Whitsunday and Mackay Islands Visitor Management Strategy ...

Table of contents
1 Executive summary............................................................................................................................... 2
2 Introduction............................................................................................................................................ 4
2.1 Background and context....................................................................................................................................................4
2.2 Purpose ................................................................................................................................................................................4
2.3 Planning area.......................................................................................................................................................................4
3 Strategy overview.................................................................................................................................. 6
3.1 Conservation values............................................................................................................................................................6
3.2 Management environment.................................................................................................................................................6
3.3 Visitor environment.............................................................................................................................................................6
4 Planning approach................................................................................................................................. 8
5 Visitor management settings.............................................................................................................10
(includes maps 2,3,4 showing settings applied to the planning area)
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6 Strategic directions..............................................................................................................................14
6.1 Conserving natural values ............................................................................................................................................... 14
6.2 Conserving cultural values............................................................................................................................................... 15
6.3 Visitor use and facilities................................................................................................................................................... 16
6.4 Management of high use visitor sites ............................................................................................................................ 17
6.4.1 South Whitehaven Beach, Whitsunday Island.................................................................................................. 17
6.4.2 Chance Bay, Whitsunday Island......................................................................................................................... 18
6.4.3 Tongue Point, Whitsunday Island..................................................................................................................... 18
6.4.4 Beaches at Blue Pearl Bay, Black Island and Langford Spit............................................................................ 19
6.4.5 Brampton Island ................................................................................................................................................. 19
6.4.6 Refuge Bay, Scawfell Island............................................................................................................................... 19
6.5 Camping............................................................................................................................................................................ 20
6.6 Resorts and developments............................................................................................................................................... 24
6.7 Aircraft .............................................................................................................................................................................. 25
6.8 Education and information............................................................................................................................................. 26
6.9 Working with the tourism industry................................................................................................................................. 26
7 Strategy review and evaluation.........................................................................................................28
8 References.............................................................................................................................................30
9 Acknowledgements..............................................................................................................................31