derive thetrail alignment from shapesthat occur on method andmanagement relies on Construction ofNewTrails fi c forces andrela ti on. Crea on methods andmanagement er. (Parker, 2004)Sustainable ti ng sustainable walk trails on ofthe ti onships that occur fi ne andrespond ti onships that fi nl trail nal vs are ves Design Principle3: trail. Safety refers to ourperceived level ofsafety whenona SAFETY Photo 100. • making to manage risk. balanced withthepsychological needfor decision- Ensure asuffi Point Anntrail over natural shcist landform cient level ofsafety to thewalker Design Principle4: use thanto bypass,shortcut, oravoid. Compac Design Principle6: sustainably supportthedesired trail experience. safety, e Harmony isthecon Design Principle5: desire. of nature hasaplayful qualitythat we bothneedand Playfulness istheideathat thepa E Design Principle7: the trail tread material dueto humanmovement. trail; anddisplacement isthehorizontal movement of plus theweight ofmodali COMPACTION AND DISPLACEMENT HARMONY PLAYFULNESS EFFICIENCY ffi ciency refers to ourdesire that thetrail beeasierto • • • • to thedes Shape trails to provide thefastest andeasiest path playfulness andphysical factors to ins natural shapes,anchors, safety, e Plan anddesigntrails usingtheinterac features. interacti Plan anddesigntrails to includeahighdegree of compacti Plan anddesigntrails withtheunderstanding that stewardship for theenvironment. ti ffi on isthedownward force ofvisitor’s weight, ciency, playfulness andphysical factors to on between thetrail userandthesite on anddisplacement willoccur. ti na ti fl on. uenceofnatural shapes,anchors, ti es onthetread surface ofa tt erned randomness ti l asenseof ffi ciency, ti o of on Tread texture isthecomposi Design Principle9: that drains onto thistread segment. point andthenext local lowpoint, plusthelandarea Tread watershed isthetrail tread between alocal high Design Principle8: Design Principle9: dry trail condi the tread to behave under physical forces inwet and other site materials and howthecomposi TREAD TEXTURE EROSION TREAD WATERSHED • • • • enough force to transport tread par Erosion iscaused bywater orwindthat has watersheds. Plan anddesigntrails to have smalltread occur. context to helplimittheerosion that willinevitably Design thetrail shape,thetread andthesite Design thetread usingawiderange ofpar providing strength inwet condi parti sizes; the smallest par parti cles to resist displacement anderosion while cles to stabilise. ti ons. ti ti cles to bind,thelarger on ofthesoil,rock and ti ons, andmedium ti cles. ti on causes on ti cles 68 Fitzgerald River National Park Coastal Walk Trail 69 Fitzgerald River National Park Coastal Walk Trail Photo 101. Beach trail nearQuoinHead dis The sandycoastal zone ismadeupofaseries 7.3 secondary dunes,andter recrea the use.Thebeachismost resilient to intensive is dependent onitsabilityto recover ecologically from of aforeshore environment to publicuseandbuilding drama to theshoreline. Thesedis resilient zones andprovide recrea site planningwithintheforeshore to avoid theless the most resilient (Seddon,2004).Itisimportant for to usebuttheleesideiswell stabilised andtherefore and crest ofthesecondary dunesystem isnotresilient resilient butcan bedegraded easily. Thewindward side tra foredune istheleast resilient to heavy useoreven minor interrup only majorthreats to thebeachare pollu planning principlesinthecoastal zone are to: withstand useinforms thewalk trail concept. Thesite An understanding oftheabilityfor theforeshore to secondary dunesothat thestable zone remains stable. breach theprotecti in themost resilient zones. Itisalsoimportant notto COASTAL ZONE • • • • • • ti ffi c. Theswale behindtheforedune isreasonably nct environments (beach,foredunes, swales, locate builtrecrea direct walk trails to theresilient beach area provide alimited numberofwell-de staircases onthebeachandforedune avoid buildingpermanent structures suchas on theleesideofsecondary dunesystem protect recrea winds access paths perpendicularto theprevailing such aschangingwinds,wave, current, and protect orestablish dunevegeta condi ti ti on andtheleast resilient to building.The cally intheirabilityto tolerate use.Theresilience ti on ofthesystem that suppliesitssand.The Opportunities andConstraints ti ons ve foredune andleecrest ofthe ti on areas from coastal in ti onal facili ti ary dunes) broadly parallel ti nct environments di ti essuchascampsites ti onal facili onal ti on. ti fi on andthe ned beach ned ti fl es only es uences ti dal ff er The useofexis constructi because bushland ispreserved andthecost of walking isappropriate. Thefactors that in to beevaluated to determine iftheirfuture usefor track widthistoo wide for ahumanscale interac walking experience can becompromised because the If theexis successful useofexis the track widthcould bereduced through revegeta with nature. Ifthesetracks are to beusedfor walking USE OF EXISTING TRACKS • • • overall experience. alignment current use width• on isreduced. However, exis ti ng track was formally avehicle track thenthe ti ng tracks hasappealto landmanagers ti ng tracks are: Photo 102. Closed vehicle track ti ng tracks need fl uence the uence ti ti on. on the idealtrack widths.Theslasherissigni used, buttheslashwidthneedsto beappropriate for If theterrain issuitable, amechanical slashercan be ensure asolitary experience withnature. recommended that themaximum widthbe700mmto For Class4and5Trails inthisenvironment, itis maximum widthandprovide agentle socialexperience. For aClass3Trail thetrack must have a1200mm vehicle accessispossible. can cut400m/day (DEC) andwillberequired where no can cut4km/hr(DEC) incoastal heath. Handslashing than handclearing.For example, amechanical slasher side buts provides theopportunityfor walkers to walk sideby vegetated ontheedges anddownthemiddle.This In someinstances theexis If theexis solitary experience withnature. it isnotasafe orin recommended that pedestrians beintroduced because se Some oftheexis promote stewardship oftheenvironment. above, andonthedesire for theoverall experience to sustainable, basedonthedesignprinciplespresented evaluated to determine ifthedesignoftrack is Each track to beconsidered for reuse needsto be in thefuture. on thebeachwithinPark. Thisshouldbeminimised At thepresent use aspartofthetrail. eroded tracks. Thesetracks would notbesuitable for into account, crossing contours andresul ridgelines andhave nottaken thesteep topography TRACK WIDTH tti ng. Very narrow tracks allowfor single ti ti ll have anin ng track isusedbyvehicles, itisnot ti me vehicular accessispermitt ti ng vehicle tracks intheparkfollow ti mate natural experience. ti mt rela mate ti ng vehicular track iswell ti onship withthe fi ti cantly faster ng inhighly ed to and fi l and le 70 Fitzgerald River National Park Coastal Walk Trail 71 Fitzgerald River National Park Coastal Walk Trail The drama volume of Careful designofthetread watershed to reduce the on posts rather thaninbuiltontheground. the secondary dunesystem areas shouldbeelevated swale behindtheforedune, windward sideandcrest of cost andmaintenance. Steps inthefragile foredune, loca water bars. Steps inthePark are inevitable insome bars astheserequire lessongoing maintenance than grade reversals, rolling grade dipsandkicks to water steps andwater bars. Itispreferable to userolling trail to minimisetheneedfor infrastructure suchas along thecoast willrequire careful alignment ofthe structures. erosion andmaintenance andtheneedfor permanent landscape types.Following thecontours minimises the walker butoff whenever possible.Thisrequires alonger journey for following contours andgradually dropping downslopes In steep valleys, theconcept planlocates thepath TOPOGRAPHY ti ons, however, they shouldbeminimiseddueto Photo 103. fl ti ow at thepathway willminimize erosion. c topography changes anderodible soils ers amore diverse experience ofthe Steep topography west of QuoinHead will re The useoftread materials sourced withinthePark based ontheuniquegeology, soiltype, vegeta Each landscape character typehaserosion hazards trail. Withcareful alignment, theimporta natural experience, andreduce thevisualimpactof requiring abridge oralterna 1991-2001 recommends theextrac The Fitzgerald River Na of newmaterials. durable natural tread materials to reduce importa located nearthetrail. Best prac materials can bekept to aminimumandborrow pits year outcrops, thesteep slopesofthevalley walls and1:5 due to theskeletal soilsassociated with thegranite The uplandsare moderately suscep infrastructure andcosts. hazards willin topography anddrainage pa be assesseda Crossing through valleys andacross streams willneedto occur withtheobjec (i.e. gravel, sand,limestone andstone). Extrac The plainsare highly suscep of dieback,publicuseandthePark’s where suchacti water andwinderosion, thela increased run-off in thestructure ofthesoilandprolonged ponding or waterlogged areas are disturbed leadingto breakdown Design thetread usingawiderange ofpar the movement ofgravel, sandorstone. landscape; andensure that diebackdoesnotspread by smallest parti wet conditi displacement anderosion whileproviding strength in TREAD MATERIALS EROSION HAZARDS fl ooding. fl ect thelocal landscape character, enhancethe ons, andmediumpar cles to bind,thelarger par ft er rain asthecreeks may beimpassable, fl vity have minimalimpactonthespread uence trail alignment, tread material, . The . ti ve oflimi fi ne siltysoils are suscep ti onal Park Management Plan ti ve route. tt ti er in thecoastal areas. ti ble to erosion ifthe ng extracti ti cles to stabilise. ti tt ce would beto use ern. Theerosion ti on ofsite materials ti fl ble to erosion ora, fauna and ti ti clessizes; the cles to resist ti on to areas on oftread ti on isto ti ble to ti ti on, on constructi control thespread ofdiebackmust beappliedto the Knowledge ofbest prac east directi making walking di The windcan bevery strong ontheexposed beaches on thedunesandbeaches. It isimportant to manage track erosion andblowouts thensouth-easterlymorning, ina The prevailing windstend to benorth-westerly inthe The valleys are highlysuscep fl because ofthe steep valley sidesandshallowsoils. The measures include: The ranges androcky coast are very highlysuscep when constructed correctly. to manage runoff descend valley sideslopeswithadequate water control erosion. Benchtrack construc The sandycoast isextremely suscep steep slopesandunconsolidated soils. to water erosion thenumerous drainage lineshave some DIEBACK WIND at valley at • • • • • only working in drycondi footwear entering diseasefree remnant vegeta ensuring allmachinery, vehicles, equipment and material from onecatchment to another working inmini-catchments andnotmoving from infected sites not removing road makingmaterials (eg.gravel) and diseaseinfected sites equipment andfootwear between diseasefree minimising movement ofvehicles, machinery, is free ofsoilandmudbywash-down orbrushing ti mes water erosion dueto theloosesoils. on ofthewalk trail. Considera on can reduce thisimpact. fl oors are moderately suscep anderosion. Thesecan bedurable ffi cult. Walking thetrail inawest to ti c constructi ce ti ons ti ble to water erosion ti ft on techniques can ernoon inthePark. ti ble to windand on methods to ti ti on ofhygiene ble to water ti ti ble on Photo 104. considera In theconcept for thealignment ofthewalk trail, in theareas iden of diebackonvegeta Visitor hygiene measures to control diebackinclude: lines. 150m contour surrounding catchment boundaryridge avoided. Thetrail isnotproposed inareas above the the ridge line areas that separate catchments isto be transport ofdiebackisthrough water. Inhighriskareas Management Plan1991-2001).Onevehicle for the • • • • sourcing materials used in revegeta cer possible closure oftrail duringwet condi brushing downequipment andfootwear cleaning equipment andfootwear use ofspray bo ti

ti fi on has beengiven to theloca ed diebackfree suppliers. Gully withwater west ofQuoinHead.A ti

fi ed ashighto very highriskofimpact ti on (Fitzgerald River Na tt les ofmethylated spiritsfor winter waterfall loca ti on of thetrail ti ti onal Park o from on ti ons. ti on 72 Fitzgerald River National Park Coastal Walk Trail 73 Fitzgerald River National Park Coastal Walk Trail associated withconstruc The following lists themainenvironmental risks 7.4 • • • • • • • • • wind andsome wind erosion ofthe coastal zone dieback spread dueto thefollowing: beaches blowouts andtrack erosion onthedunesand following contours) erosion ofsteep topography (alignment not design ofthetread watershed) erosion ofthetrail dueto highwater (crossing contours, following ridges) erosion ofexis and rocky coast zones unconsolidated soilsofdrainage linesintheranges water erosion ofthesteep slopedand soils inthevalley zone water erosion ofthesteep valley sidesandshallow zone o o o o o o o during extracti working inwet condi ti revegeta catchments movement ofmaterials between mini- and infected areas increased movement between disease-free down adequately machinery, vehicles andfootwear notwashed catchment boundaries) 150m contour inthecentral area, andalong poor trail alignment (aligningtrail above the dieback free suppliers Environmental Risks Summary on materials notsourced from ti ng tracks dueto pooralignment ti mes water erosion inthesandy on oftread materials ti ng trails inthepark: fi ne siltysoilsintheplains ti ons fl ow (poor ow be evaluated basedonaconsidera of theconstructi During detailed planninganddesign,thevisualimpact 7.5 Visual impactconsidera colour, texture, andform. topography, track width,visualabsorbancecapacity, • • • • • si width•alignment materials offacili textures offacili colours offacili ti ng offacili Visual Impact Photo 105. on methods andmaterials needsto ti es ti es ti es. ti es ti ons include: Looking toward Two BumpHill ti on ofsightlines, number ofon-ground sta management andmaintenance ofthetrail, asu Park currently hastwo full- interven For sustainable maintenance andmonitoring early Park istheinsu management ofinfrastructure andvisitors withinthe revealed that oneofthemost criti The community andstakeholder consulta 7.7 7.6 as: • • • vegeta monthly for alltrails monitoring ofpath andfacility condi erosion control ti on isrequired. Thisincludesac Maintenance andMonitoring Park Rangers ti on pruning ffi cient numberofon-site rangers. The ff isrequired. ti me rangers. For successful cal issuesfacing the ti viti es such es ti os 6 ons ffi cient ti on and trail headinforma split into Stage OneandStage Two withaccommoda tables (Refer to AppendixTwo Broad trail construc 7.8 costs. Theaccommoda frequency ofinspec The classofatrail determines thelevel ofmaintenance indicate howthesefi been broken downandshownonseparate pages to Trail Construction Costs ti ti gures were arrived at. ons. on costs have beenitemised into ti on includedinto theoverall trail ti on andtrail headcosts have ). Thetrail costs have been Photo 106. The ranges ti on 74 Fitzgerald River National Park Coastal Walk Trail 75 Fitzgerald River National Park Coastal Walk Trail FRNP isbothsensi and management ofatrail. Theenvironment ofthe environment andusers aspartofthedesign,construc Trail planninganddesignneedsto consider risks to the 8.0 remote. At certain visitors suchaswild resulti the iden in terms ofDEC’s management framework sothat assessment evalua management -principleandguidelines.Furtherrisk in accordance withAS/NZSISO31000:2009Risk A basicriskassessment process hasbeenundertaken some sec control ofriskisfullyembeddedinto trail opera processes. Thefollowing matrices iden trail. of theriskassessment process undertaken for FRNP ng inmanagement op ti ti

ons ofthetrail. Risk Assessment fi ca ti monitoringon, analysis, and planning, ti ti ve to disturbance anddisease ti ons willneedto beundertaken mes oftheyear poten fi re could bevery high,poten ti ons suchastheclosure of ti fytheoutcomes ti al risks to ti onal ti ally ti on The risks listed belowcan bemi overnight stays. aid, organising food andwater drops andorganising guiding walkers through thepark,providing medical of commercial operators, controlling group numbers, Some visitor risks may bemi of commercial operators: the following four pages. environmental andvisitor risk.Thesecan befound on Risk assessment tables have beenprepared for both • • • dehydra injuries•ge exposure. tti ng lost ti on ti gated through theuse Photo 107. ti gated through theuse Thumb Peak ENVIRONMENTAL RISK ASSESSMENT

HAZARD LIKELIHOOD RISKS CONSEQUENCE RATING ACTION

ENVIRONMENTAL RISK

RISK DESCRIPTION CAUSES EXISTING CONTROLS FRNP Management Plan, example Hygiene Introducti on of Moving soil obtaining Plans, Environmental dieback to the trail, gravel from dieback Vegetati on death, loss Impact Assessment Environmental new infestati ons or infested pit, of habitat, ecosystem Checklist (process), Management Plans, spreading previous Possible introducti on from modifi cati on. Politi cal Major Gravel Management High Inducti on Training, On-site diebackwith access vehicles, dieback consequences under guidelines, washdown Environment Offi cer. or trail building infected water used the EPBC Act (Jacup and Hopetoun Car acti viti es. in operati ons Wash) and boot stati ons, cleaning agents such as phytoclean, Introducti on of Increase awareness of the dieback, new Vegetati on death, loss Parks sensiti vity to dieback infestati ons, beyond Inadequate FRNP Management Plan, of habitat, ecosystem through new website the baseline management of boot stati ons, hygiene Possible modifi cati on. Politi cal Major High informati on, linked camping assessment due to subsequent visitati on acccess protocol (road consequences under permits, public adverti sing ongoing usage and and recreati onal use closures) the EPBC Act promoti on, tourism centres, management of road develop new slogan. and track. Introducti on of Unwanted Environmental weeds due to road Transport of weeds infestrati ons of exoti c Management Plans, Possible Major nil High and track building into the park plants and threat to Inducti on Training and On- acti viti es. nati ve species site Environment Offi cer. Increased Environmental Increased erosion hard surfaces, Channeling water Road Infrastructure Management Plans, proper along trail alignment Possible concentrati on of will result in soil Moderate Medium (culverts, spoon drains) trail design and locati on in aft er constructi on. fl ows (speed and movement durable soils. volume) Direct disturbance of fl ora by trampling Without adequate Permitti ng of acti viti es Environmental Destructi on of or vehicle, oil spill, surveys prior to Possible Major that impact on Medium Management Plans & Flora Declared Rare Flora inadequate water constructi on plants threatened fl ora surveys prior to works . management, direct wont be identi fi ed displacement of DRF 76 Fitzgerald River National Park Coastal Walk Trail 77 Fitzgerald River National Park Coastal Walk Trail

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ENVIRONMENTAL RISK

RISK DESCRIPTION CAUSES EXISTING CONTROLS

Road plant or vehicle enters aboriginal Aboriginal heritage act Impact on Aboriginal site or subsequent and on site consultati on Environmental Rare Major High Heritage sites recreati onal use / sign off by relevant Management Plans. impacts on aboriginal Land and Sea Council sites Rain events stop access Weather conditi ons Poor weather and Fire Weather that lead to work Likely conditi ons eg. rain, Moderate/ Rare High Management Warnings stoop machine stoppages high winds, hot days works. Increased equipment Wildfi re in the area usage in park causing of works leading to Possible increased fi re risks, Rare nil High work stoppages or natural causes (eg. lightning strikes). Gravel cannot be obtained outside the Requirement to park, or insuffi cient Visual impact to create gravel pit(s) nil Medium Visual Impact Assessments gravel or suitable, the FRNP inside FRNP or logisti cally impracti cal. Fauna sites not marked, increased The project will human usage within cause fauna Fauna will be the park from pre- Environmental populati ons to be relocated, injured nil High constructi on and Management Plans disrupted, injured or or killed. constructi on of the killed. road, recreati on sites and walk trail. VISITOR RISK ASSESSMENT

HAZARD LIKELIHOOD RISKS CONSEQUENCE RATING ACTION

VISITOR RISK

FIRE

develop a risk management plan which includes predicti on of extreme weather patt erns, walker registrati on, track Spring RARE injuries / burns Moderate Moderate closure during high risk periods, evacuati on plan and medical treatment plan. death/ severe develop a risk management plan which includes predicti on burns/ other of extreme weather patt erns, walker registrati on, track Summer RARE Catastrophic High injuries / people closure during high risk periods, evacuati on plan and trapped medical treatment plan. death/ severe develop a risk management plan which includes predicti on burns/ other of extreme weather patt erns, walker registrati on, track Autumn RARE Catastrophic High injuries / people closure during high risk periods, evacuati on plan and trapped medical treatment plan. develop a risk management plan which includes predicti on of extreme weather patt erns, walker registrati on, track Winter RARE minor injuries Minor High closure during high risk periods, evacuati on plan and medical treatment plan. SAFETY AND RECOVERY develop a water supply plan which inlcudes monitoring dehydrati on / heat of water availability and water security, investi gate water lack of water Possible Major High stroke / death supply opti ons including walker registrati on, drop points, water collecti on from infrastructure. good signage, good maintenance regime, visitor dehydrati on, panic, registrati on, high quality maps and guidebooks, gps Getti ng lost Unlikely Major Moderate injury alignment publicly available, visitors guided by commercial operators 78 Fitzgerald River National Park Coastal Walk Trail 79 Fitzgerald River National Park Coastal Walk Trail

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VISITOR RISK

animal bites, allergys, diarrhoea, heart att ack, panic att ack, fl u, broken visitor registrati on, make risks known to visitors, injury / accident / Possible limbs, severe Major High recommend appropriate safety and medical equipment, illness sprains, burns, develop evacuati on / recovery plan dehydrati on, cuts and abrasions, falls, asthma etc.

visitor registrati on, make risks known to visitors, exposure, injury, equipment failure Unlikely Moderate Moderate recommend appropriate safety and medical equipment, dehydrati on develop evacuati on / recovery plan visitor registrati on provide weather informati on to visitors, exposure, injury, extreme weather rare Major Moderate make risks known to visitors, recommend appropriate safety dehydrati on and medical equipment, develop evacuati on / recovery plan washed out to sea (washed off rocks / visitor registrati on provide weather informati on to visitors, washed out while rare drowning, death Major Moderate make risks known to visitors, recommend appropriate safety trying to cross open and medical equipment, develop evacuati on / recovery plan inlet)

an outcome withshortandlong-term bene Public involvement inprojects isimportant to achieve 9.0 consulta The FRNPisanarea ofinterna interests andconcerns aboutwhat shouldtake place. decision-making process, taking into account local signi that decisionsandac by experienced trail designers andusers to ensure needs experienced protected area managers, aided involvement, aproject ofthisnature, therefore with managingandprotec essen local knowledge andlandscape values andthisis provide thelandmanager anddesignerwithspeci Local community andstakeholder involvement can environment. term bene acceptance, adop the park.Theparkisofcultural signi during consulta Cultural andheritage issueswhichshouldbeaddressed of aproject. signi people andthere are numerous indigenous sites of ceremonial sites. Consulta were afood andwater source aswell associaland the indigenous community isessen remains. Consulta ruins, therabbit proof fence andtheoldtelegraph line and mining.There are disusedminesand homestead include pastoralism, agriculture, sealing whaling, indigenous heritage. Non-indigenous historic ac interpreta opera Australia abroader understanding ofitsvalues and fact that thisispoten proposal from thelocal andbroader community. The trail willbeimportant to gain broad acceptance ofthe Community consulta to thepark. assist inrevealing more historical informa process can beconsidered in themore immediate local fi fi cance, whichthestate, through DEC, ischarged cance withinthepark,mainlyat estuaries which ti ti al to achieve anappropriate outcome. Thelong- onal requirements isamust. Theconsulta ti on allows thecommunity to engage inthe Community Consultation Plan ti on whichpresents therichcultural fi t ofpublicinvolvement isahighlevel of ti on includetheindigenous history of ti ti on andsuccessful implementa on withthelocal community will ti ti on abouttheproposed new ons are notdetrimental to the ti ally an iconic trail inWestern ti ti ng. Alongwithcommunity on andcollabora ti oa conserva onal fi cance to Noongar ti al inproviding fi ti ts. E on rela on ti on with on ff ecti ti viti ti ti ti ti on on on ng ve ve es fi c FRNP andmore regional communi sense suchasthetown andcommuni west, through to communi The community consulta such astrail groups, walker groups, tourists etc. • • • • Pr distribu Local community –displays andinforma material andweb basedinforma constructi Targeted groups –egtrail users –invita Kalgoorlie, Perth displays andinforma Regional community -egAlbany, Esperance, comment sheets at regional centres invi ti through Department ofSportandRecrea epar a Photo 108. ti ti o highligh on on ofinforma on andproposed openingdates (print Rabbit proof fence at Point Ann ti

on process could include: ti ng thetrail, features, ti es associated withtrails ti on for circula ng comment onto ti es suchasthesouth ti ti es surround the on) ti on day ti ti o and on on days ti on and ti on 80 Fitzgerald River National Park Coastal Walk Trail 81 Fitzgerald River National Park Coastal Walk Trail From amarke and involving respec is fullyestablished. Tourism WA stages suchworkshops walk trail development andregularly oncetheproduct based workshops shouldbeundertaken bothduring scope offacili complementary visitor based products, scale and be provided withuseful adviceintryingto set up and thelike willbeimportant. Local operators should es ti • ma other organisa to aoneday display andpresenta comment. FaceBook to advisepeopleofthetrail andseek social networking sites suchasTwi Ongoing informa feedback sessions. ti ons ofpoten ti ng perspecti ti required,es andservices alongwith ti ti ons for trail users to come along ve regional tourism organisa ti ti al marketplace demographics. on viaweb basedmediaand ve, thestaging ofcommunity ti o with on tt e and er ti ons acti and delivered byDEC and local government andbe deliver. Theseworkshops shouldbejointly coordinated tourism andprovide apla Likewise, local councils must understand thevalue of parti genera Bay to turntheti an excellent opportunityfor Hopetoun andBremer cards. Tourism, viatheproposed walk trail presents promoti ideally beac the residents must at least bewillingpartners, and In order for tourism to sustain itselfinalocal community, iden standards inemployment andto services theabilityto building community capacity to deliver therequired opportuni vely encouraging local industry andcommunity cipa ti fy businessandmarket placeopportuni ti on ofthekey tourist a onofjobsandthecrea ti on. Photo 109. ti es. However longterm successrequires ti vely engaged inthemanagement and de ofunemployment through the Rock outcrop west ofQuoinHead tf orm for theprivate sector to ti onofentrepreneurial tt rac ti ons anddraw ti es. Head andHamersely Inlet. Several op stops at Gordon Inlet, StMaryInlet, Twin Bays, Quoin A seven day maintrail isrecommended withovernight spectacular landscape andrugged onthesouthcoast. the core ofaBiosphere Reserve andsomeofthemost range ofroute op wider range oflandscape character typesandprovide a also recommended to enablevisitors to experience a experiences andlevels ofdi Trail o The Fitzgerald River Na 10.0 Walk Trail project o Market analysis revealed that theproposed FRNPCoastal Bremer Bay andHopetoun. while Class3trails occurat thebeginningandendnear Class 4travels between Point AnnandHamersley Inlet, AS 2156.2-2001andincludessec The trail isclassi of op and hospitality andprovide services, adiverse range suchasnewaccommoda of ancillaryservices entrepreneurial opportunity, kickstart thedevelopment the geographical remoteness ofthedes tourism des economic bene ti A longterm approach to accommoda sustainable longterm successoftheproject. community groups isconsidered acriti Jerramungup andRavensthorpe, andlocal industry and coopera and theinvestment ofappropriate resources. Ahighly a range oflodge andcamping accommoda should beimplemented includingtheestablishment of establishment ofaccommoda to theneedsofusers service oftheNa Marke well asthebroader tourism region. important for thelongterm successofthewalk trail as of theproposed Fitzgerald Walk Trail isconsidered very Fitzgerald Coastline” isacurrent promo basis isalsorequired for theFitzgerald region. “The me lagnature ofthetourism industry. Thiswillmean ti onal ac onal ti ff ng andpromo ers auniqueopportunityto provide varied ti ve approach between theDEC, theShires of Conclusion ti na ti viti fi tsmay notbeinstantaneous. Successful ti on development doesrequire ti fi ti es. Akey issuefor theFRNPtrail is ed according to AS2156-2001and ons orchoicesfor visitors. ff ers thepoten ti on abroader des ti onal Park Coastal Walk ti ffi on precincts at theend ut, asn through passing culty, ti ons ofClass3and 4. ti al to s ti cal ingredient for on development ti ti onal loopsare ti onal Park. The onal branding ti mulate local ti ti on facili na ti o and on ti na ti ti me ti on on es the sugg Meaning isgiven to thetrail experience byrela trail to aninterpre either endofthetrail. important to maximise bene $2 millionfor Stage Two. Comple approximate costs are $4millionfor Stage One,and including accommoda Broad trail construc the fi of thetrail needto beconsidered whendetermining alignment andanunderstanding ofthephysical context risks. Thedesignprincipleswhichfocus on the trail hazards, prevailing windsandotherenvironmental must begiven to topography, tread materials, erosion the trail. Inorder to achieve thiscareful considera maintenance are important for the ongoing successof The longterm environmental sustainability andeaseof physical forces that have shapedthePark. landscape’ andlearnaboutthediverse cultural and linear landscape will‘inspire thewalker to read the It ishopedthetrail alignment andinterpreta Landscape: Inspire theWalker to Read theLandscape.’ Linear be developed around theconcept of‘The of theWalk Trail shouldstrongly infl being usedandthenamingassociated branding closely withthebroader des • • • • • nal alignment. inves the Walk Trail itselfwillrequire theprepara between thetwo Shires coordinator posi a dedicated marke responsibili the majorityofexternal promo detailed Regional Tourism Organisa undertaken byworking closelywiththerespec create auserfriendlyandinforma and specialisedtour operators target specialisedlongdistance walking groups ested marke ti gate thecrea ti es ofkey stakeholders are clearly ti v narra ve ti ti ng ini on costs have beencalculated ti ti on, possiblyshared equally on andtrail heads.These ti on ofajointly fundedtourism ti ng planwhere roles and ti ti a fi na ts for the communi ti ti ve. Anarra ves include: ti ti on ini ons (RTOs) ti on ofStage Two is uence andwork in ti ti a ti on shouldbe ve website. ti

ves. Someof ti v should ve ti on ofthe ti ng the ti ti on of es at ti ti on ve ve 82 Fitzgerald River National Park Coastal Walk Trail 83 Fitzgerald River National Park Coastal Walk Trail Community consulta suggested to minimisetheserisks. development ofariskmanagement planhave been of thePark. Various mi risks to walkers parti A threat to thesuccessoftrail isthehighlevel of includes distribu presenta regional community displays andinforma next iconic trail. Na community andhelpensure that theFitzgerald River to helpdevelop asenseofownership ofthetrail bythe community consulta concept beingsupported bythelocal community. A Ulti to advisepeopleofthetrail andseekcomment. user groups, andongoing web basedmediainforma ti mately thesuccessoftrail isdependant onthe onal Park Walk Trail becomes Western Australia’s ti on andfeedback sessionswithtargeted trail ti on oftrail informa cularlyintheremote central area ti on process shouldbeundertaken ti on shouldbeundertaken. This ti ga ti on measures including ti on, local and ti o days, on ti on Fitzgerald River Na Alpin, T.E.H andNewbey, K.R(1990).TheFlora ofthe Kingia the Fitzgerald River Na Alpin, T.E.H andNewbey, K.R(1990).Thevegeta 11.0 Publica 1:250,000 Series,Second Editi Western Australia, Mapsand Explanatory Memoir Vegetati Beard, J.S., Vegetati 1(2): 155-193. Australia ti and NatureConserva Department ofEnvironment andConserva Esperance, Bureau ofMeteorology, WindFrequency Analysis Albany Airport,2004 Bureau ofMeteorology, WindFrequency Analysis Fitzgerald RiverNa Recrea Department ofEnvironment andConserva Submissions to the Dra Secti the Possibility ofanAlterna David McNamara, AReport ontheInves Perth Interpreta Department ofEnvironment andConserva Draft Fitzgerald RiverNati Nati Department of Environment andConserva 2010 improvement Project: Dra 2001, Managemen Fitzgerald RiverNa onal Parksti andNatureConserva on oftheCoastal WildernessWalk Ver 1,Feb 2010 , Western Australia, 1991 1(2):141-153. ti ti on &Landscape Unitfor SouthCoast District on oftheNewdegate andBremerBayAreas, ons, Perth 1976 References ti o Unit, on 2004 ti ti on Survey ofWesternon Survey Australia: The t Planno.15f onal Park, Western Australia. Kingia onal Park Management Plan1991- onal Park: Recrea ti onal Park AnalysisofPublic Fitzgerald RiverNa o Authority on ti onal Park, Western Australia. ft Management Plan,for the ft Interpreta ti ve to theTwo BumpHill on, 1972,Vegmap or theNa Perth, Western ti , Jan1999 ti on Masterplan on on Plan on o Authority on ti gati ti ti onal Parks onal oa Park onal ons into ons , April ti on of ti ti ti ti on- on- on, on,

Fitzgerald River Na Fitzgerald River Na Craig, G.,QueelupWalk, West Mount BarrenBrochure Fitzgerald River Na Craig, G.,HorrieandDorrieWalk Brochure Internati Bremer Bay, Western Australia, Sheet S1/50-12 Geological Survey ofWestern Australia, 1:250,000 Craig, G.,East Mount BarrenWalk Brochure Internati Newdegate, Western Australia, Sheet S150/8 Geological Survey ofWestern Australia, 1:250,000 1984 Na 40 Walks inWA, 1985 Myles Beachto Ann,excerpt Pt from Forests onFoot: Meney, K.&Brown, P., March 2010 Hill, R. of Queensland,Ga Interpreta Ideas andBigBudgets: Keynote Presenta University ofIdaho Tourism College ofForestry, Wildlife andRange Sciences Ham, S.H.,Department ofResource Recrea Australia, 1984 Sheet S1/50-12Interna Explanatory Notes: BremerBay, Western Australia, by Thom,R.&Chin,R.J. 1:250,000Geological Series- Geological Survey ofWestern Australia, compiled 1984 A Summary ofExis A Summary Future Research, Dec1980 ti onal Parks Authority, Gateways to theDesert inLandscape Architecture, onal Index, First Edi onal Index, First Edi ti on Australia Na tt ti ti ti ti Beware ofInterpreters Packing Li on College, onal Park Associa onal Park Associa onal Park Associa ngKnowledge andSugges ti Fitzgerald RiverNa oa Index onal Fitzgerald WildernessWalk ti onal Conference, University ti ti on,Western Australia, on,Western Australia, Sept,1997 , Perth, Western ti ti ti on, compiled by on, compiled by on, compiled by ti ti on to the onal Park: ti ti o and on onsfor tt le 84 Fitzgerald River National Park Coastal Walk Trail 85 Fitzgerald River National Park Coastal Walk Trail 1. Addi of theFitzgerald River Na Newbey, K.R(1990).Supplementary notes onthe Department ofConserva Perry, G.(Editor) Western Australian Herbarium, conserva and HumanDesignEssen Parker, T.S., Kingia Volume 1Number2,1990 Biodiversity Conserva 75 and77AoftheEnvironmental Protecti Environment, Water, Heritage andtheArts), The Australian Government (Department ofthe Design Standards Australia, Classi Standards Australia, April 2010 Shire ofRavensthorpe, Seddon, G., Barren to HoodPoint andreturn, 2009 Rush, Chris, Trails, Natureshape,Colorado, USA,2004 Train, E.,(Ed) Interna Internati Guide to ProvidingGreatRiding,Colorado, 2007 Associa Webber, P., (Ed) Interna Trail Solu fi ca , March 2001 ti ti onal andunnamedtaxa, andtaxa withahigh onal Mountain BicyclingAssocia on, ti ti ti on values. ons,Colorado, 2004 on andsignage, A SenseofPlace Natural Surface Trails byDesign:Physical Hike fromranger’s residence atEast Mt Managing Mountain Bicycling,IMBA’s ti onalMountain BikingAssocia Kingia AS 2156.1-2001Walking tracks - ti on Act1999(EPBCAct). AS 2156.2-2001Infrastructure Draft ti ti ti onal Park, Western Australia: als ofSustainable, Enjoyable on andLandManagement, May 2001 1(2):195-216. , 2004 Tourism Strategy Report, ti onal Mountain Biking ti o (IMBA) on o and on Secti fl ti ons ora on, 12.0 Appendix One-Maps 86 Fitzgerald River National Park Coastal Walk Trail 87 Fitzgerald River National Park Coastal Walk Trail 13.0 Appendix Two -OpinionofProbable Costs 110 Fitzgerald River National Park Coastal Walk Trail 117 Fitzgerald River National Park Coastal Walk Trail TRAIL OPC TRACKS STAGE 1 Factors affecting costs Broad OPC forming / average Construction grading / Rehabilitation Imported Hygiene Construction track Rate Rate access for factor Clearing ⁵ Rate Rate erosion Rate factor Unit Quantity Estimated rate Extension / required ² Material ³ washdown ⁶ technique ⁸ width ¹ vehicles ⁴ control required ⁷ CLASS 4 900mm yes / no 5 material / no yes / no yes / no 10.8 yes / no 2 yes / no 9 machine / hand 1 or 7 ⁸

Track Limited modification to natural surfaces and track alignment may be indistinct in places. Minimal clearing and debris along the track. Management intervention: low to moderate beach na no no yes 1 no yes 2 no na 1 lm 10287 $2.00 $20,574.00 closed track 900 yes 5 no yes 1 no 3 yes 2 yes 9 1 lm 9769 $19.00 $185,611.00 estuary na no no yes 1 no yes 2 no none 1 lm 878 $2.00 $1,755.40 existing road 900 0 0 $0.00 $0.00 existing vehicular track 900 no no yes 1 no yes 2 no 4 machine 1 lm 2715 $6.00 $16,292.58 existing walk track 900 yes no na 1 no yes 2 yes 5 hand 3.5 lm 132 $24.50 $3,234.00 new walk track 900 no no 25 / 75 1 75% yes 8.1 yes 2 yes 9 15/ 85 5.95 lm 26625 $113.65 $3,025,782.39 rocky shoreline na 0 $0.00 $0.00 Infrastructure limited to environmental and maintenance. Management intervention: low to moderate 1% of lm of steps no no new track & 369 $25.00 $9,227.97 beach 1% of lm of bridges / boardwalks frp grating new track & 369 $100 $36,911.86 no beach accommodation ⁹ 5 $1,125,746.00 Signage minimal for management and direction

mild steel post every 200 lm trail markers with colour 75% na yes na hand / machine except on 201 200 $40,118.99 marker beach signage: management mild steel posts 75% na yes na hand 1 / km 50 200 $10,081.20 signage: interpretation no na na na na na $0.00 trail heads ⁹ 4 $69,488.00 Total length (m) 50,406 Stage 1 Total(excluding GST) $4,544,823.39 GST 10% $454,482.34 Stage 1 Total (including GST) $4,999,305.73

Regional loading excluded Interpretation Items Excluded from OPC route guides design ? digital guides (pod cast etc) design ? detailed maps ‐ digital and paper design ?

NOTES 1. Average Track Width: indicates ideal track width for this class of trail 2. Rehabilitation Required: Yes ‐ indicates that some rehabilitatio may be required along the alignment, Rehabilitation is costed at $5 / sqm 3.Imported Material: indicates whether imported material is required to surface the trail or whether the existing material is suitable 4.Construction Access for Vehicles: indicates whether it is possible for vehicles to access the alignment during construction, may be represented as a percentage 5. Clearing: Indicates whether clearing is required: applied at a rate of $12/sqm 6. Hygiene Washdown: Indicates whether plant & equipment needs to be washed down to minimise risk of dieback introduction and spread: applied at a rate of $2 / lm 7. Forming/ grading / erosion control: indicates whether earthworks will be required to form or grade the track applied at a rate of $10 / sqm 8. Construction Technique: indicates the most likely construction technique likely either hand or machine. If hand a factor of 7 is applied if by machine a factor of 1 9. Accomodation and Trail Heads cost breakdown is shown on the following 2 spreadsheets ACCOMODATION Stage 1 Campsite Components factors affecting cost

Hygiene Construction Materials Sleeping Shelter Rate Rainwater Tank Rate Toilet Rate Tent Sites Rate Picnic Tables Rate factor washdown or Rate Campsites access for vehicles brush

Estimated Rate 110000 7000 50000 1000 3000 1 ‐ 1.5 1.01 Unit Extension

Class 3 visibly impacted sites for up to 12 tent sites in groups of 4

St Mary Inlet steel /colorbond 1 110,000 1 7,000 1 50,000 6 6000 3 9000 2WD 1 yes 1.01 each $183,820

steel /colorbond 1 110,000 1 7000 1 50,000 6 6000 3 9000 2WD 1 yes 1.01 each $183,820 Hammersley Inlet Class 4 visibly impacted sites for up to 8 tents in groups of 3

Fitzgerald Inlet steel /colorbond 1 110,000 1 7,000 1 50,000 5 5000 2 6000 4WD 1.2 yes 1.01 each $215,736

steel /colorbond 1 110,000 1 10,000 1 50,000 5 5000 2 6000 4WD 1.5 yes 1.01 each $274,215 Quoin Head Twin Bays steel /colorbond 1 110,000 1 7,000 1 50,000 4 4000 2 6000 4WD 1.5 yes 1.01 each $268,155 Stage 1 Total(excluding GST) $1,125,746 GST $112,575 Stage 1 Total (including GST) 1,238,321 TRAIL HEADS Stage 1 Campsite Components factors affecting cost Construction Hygiene Information Trail Heads Materials Rate Seating Rate Signs Rate access for factor washdown or factor Shelter with signs vehicles brush Estimated rate 30,000 1000 1000 1 ‐ 1.2 1.01 Unit Extension Major Primary orientation nodes for walktrail

Point Anne / St steel,colorbond 1 30,000 2 2,000 0 2WD 1 yes 1.01 each $32,320 Mary Inlet stonework, timber

steel,colorbond 1 30,000 2 2,000 0 2WD 1 yes 1.01 each $32,320 stonework, timber Hammersley Inlet Minor Secondary orientation nodes, for visitors walking smaller sections or loops Fitzgerald Inlet steel 0 0 2 2,000 4WD 1.2 yes 1.01 each $2,424 Quoin Head steel 0 0 2 2,000 4WD 1.2 yes 1.01 each $2,424 Stage 1 Total(excluding GST) $69,488.00 GST $6,948.80 Stage 1 Total (including GST) $76,436.80 TRAIL OPC TRACKS STAGE 2 Factors affecting costs Broad OPC forming / average Construction Rehabilitation / Imported Hygiene grading / Construction track Rate Rate access for factor Clearing ⁵ Rate Rate Rate factor Unit Quantity Estimated rate Extension required ² Material ³ washdown ⁶ erosion control technique ⁸ width ¹ vehicles ⁴ required ⁷

CLASS 3 1200mm yes / no 5 material / no yes / no yes / no 15 yes / no 2 yes / no 12 hand / machine 1 or 7 ⁸

Track generally modified surface, sections may be hardened. Width: variable and generally less than 1200 mm. Kept mostly clear of intrusions and obstacles. beach no yes 1 no yes 2 no na 1 lm 32077 $2.00 $64,154.00 closed track 5 no yes 1 no yes 2 yes 12 machine 1 lm 2215 $19.00 $42,085.00 estuary 1 2 1 $2.00 $0.00 existing road no yes 1 no yes 2 no 12 machine 1 lm 3401 $14.00 $47,614.00 existing vehicular track no yes 1 no yes 2 yes machine 1 lm 535 $2.00 $1,070.00 existing walk track no yes 1 no yes 2 no na 1 lm 336 $2.00 $672.00 new walk track ‐ rocky 100mm gravel 10 yes 1 yes 15 yes 2 yes 12 machine 2 lm 17759 $78.00 $1,385,202.00 coast and sandy coast (50%) rocky shoreline existing rock yes 1 no yes 2 no na 1 lm 5138 $2.00 $10,276.00 Infrastructure Steps may be common, track generally no steeper than 1:10. Facilities generally not provided except for specific safety and environmental considerations. Management Intervention: Moderate

5% of lm of gradient/steps 888 $25.00 $22,198.75 new track

frp or steel 5% of lm of bridges / boardwalk 888 100 $88,795.00 grating new track accommodation ⁹ 2.00 $358,550.00 Interpretation & Signage signs and track markers used for direction, limited signage for management and interpretation

every75lm stainless steel mostly no yes na hand except on 323 200 $64,656.00 beach trail markers signage: management yes yes 0 61 200 $12,200.00 signage: interpretation yes yes no yes no machine / hand 61 200 $12,200.00 Trail Heads ⁹ 8 $76,760.00 Total length (m) 61,461 Stage 1 Total(excluding GST) $2,186,432.75 GST 10% $218,643.28 Stage 1 Total (including GST) $2,405,076.03

Regional loading excluded Interpretation Items Excluded from OPC route guides design ? digital guides (pod cast etc) design ? detailed maps ‐ digital and paper design ?

NOTES 1. Average Track Width: indicates ideal track width for this class of trail 2. Rehabilitation Required: Yes ‐ indicates that some rehabilitatio may be required along the alignment, Rehabilitation is costed at $5 / sqm 3.Imported Material: indicates whether imported material is required to surface the trail or whether the existing material is suitable 4.Construction Access for Vehicles: indicates whether it is possible for vehicles to access the alignment during construction, may be represented as a percentage 5. Clearing: Indicates whether clearing is required: applied at a rate of $12/sqm 6. Hygiene Washdown: Indicates whether plant & equipment needs to be washed down to minimise risk of dieback introduction and spread: applied at a rate of $2 / lm 7. Forming/ grading / erosion control: indicates whether earthworks will be required to form or grade the track applied at a rate of $10 / sqm 8. Construction Technique: indicates the most likely construction technique likely either hand or machine. If hand a factor of 7 is applied if by machine a factor of 1 9. Accomodation and Trail Heads cost breakdown is shown on the following 2 spreadsheets ACCOMODATION Stage 2 Campsite Components factors affecting cost Hygiene Construction Materials Sleeping Shelter Rate Rainwater Tank Rate Toilet Rate Tent Sites Rate Picnic Tables Rate factor washdown or Rate Campsites access for vehicles brush Estimated Rate 110000 10000 50000 1000 500 1 ‐ 1.5 1.01 Unit Extension

Class 3 visibly impacted sites for up to 12 tent sites in groups of 4

Four Mile steel /colorbond 1 110,000 1 10,000 1 50,000 6 6,000 3 1,500 2WD 1 yes 1.01 each $179,275

steel /colorbond 1 110,000 1 10,000 1 50,000 6 6,000 3 1,500 2WD 1 yes 1.01 each $179,275 Gordon Inlet Stage 1 Total(excluding GST) $358,550 GST $35,855 Stage 1 Total (including GST) $394,405 TRAIL HEADS Stage 2 Campsite Components factors affecting cost

Construction Hygiene Information Trail Heads Materials Rate Seating Rate Signs Rate access for factor washdown or factor Shelter with signs vehicles brush

Estimated rate 30,000 1000 1000 1 ‐ 1.2 1.01 Unit Extension Major Primary orientation nodes for walktrail steel,colorbond Bremer Bay 1 30,000 2 2,000 0 2WD 1 yes 1.01 each $32,320 stonework, timber

steel,colorbond 1 30,000 2 2,000 0 2WD 1 yes 1.01 $32,320 stonework, timber Hopetoun Minor Secondary orientation nodes, for visitors walking smaller sections or loops Four Mile steel 0 0 2 2,000 2WD 1 yes 1.01 each $2,020 Cave Point steel 0 0 2 2,000 2WD 1 yes 1.01 each $2,020 West Beach steel 0 0 2 2,000 2WD 1 yes 1.01 each $2,020 Mylies steel 0 0 2 2,000 2WD 1 yes 1.01 each $2,020 East Mylies steel 0 0 2 2,000 2WD 1 yes 1.01 each $2,020 Barrens Beach steel 0 0 2 2,000 2WD 1 yes 1.01 each $2,020 Stage 2 Total(excluding GST) $76,760.00 GST $7,676.00 Stage 2 Total (including GST) $84,436.00 Bruce Trevaskis- Shire President Bill Parker -CEO Stakeholder Meetings 14.0 SHIRE OF JERRAMUNGUP • • • • • • • The trail hasthepoten can beviewed ontheirwebsite). with theirproposed town centre upgrade (plans trail beginintheheartofBremer Bay andintegrate The Shire ofJerramungup isvery keen to have the season through agreater porti be poten As thearea ispredominantly uncleared there may area iscurrently usedmostly byo management presence ontheground andthe managed byDoP. They have litt Hood Point, east ofBremer Bay iscurrently use theeasierendtrails closeto thetowns. Bremer Bay, sopeopleneedto beencouraged to Overnight trail users willtake businessaway from use. There isinterest inhaving trail users pay for trail Bremer Bay where tourist numbers are needed. Overnighters on trail take business away from 1200 ratepayers currently intheshire. eco-style resort. o o o o The trail would poten November for whales andwild The Parks maintourist seasonisJulyto 6000-10,000 people) to February, andEaster (from 300peopleto Bremer Bays maintourist seasonisDecember new businesses.TheShire’s iden income for tourist businesses andencourage This may provide more constant source of during thecooler months. terms to thetowns. to get tourists to contribute more in Appendix Three -Consultation ti al for itto bere-vested and set upasan ti al to extend thetourist ti ally a on oftheyear: tt ract more visitors ff fl road vehicles. owers ti

le to no fi ed aneed fi nancial Manager soon. The Shire ofRavensthorpe willhave afull John I Gary Logan District Manager, SES BOTH SHIRES SHIRE OF RAVENSTHORPE FESA /SES MEETING BREMER BAY QUAALUP HOMESTEAD • • • • • • • • • • Capitalise ontourism poten The maintourist seasoniswild Facili numbers before they are rebuilt. from There are concerns aboutdamage to infrastructure Bibbulmun Track has two rescues peryear Volunteers currently maintain track the trail loopsinthewestern end. The homestead would poten more walk trails. whale-watching. Apparently visitors are askingfor between August andOctober, XmasandJulyfor There ispoten towns. if thetrail doesnotextend between thetwo The tourism bene Hopetoun before, a encourage trails users to stay inBremer Bay and caravan area, camping andcanoe hire. include ahighyieldeco-village, nature park Ravensthorpe Reserve at Hamersley Inlet, plans injured walkers andhave iden Both are concerned aboutextracti employment. ambulance). emergency rescues (helicopters, volunteers, upgrade theregions capacity to undertake fl a ti fi es willbeupgraded at theShire of re (boardwalks, bridges). Willlosetourists ti al to create othersources of fi ts to theShires willbereduced ft er, and/or duringtheirwalk. ti ally beononeof ti ti

al ofthetrail, fi ed theneedto fl oe season ower o/ece of on/rescue ti me Tourism 118 Fitzgerald River National Park Coastal Walk Trail 119 Fitzgerald River National Park Coastal Walk Trail • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Close trail at height of Limit visitors to three groups Safety points public use,keep keys withFESA andDEC Use oldtracks where possiblefor access,prevent Visitor riskoutweighs thediebackrisk No accessto Twin Bays inwinter Need quadbike accessfor rescues commit funds Police have aSearch andRescue role butwon’t Volunteers are neededto maintain track width Volunteers are olderwithlimited abili stretcher) Lack ofequipment (helicopter, bike with visita AnnrockPt Prepare pre-emp young popula strikes andfi coast whenthere isahighchanceoflightning Close parkwhenatrough ismovingfrom thewest Develop Fire Prescrip Need more ranger presence they are notmanaged. Theseneedra DPI landat HoodPoint hasnumerous tracks, but Bremer Bay Albany closedbeachesasmotorcyclists moved to Off incidents FRNP: July2009to 2010March there were 17 incidents FRNP: July2009to June2009there were 4 and management -road motorcycle incidents increased when ti on a ft er road isbituminised re ti on to draw uponinBremer Bay fi shing: needbuoys. Increased ti ve plan ti on for thepark fi re season ti onalisa ti e, no es, ti on Lorna Charleton, Interpreta DEC Ranger -Fitzgerald River Na Tracy Churchill, Recrea Site Ann planPt Stuart Harrison,Recrea ordinator Rod Quartermaine, Tourism Development Offi DEC STAFF PETER VAN SCHOUBROECK • • • • • • • Waste management more trail bikes and4WD’s Mine may increase ‘hoon’factor whichresults in valley Walkers randomly walking downFitzgerald River to ensure safety ofusers Management presence needsto bestrengthened quad bike No motorcycle accessinFRNP, except emergency avoiding wet areas Motorcyclists inFRNPare beingmore careful, track Trigelow Beach:off ti on andTrails Unitco-ordinator ti -road motorcyclists cu on andLandscape Unitco- ti on O ti onal Park –Gairdner ffi cer cer tti ngup the areas liaise withfarmers regarding environmental issuesin (Ravensthorpe Agricultural Ini Rodger Walker, CommunityLandcare Offi Ravensthorpe and ex DEC employee andOpera Malcolm Grant, Publican Port Hotel Hopetoun Stakeholder Workshop Hopetoun areas ofthepark conducted Bird surveys, hasgood knowledge ofcoastal John Tucker, FriendsofthePark commi 1970’s, predominantly to fi many 4WDtracks through theFRNPin1960’s and Rodney Daw, CBFCO Shire ofRavensthorpe, constructed out aFauna Survey oftheFRNP. and haswalked through theparkmany the park,FriendsofThePark member, past president Andrew Chapman,Zoologist, good fauna knowledge of • • • • • • • • • • associa member oftheRavensthorpe residence property, needsovernight facili Hopetoun, very scenic,passesthrough private Railway Heritage Trail for Ravensthorpe to walk trail willneedto cater to di good poten provide water at sta volunteers neededto maintain track width radius ofHopetoun rescue vehicles can useexis make the parkmore accessible to allages access at both endsofthetrail more chanceofcontrolling diebackbycontrolling others important to share assets ofthecommunity to 2-3 tracks vehicles can use ti on ti al for trail development within10km ti ons for walkers sh for BlueGroper. ti a ti ti ve Network) who ng tracks buyonly ti ti es os O ons ff erent abili ti tt mes, carried mes, ee member, ee e, RAIN cer, ffi e DEC cer ti es use them. Other routes remain available for thosewhowant to de of theWA Bushwalkers Associa DEC (NeilWorrell &Luke Coney) met withrepresenta Other Consultation WA FEDERATION OF BUSHWALKERS fi • • • • • • • ned trail withintheFRNPthat a access to di otherwise provision ofovernight shelters more water availability, erosion poten Head, lowrisk:eitherend zone thetrail- highrisk:Fitzgerald river to Quoin upgrade to easy walking keep thetracks abushwalking experience, don’t don’t damage theenvironment whenconstructi of vegeta using trail ti on ti al increase a ffi cult areas. ti ft on. WABA supporta er a ff ords fi re through loss ti ves ng, ng, 120 Fitzgerald River National Park Coastal Walk Trail