tastrax wrote:I suspect that you may be right - this link will take you to a page that shows where the park entry fees are spent - not much sign of track maintenance...
http://www.parks.tas.gov.au/index.aspx?base=8622
The Parks and Wildlife Service is not able to count the number of visitors to every National Parks. However, the Parks and
Wildlife Service regularly counts visitors to eight major sites in Tasmania (called "reference sites" - highlighted in yellow). It is
estimated that visitors to these eight sites represents some 60% of visitors to all 19 National Parks.
The money raised from park fees goes directly towards the upkeep of your parks and reserves. It is used to maintain and upgrade visitor facilities, walking tracks and information booths.
Social Values Research and PR
Skifield Operations and Maintenance
Visitor Reception
Staff Shuttle Bus
Windy Ridge Hut
Visitor facilities maintenance
Sewerage Treatment WHA
Lake St Clair Waste Water Treatment – Operations and Maintenance
Visitor Centre Operations and Staff Day visitor facilities maintenance Wineglass Bay TrackMt William National Park
Operations and Maintenance
Operations and Maintenance
Mt William - Musselroe Development Impact Study
Visitor Reception Staff
Visitor Centre Operations and Staff
Day visitor facilities maintenance
Visitor Centre Operations and Staff
Operations and maintenance
Day visitor facilities maintenance Wineglass Bay Track
Port Davey Marine Planning
Southern Operations and Maintenance
Cockle Creek Site Planning
Melaleuca Volunteer Program
Melaleuca Bunded Containers
Heritage Huts
Cave and Pool Visitor Services
Weed Eradication
Visitor Centre Operations and Staff
Fortescue Bay Campground Caretaker and Maintenance
Trainee Program
Trainee Aboriginal Field Officer
Liffey Falls Contribution
Great Bushwalk Scoping Study
Marine Reserve Management
Discovery Ranger Program
Community, Interpretation and Public Affairs Programs and Projects
Research Rolling Surveys
WHA 25 Year Anniversary
It is used to maintain and upgrade visitor facilities, walking tracks and information booths.
Singe wrote:...I'd say PWS are critically under-funded!
A maximum of 60 walkers can depart each day from Cradle Mountain. This includes 34 independent walkers, 13 group members booked to use the separate group site facilities, and 13 with Cradle Huts
Singe wrote:Interesting discussion. I walked the Tasman Peninsula loop back in November 2007, and again last December. Both times the section between Fortescue Bay and Mt Fortescue had a lot of fallen wood over the track; it was noticeably worse in 2008 - practically impassable and quite dangerous in some areas - and obviously hadn't been cleared in the interim. I had a chat with the resident PWS guy at Fortescue Bay in 2008 and mentioned the condition of the track; he said that he'd been there for six months (from memory) but hadn't had a chance to do any of the walks yet but that they were aware of the poor state of that track and planned to send rangers out to clear the track - but couldn't say when due to budget constraints. When they can't afford to send rangers out to keep major tracks passable for years at a time, I'd say PWS are critically under-funded!
Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 27 guests