Dryandra Woodland - Department of Environment and Conservation ...

OBJECTIVES
• Provide and maintain a range of visitor opportunities within Dryandra, including 2WD touring,
cycling, horse riding and walking, while ensuring that environmental values are not adversely
affected.
• Ensure that all forms of access are constructed and maintained to an appropriate standard that
supports current and future levels of use.
• Maintain access for management and emergency purposes.
A range of access will continue to be provided to meet visitor and management demands. Access for
bushwalking and cycling, as well as horse riding is covered in Section 13. Recreation Activities. The
strategy for vehicle access is to upgrade and maintain selected tracks that lead to existing features of
interest, while closing some minor tracks to public vehicles. The rationale for this strategy is to
increase the number of recreation opportunities available in the Woodland, reduce the risk of
spreading dieback, and reduce maintenance costs. Many tracks within Dryandra lead to the same
destination, and closures are likely to cause minimal inconvenience. All vehicle access to private
property will be retained.
STRATEGIES
General Access
1. Maintain and, where necessary, upgrade the vehicle access network shown on Maps 4(a) and (b)
to a standard that provides for all-weather two wheeled drive vehicle access.
2. Maintain access for tourist coaches and caravans along Tomingley road and Kawana Road.
3. Improve visitor safety by providing vehicle stopping points along main routes and advisory
traffic signs where necessary.
4. Close minor tracks to public vehicles that:
2. are associated with past timber harvesting and have minimal public use;
3. otherwise prevent additional recreation opportunities (according to ROS principles):
4. are causing erosion problems or a loss of other values; and
5. are impassable due to seasonal conditions or pose a high dieback risk.
5. Make some minor tracks closed to public vehicles available for bushwalking and cycling (see
Section 13.4 Bushwalking and Cycling).
6. Promote responsible driving practices throughout the Woodland to minimise native animal road
kills. Install advisory signs as appropriate.
7. Carry out road maintenance according to dieback disease hygiene measures and visual resource
management principles.
8. Negotiate alternative routes or options for adjoining landowners needing to transfer stock
through the Woodland.
9. Avoid the construction of any other tracks for management purposes except when values of a
high priority are threatened, eg. by a wildfire (see Section 19. Fire)
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