Head - Department of National Parks, Recreation, Sport and Racing

Infrastructure Projects
Project Locations Potential stakeholders Comments
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Catalyst Project:
(Ref – Bundaberg CTP 7)
Creation of a “low impact”
Great Coastal Walk from
Hervey Bay to Bundaberg
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Main Road Signage
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Increased passing lanes and
parking bays
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Sealing of secondary roads in
hinterland (Gayndah and
Mount Perry, Mount Perry to
Monto)
Bundaberg and Fraser
Coast regions
Bundaberg and Fraser
Coast tourism regions
Dept of Infrastructure and
Planning, DERM/QPWS,
DEEDI, TQ, RTOs,
Bundaberg Regional
Council, North Burnett
Regional Council, Fraser
Coast Regional Council,
private developers
Dept of Main Roads,
DEEDI, Dept Infrastructure
and Planning, RTOs
Bundaberg Region Dept of Main Roads,
Bundaberg Regional
Council, North Burnett
Regional Council,
Bundaberg RTO
Bundaberg Hinterland and
North Burnett
Dept of Main Roads,
Bundaberg Regional
Council, North Burnett
Regional Council, TQ,
Bundaberg RTO
Regions focus on eco-nature
experiences but lack of active ecoexperiences
in regions other than on
Fraser Island
Opportunity to develop coastal “great
walk” of approx 60km offering 2-3 day
and 4 day walk options using ecocoastal
nodes as accommodation
Permission from DERM/QPWS, State
Government land and private land
holders for access to land
Encourages visitor activity away from
vehicle use and opens up coastal
areas not usually seen
Develop guided nature/heritage walks
Directional signage enhancements
needed on regional roads and Bruce
and Isis Highways to assist visitors
Study to identify key locations for new
signage indicating main highways and
destinations
Need to ensure clearer directional
signage to assist visitors
Assists drive trails and visitor
dispersion throughout the regions
Existing secondary roads that link Gin
Gin, Childers and Agnes Water to
Bundaberg require improvements to
enhance the tourist experience e.g.
picnic sites and driver rest areas
Discussions to identify if funding is
possible for improvements to existing
roads in Bundaberg hinterland
Dept of Main Roads to identify road
improvement priorities
Need for better roads if dispersal away
from the coast is to be encouraged
Low level of existing vehicle
movements as monitored by Main
Roads, so sealing of some roads will
be longer term initiative
Drive circuits are an important initial
tourism infrastructure step to
generating visitor numbers. New drive
circuits and trails promoted such as
“gold mining route around Mt Perry”
Main Roads would support
development of a network of drive
tourism of the hinterland areas via the
existing sealed network to encourage
dispersal away from the coast
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