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Table 5.1 Setting Protected Visitor sites within each visitor management setting [CONTINUED] Visitor site Holbourne Island Middle Island Olden Island Grassy Island Double Cone Island Shute Island Deloraine Island Whitsunday Island — Hill Inlet, Far North Whitehaven Beach Pentecost Island Shaw Island — Burning Point beaches Carlisle Island — Squeaky Beach Mausoleum Island Calder Island Wigton Island Bushy Islet Pine Islet Note: Maps show settings for more islands. Islands listed above are those with identified visitor sites. 12 Whitsunday and Mackay Islands Visitor Management Strategy Table 5.2 1 2 3 4 5 Description and guidelines for management settings Setting Description Management intent Management guidelines Developed High use Moderate use Natural Protected Beaches immediately adjoining resorts and major residential areas Sites providing a focus for tourism Sites providing for significant levels of tourism and local recreation Visitor sites generally free of facilities Natural areas set aside for conservation with minimal visitor use Manage in close co-operation with the relevant resort or development. Provide for sustainable interaction between the resort or development and the adjacent beach. Manage for high levels of visitor use. Manage for sustainable visitor use. Manage for conservation outcomes while allowing for low levels of self-reliant visitor use. Manage for conservation outcomes. Some areas with unique or outstanding conservation and/ or cultural value are seasonally or permanently closed to visitors. » » » » » » » » » » » » » » » » Each site will require detailed assessment of adjacent development proposals; may also require additional site planning to determine appropriate visitor management arrangements. Sites will have appropriate facilities to minimise visitor impacts and help improve the visitor experience. Each site will have specific strategies to guide site development and management as per section 6.4. Sites will be managed for large groups of people. Sites will have appropriate facilities to minimise visitor impacts and enhance the visitor experience. Visitor sites generally free of facilities unless they are essential to minimise visitor impacts e.g. toilets. Commercial activity permits may be issued. Group activity permits and special activity permits will not be issued. Some sites may be set aside for noncommercial use only. No generators or compressors permitted. No facilities provided. Group activities and special activity not permitted. Filming generally not permitted. Commercial use generally not permitted (may be permitted in special circumstances – see section 6.1). Free and independent traveller use permitted, except for locations with seasonal or permanent closures. No generators or compressors permitted.
Table 5.3 Visitor use permitted within each setting. Visitor use Setting Developed High use Moderate use Natural Protected Commercial use Yes 1 Yes Yes Optional 2 Optional 3 Access for free and independent travellers Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes, except for closed areas Permanent facilities (includes walking tracks) Yes Yes Yes Optional No 4 Special activities 5 Optional Optional Optional No No Group activities 6 Yes Yes Yes No No Filming for advertising and feature films Yes Yes Yes Yes No 7 Use of compressors and generators Yes Optional Optional No No Commercial tented accommodation Yes Optional No No No Commercial reef walking tours No 7 No 8 No No No Motorised water sports 9 Yes No No No No Motor vehicle use on beaches 10 Yes No No No No Goods and services vending and hire Yes No No No No Notes: 1 Yes = allowed, but if permit or agreement required, subject to assessment and conditions 2 Optional = at discretion of QPWS. Individual applications will be assessed by QPWS with consideration to site characteristics, potential environmental impacts, potential effect on other park users, availability of a suitable alternative location and other site factors that might exist 3 QPWS may permit access under special conditions for ecocertified commercial tour operators (see section 6.1) 4 No = not permitted 5 Special activity as defined in section 104 of the Queensland Marine Parks Regulations 2006 Whitsunday Island 6 Group activity = organised use of a protected area in a way that may interfere with general public use of the area 7 QPWS may allow exceptions under strict conditions after considering: environmental impacts; effect on other park users; suitability of alternative locations and potential management or significant public benefit 8 Unless allowed under an existing permission 9 Motorised water sport as defined in the GBRMPA Whitsunday Plan of Management 1998 10 Motor vehicle as defined in the Nature Conservation (Protected Areas Management) Regulation 2006 Visitor management settings 13
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