Parks Victoria Annual Report 2000-01

Parks Victoria staff strive to make each visitor’s experience enjoyable, safe, informative, uplifting and restorative through interpretation activities.Improving Visitor SafetyThe safety of park visitors continues to be a paramountobjective. With a diverse range of park settings andrecreational activities to manage and an ageing suite of parkfacilities and infrastructure to maintain, we have planned abroad-ranging and systematic approach to visitor safety.To ensure visitor safety, we completed the following riskmanagement works:• Risk management works were completed across the State,including the upgrading of structures at Cape SchanckLight Station, O’Shannassy Bridge in Yarra Ranges NationalPark and Mt Warby lookout tower in Warby Range StatePark. We also completed works on a viewing platform andaccess tracks at Cape Liptrap Coastal Park.• Repairs were made to flood-damaged facilities at VaughanSprings Reserve, Lerderderg State Park and Brisbane RangesNational Park.• The Phantom Falls Footbridge in Angahook-Lorne StatePark was replaced, as were the Madsens Track footbridgesin Melba Gully State Park.• The replacement of several bridges in the West Kiewavalley in the Alpine National Park as part of upgradingthe Mount Hotham power supply, partly funded by TXUElectricity Limited.•Trails and facilities at key sites along the Great Alpine Roadwere upgraded. Works included track upgrading on theMount Feathertop Tracks and installing a viewing platformand upgrading access tracks at Carmichael Falls.•Works were undertaken at Balaclava Mine, Whroo HistoricReserve, to alleviate the risk associated with mineshafts andaccess around the site.• Significant repair works were made to the El DoradoDredge to avoid rapid deterioration of the maindredge structure.•Works to improve access, including disabled access, toPortsea Pier were completed at a total cost of $300,000on behalf of the Central Coastal Board.31