Flinders Ranges and Outback Integrated Strategic Tourism Plan

Final Plan
Infrastructure and Services that Support Positive Visitor Experiences
Signage
There are always concerns expressed about the quality, number, location and functionality
of signs from a tourism perspective. One of the great successes in alerting people to a
town’s key attributes is considered to be the large brown signs in the Southern Flinders
Ranges which are located at the entry to all towns.
Other specific areas need signage and interpretation to improve safety and access.
Blinman Pools is an example of a walking track that is heavily promoted but poorly
signposted and maintained.
Entrances to towns can also do a lot to attract or repel visitors. Places like Port Augusta,
Blinman and Mungerannie are actively working to improve entrances to create a sense of
welcome.
Roads
Most communities spoke of the need to maintain dirt roads in reasonable condition for
safety reasons. Particular mention was made of the tyre damage caused in the gorges of
the Flinders Ranges and on the Strezlecki Track. The Public Access Route to Lake Eyre and
some of the routes that provide access to points of interest off the Oodnadatta Track and
the Stuart Highway (eg Art Centre at Indulkana) were noted as being in particularly poor
condition.
Public Access Routes pose a difficult dilemma as they are the responsibility of the Pastoral
Board which has no resources available to maintain them. Consideration will need to be
given to the desirability of promoting these if access conditions have deteriorated through
lack of maintenance. Alternatively resources would need to be found to fund the regular
maintenance of Public Access Routes.
DTEI has overall responsibility for the maintenance of roads in the Flinders Ranges and
Outback SA, out of Council areas and so will need to work closely with the SATC and
regional communities to identify and prioritise roadworks that support tourism.
Urban & Regional Planning Solutions
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