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duct

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84.

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rsec

tion

94.

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nct

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4So

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Ban

k 23

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th B

ank

274.

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age

314.

7W

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Tur

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374.

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on S

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fic O

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iona

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ncil

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atew

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aste

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1In

trod

uctio

nTh

e D

aint

ree

Gat

eway

Mas

terp

lan

proj

ect i

s an

initi

ativ

e of

Cai

rns

Reg

iona

l Cou

ncil

(Cou

ncil)

to im

prov

e th

e us

er e

xper

ienc

e an

d vi

sual

app

eara

nce

of th

e D

aint

ree

Gat

eway

pre

cinc

t. Th

e D

aint

ree

is

one

of th

e st

ar a

ttrac

tions

in T

ropi

cal N

orth

Que

ensl

and

and

an

impo

rtant

par

t of t

he tr

aditi

onal

land

s of t

he K

uKu

Yal

anji

peop

le.

How

ever

the

acce

ss to

the

Dai

ntre

e is

in p

oor c

ondi

tion

and

Cou

ncil

wis

h to

dev

elop

a m

aste

rpla

n th

at w

ill g

uide

dev

elop

men

t of a

w

orld

-cla

ss g

atew

ay fa

cilit

y th

at is

mor

e be

fittin

g of

the

wor

ld

herit

age

valu

es o

f the

Dai

ntre

e-C

ape

Trib

ulat

ion

area

. Cou

ncil

also

in

tend

to a

ctiv

ely

enga

ge w

ith th

e co

mm

unity

to e

nsur

e th

e m

any

proj

ect s

take

hold

ers c

an sh

ape

the

proj

ect o

utco

mes

and

set a

be

nchm

ark

for f

utur

e pr

ojec

ts.

Aru

p ha

s bee

n en

gage

d by

Cou

ncil

to d

evel

op th

e m

aste

rpla

n in

co

nsul

tatio

n w

ith c

omm

unity

and

stak

ehol

ders

.

This

Opt

ions

Pap

er is

the

seco

nd st

age

in th

e m

aste

rpla

n pr

ojec

t. It

is

prec

eded

by

a St

rate

gic

and

Con

text

ual F

ram

ewor

ks p

aper

that

sets

ou

t a p

urpo

se, v

isio

n an

d gu

idin

g pr

inci

ples

for t

he p

roje

ct, a

s wel

l as

doc

umen

ting

the

tenu

re a

nd le

gisl

ativ

e fr

amew

ork

for t

he p

roje

ct.

The

stra

tegi

c fr

amew

ork

is su

mm

aris

ed a

t Sec

tion

3 to

ass

ist i

n in

terp

reta

tion

of th

e op

tions

out

lined

in th

is p

aper

.

The

purp

ose

of th

is O

ptio

ns P

aper

is to

des

crib

e an

d ill

ustra

te a

br

oad

rang

e of

pot

entia

l dev

elop

men

t opt

ions

for t

he p

urpo

ses o

f co

mm

unity

and

stak

ehol

der c

onsu

ltatio

n. T

he p

aper

is n

ot in

tend

ed

to re

com

men

d a

pref

erre

d op

tion

but t

o re

cord

all

optio

ns p

ropo

sed

to, o

r ide

ntifi

ed b

y, th

e co

nsul

tant

s in

the

initi

al st

ages

of t

he p

roje

ct.

This

pap

er w

ill fo

rm th

e ba

sis o

f con

sulta

tion

with

a w

ide

rang

e of

co

mm

unity

, bus

ines

s and

vis

itor s

take

hold

ers t

o te

st a

nd e

valu

ate

the

optio

ns a

nd d

evel

op a

shor

tlist

of p

refe

rred

opt

ions

for f

utur

e de

velo

pmen

t. Th

is p

roce

ss w

ill o

ccur

dur

ing

Febr

uary

via

the

web

, m

eetin

gs a

nd d

irect

inte

rvie

ws/

surv

eys.

For t

he p

urpo

ses o

f thi

s pap

er th

e st

udy

area

is d

ivid

ed in

to si

x pr

ecin

cts,

nam

ely:

Inte

rsec

tion

of C

ape

Trib

ulat

ion

& M

ossm

an-D

aint

ree

Roa

ds

Wes

tern

Pre

cinc

t

Sout

h B

ank

Nor

th B

ank

Dai

ntre

e V

illag

e

Won

ga tu

rnof

f

Non

site

spec

ific

optio

ns a

re a

lso

cons

ider

ed a

s a se

para

te ‘p

reci

nct’.

In S

ectio

n 4,

a ra

nge

of p

ossi

ble

optio

ns fo

r eac

h pr

ecin

ct, a

re

iden

tifie

d an

d de

scrib

ed, i

nclu

ding

a re

view

of a

dvan

tage

s and

di

sadv

anta

ges a

nd in

ter-

rela

tions

hip

with

oth

er o

ptio

ns. T

he o

ptio

ns

rang

e fr

om ‘d

o-no

thin

g’ to

a h

igh

leve

l of d

evel

opm

ent.

In S

ectio

n 5,

com

bina

tions

of t

he v

ario

us o

ptio

ns a

re p

rese

nted

. The

se o

ptio

ns

are

cent

red

on a

key

loca

tion

for a

n in

terp

reta

tive/

visi

tors

faci

lity

and

a ra

nge

of lo

w-h

igh

deve

lopm

ent m

odel

s ass

ocia

ted

with

eac

h lo

catio

n.

The

pape

r is i

nfor

med

by

desk

top

rese

arch

, site

inve

stig

atio

ns,

prel

imin

ary

cons

ulta

tion

and

sche

mat

ic d

esig

n. T

his p

aper

is

inte

nded

to st

imul

ate

disc

ussi

on a

nd in

form

ong

oing

con

sulta

tion.

It

does

not

pur

port

to fu

lly re

pres

ent t

he v

iew

s or i

nter

ests

of C

ounc

il or

any

pro

ject

stak

ehol

der,

and

desi

gn id

eas c

onta

ined

in th

e do

cum

ent s

houl

d no

t be

inte

rpre

ted

as a

ctua

l pro

posa

ls o

r use

d as

the

basi

s for

pro

ject

pla

nnin

g.

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2D

efin

ition

of t

he G

atew

ay

This

pro

ject

is in

tend

ed to

impr

ove

the

jour

ney

and

expe

rienc

e fo

r vi

sito

rs tr

aver

sing

and

usi

ng th

e ar

ea im

med

iate

ly a

djac

ent t

o th

e D

aint

ree

Riv

er, i

nclu

ding

Dai

ntre

e V

illag

e an

d W

onga

Bea

ch, a

nd

trave

llers

hea

ding

nor

th o

f the

rive

r to

the

Cap

e Tr

ibul

atio

n se

ctio

n of

the

Nat

iona

l Par

k. (

Ref

er to

Fi

gure

1.)

For

cla

rity

the

stud

y ar

ea

is d

escr

ibed

as t

he D

aint

ree-

Cap

e Tr

ibul

atio

n ar

ea.

For t

he K

uku

Yal

anji

peop

le, t

his a

rea

has l

ong

been

a si

gnifi

cant

pa

rt of

the

cultu

ral l

ands

cape

. Ove

r the

pas

t thr

ee d

ecad

es th

e hi

gh

biod

iver

sity

val

ues a

nd th

e re

fugi

al n

atur

e of

the

rain

fore

st e

colo

gy

has e

arne

d th

e D

aint

ree

regi

on a

nat

iona

l and

glo

bal r

eput

atio

n.

Toda

y, re

side

nts a

nd la

ndho

lder

s of t

he re

gion

cle

arly

und

erst

and

and

appr

ecia

te th

eir i

mpo

rtant

role

alo

ngsi

de th

e Tr

aditi

onal

Ow

ners

as

cus

todi

ans o

f the

uni

que

envi

ronm

ent.

The

sign

ifica

nt v

alue

s of t

he re

gion

attr

act a

stea

dy fl

ow o

f loc

al,

inte

rsta

te a

nd in

tern

atio

nal v

isito

rs. I

nfra

stru

ctur

e ha

s not

kep

t pac

e w

ith th

e in

crea

sing

vis

itor n

umbe

rs, d

emog

raph

ics a

nd e

xpec

tatio

ns.

Muc

h of

the

infr

astru

ctur

e in

the

stud

y ar

ea is

vis

ually

una

ttrac

tive,

pr

ovid

ing

an in

adeq

uate

gat

eway

for a

loca

lity

with

the

sign

ifica

nce

of th

e D

aint

ree.

The

purp

ose

of th

is p

roje

ct is

to c

reat

e a

mas

ter p

lan

for t

he

deve

lopm

ent o

f a m

ore

appr

opria

te g

atew

ay fo

r the

regi

on th

at c

an

impr

ove

visi

tor o

utco

mes

in th

e re

gion

by

crea

ting

an a

ppro

pria

te

visu

al p

rese

nce,

bui

ldin

g a

grea

ter u

nder

stan

ding

of t

he e

xper

ienc

es

and

oppo

rtuni

ties a

vaila

ble,

and

ther

efor

e as

sist

ing

visi

tors

to se

ek

out t

he p

erso

nal e

xper

ienc

es th

ey p

artic

ular

ly d

esire

. How

ever

it is

no

t int

ende

d th

at th

e re

sulti

ng g

atew

ay w

ill n

ot b

ecom

e a

dest

inat

ion

in it

s ow

n rig

ht o

r com

pete

with

exi

stin

g at

tract

ions

and

bus

ines

s in

the

area

.

Figu

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tudy

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o di

stin

ct p

urpo

ses:

Impr

ove

the

expe

rienc

e fo

r vis

itors

to th

e D

aint

ree-

Cap

e Tr

ibul

atio

n ar

ea.

Incr

ease

eco

nom

ic b

enef

it fr

om v

isita

tion

for l

ocal

com

mun

ities

and

bu

sine

sses

.

3.2

Vis

ion

The

Gat

eway

is a

n en

ticin

g la

ndm

ark

that

wel

com

es v

isito

rs to

the

mag

ical

wild

erne

ss a

nd c

ultu

ral l

ands

cape

of t

he D

aint

ree

Riv

er a

nd

the

wor

ld’s

old

est r

ainf

ores

t.

The

Gat

eway

enh

ance

s the

pro

sper

ity o

f the

Dai

ntre

e ar

ea b

y in

spiri

ng v

isito

rs to

take

mor

e tim

e to

get

to k

now

the

valu

es a

nd

stor

ies o

f thi

s out

stan

ding

nat

ural

env

ironm

ent,

its tr

aditi

onal

ow

ners

an

d th

e re

side

nt c

omm

uniti

es.

3.3

Gui

ding

Pri

ncip

les

The

follo

win

g G

uidi

ng P

rinci

ples

hav

e be

en a

dopt

ed fo

r the

pro

ject

.

Sust

aina

bilit

ySu

stai

nabi

lity

will

be

a fu

ndam

enta

l con

side

ratio

n in

the

deve

lopm

ent o

f the

Dai

ntre

e G

atew

ay, c

lear

ly e

xpre

ssed

in th

e de

sign

of b

uilt

and

natu

ral e

nviro

nmen

ts. P

roje

ct o

utco

mes

will

de

mon

stra

te a

bal

ance

bet

wee

n co

mm

unity

nee

ds, e

cono

mic

gro

wth

, cu

ltura

l pra

ctic

es, e

nviro

nmen

tal p

rote

ctio

n an

d ef

ficie

nt u

se o

f re

sour

ces.

Cul

tura

l Ass

ocia

tion

The

Dai

ntre

e G

atew

ay w

ill c

eleb

rate

the

rich

cultu

ral f

abric

of t

he

Dai

ntre

e-C

ape

Trib

ulat

ion

area

and

pro

vide

opp

ortu

nitie

s for

vis

itors

to

lear

n an

d in

tera

ct w

ith c

ultu

ral h

isto

ry a

nd c

onte

mpo

rary

pra

ctic

es

thro

ugh

inte

rpre

tive

disp

lays

, mat

eria

ls, d

esig

n an

d ar

t. Th

e pr

ecin

ct

will

hon

our t

he E

aste

rn K

uku

Yal

anji

as th

e tra

ditio

nal o

wne

rs o

f the

la

nd a

nd w

ill a

lso

ackn

owle

dge

the

non-

Indi

geno

us h

isto

ry a

nd

asso

ciat

ion

with

the

Dai

ntre

e ar

ea.

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Env

iron

men

tal P

rote

ctio

n Th

e D

aint

ree

Gat

eway

will

be

a ce

lebr

atio

n of

the

sign

ifica

nce

and

natu

ral w

onde

r of t

he W

et T

ropi

cs W

orld

Her

itage

Are

a an

d D

aint

ree

Nat

iona

l Par

k. D

evel

opm

ent a

nd la

nd u

ses a

ssoc

iate

d w

ith

the

Gat

eway

will

impr

ove

degr

aded

are

as, e

nhan

ce v

ista

s and

scen

ic

amen

ity a

nd d

o no

har

m to

the

coas

tal a

nd ri

verin

e pr

oces

ses o

f the

D

aint

ree

Riv

er, e

ndem

ic h

abita

ts a

nd e

co sy

stem

s, or

the

cultu

ral

land

scap

e.

Loc

al E

cono

my

The

Dai

ntre

e G

atew

ay w

ill e

nhan

ce th

e pr

ospe

rity

of lo

cal

busi

ness

es a

nd c

omm

uniti

es. I

t will

con

tribu

te to

gre

ater

aw

aren

ess

of th

e ex

perie

nces

ava

ilabl

e in

the

regi

on a

nd w

ill p

rom

ote

and

com

plem

ent e

xist

ing

busi

ness

es a

nd a

ttrac

tions

.

Sens

e of

Pla

ce

The

Dai

ntre

e G

atew

ay w

ill c

lear

ly m

ark

the

jour

ney

from

rura

l la

ndsc

ape

to w

ilder

ness

env

ironm

ent a

nd p

ay h

omag

e to

the

natu

ral

and

cultu

ral c

hara

cter

of t

he D

aint

ree-

Cap

e Tr

ibul

atio

n ar

ea. T

he

Gat

eway

will

cre

ate

a st

rong

sens

e of

arr

ival

, wel

com

e an

d an

ticip

atio

n an

d pr

ovid

e a

visi

tor e

xper

ienc

e be

fittin

g th

e w

orld

cla

ss

valu

es o

f the

are

a.

Cha

ract

erTh

e G

atew

ay w

ill re

flect

the

tropi

cal a

nd n

atur

al c

hara

cter

of t

he D

aint

ree-

Cap

e Tr

ibul

atio

n ar

ea. T

he b

uilt

form

will

be

a hi

gh q

ualit

y de

sign

that

re

flect

s and

resp

ects

the

natu

ral a

reas

and

cha

ract

er o

f the

loca

l are

a.

Plan

ning

of t

he p

roje

ct w

ill e

nhan

ce v

ista

s and

deg

rade

d ar

eas a

nd re

tain

an

d in

crea

se v

eget

atio

n.

Acc

ess a

nd M

obili

ty

The

Dai

ntre

e G

atew

ay w

ill tr

ansf

orm

the

way

in w

hich

peo

ple

mov

e th

roug

h th

e en

tire

Dai

ntre

e re

gion

and

the

choi

ces t

hey

mak

e ab

out

jour

neys

and

des

tinat

ions

. In

the

imm

edia

te d

evel

opm

ent a

rea,

the

Gat

eway

will

ratio

nalis

e th

e ro

ad n

etw

ork,

par

king

are

as a

nd ri

ver

acce

ss, c

reat

ing

a sa

fe, l

egib

le a

nd a

cces

sibl

e en

viro

nmen

t tha

t mee

ts

the

need

s of a

ll us

ers.

Plan

ning

A su

cces

sful

Dai

ntre

e G

atew

ay p

roje

ct w

ill b

e de

liver

ed b

y an

in

tegr

ated

and

col

labo

rativ

e pl

anni

ng p

roce

ss in

form

ed b

y th

e:

cultu

ral v

alue

s of t

he la

ndsc

ape

and

prec

inct

;

wea

lth o

f loc

al k

now

ledg

e an

d id

eas;

impo

rtant

role

of t

ouris

m in

the

area

;

need

to m

ake

prov

isio

n fo

r ada

ptat

ion

and

chan

ge; a

nd

valu

e of

goo

d de

sign

, inn

ovat

ion

and

crea

tivity

.

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ptio

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naly

sis

4.1

Intr

oduc

tion

In th

is se

ctio

n a

rang

e of

opt

ions

are

pre

sent

ed fo

r the

six

prec

inct

s with

in

the

stud

y ar

ea, n

amel

y:

Inte

rsec

tion

(Cap

e Tr

ibul

atio

n &

Mos

sman

-Dai

ntre

e R

oads

)

Wes

tern

Pre

cinc

t

Sout

h B

ank

Nor

th B

ank

Dai

ntre

e V

illag

e

Won

ga tu

rnof

f and

Non

site

spec

ific

optio

ns a

re c

onsi

dere

d un

der a

seve

nth

sect

ion.

For e

ach

prec

inct

, the

re is

a ta

ble

sum

mar

isin

g th

e ra

nge

of o

ptio

ns. T

his i

s fo

llow

ed b

y a

mor

e de

taile

d de

scrip

tion

and

conc

eptu

al il

lust

ratio

n fo

r ea

ch o

ptio

n.

The

rang

e of

opt

ions

exp

lore

d fo

r eac

h pr

ecin

ct in

clud

e co

nsid

erat

ion

of a

do

not

hing

opt

ion,

and

low

thro

ugh

to h

igh

leve

ls o

f dev

elop

men

t. Th

is

will

ens

ure

a fu

ll ra

nge

of o

ptio

ns a

re c

onsi

dere

d fo

r eac

h si

te. T

able

4.1

de

scrib

es in

brie

f the

4 le

vels

of d

evel

opm

ent a

nd d

epic

ts th

e sh

adin

g us

ed

to d

enot

e th

ese

deve

lopm

ent l

evel

s thr

ough

out t

he re

port.

Tabl

e 4.

1 D

evel

opm

ent L

evel

s

Do

Not

hing

Fa

cilit

ies r

emai

n un

chan

ged

- no

new

wor

ks

prop

osed

in re

latio

n to

this

pro

ject

.

Low

leve

l of

deve

lopm

ent

Min

or w

orks

to d

evel

op lo

w k

ey, e

ssen

tial

faci

litie

s onl

y

For e

xam

ple:

land

scap

ing,

sign

age,

safe

rive

r ac

cess

, saf

e pe

dest

rian

rout

es, c

ar p

arki

ng a

nd

legi

ble

acce

ss ro

utes

.

Mod

erat

e le

vel

of d

evel

opm

ent

Mod

erat

e le

vel o

f wor

ks to

dev

elop

info

rmat

ion

faci

litie

s and

/or v

isito

r am

eniti

es (s

uch

as

toile

ts, s

ouve

nirs

and

food

and

bev

erag

e st

ands

) in

add

ition

to e

ssen

tial w

orks

.

Hig

h le

vel o

f de

velo

pmen

t

Maj

or w

orks

to d

eliv

er a

sig

nific

ant f

acili

ty.

Scop

e w

ould

incl

ude

esse

ntia

l fac

ilitie

s plu

s hi

gh q

ualit

y, v

isua

lly si

gnifi

cant

int

erpr

etat

ive

faci

litie

s and

/or v

isito

r fac

ilitie

s.

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Mos

sman

-Dai

ntre

e an

d C

ape

Tri

bula

tion

Roa

ds In

ters

ectio

n

4.2.

1E

xist

ing

Con

ditio

ns

The

inte

rsec

tion

of th

e M

ossm

an-D

aint

ree

and

Cap

e Tr

ibul

atio

n ro

ads i

s a k

ey d

ecis

ion

poin

t in

the

‘Dai

ntre

e jo

urne

y’. C

ontin

uing

al

ong

the

Mos

sman

-Dai

ntre

e R

d ta

kes t

he tr

avel

lers

to a

num

ber o

f riv

er to

ur o

pera

tors

and

Dai

ntre

e V

illag

e, w

here

as m

akin

g th

e rig

ht

hand

turn

take

s tra

velle

rs to

oth

er to

ur o

pera

tions

, the

Dai

ntre

e R

iver

Fe

rry

and

onw

ards

to C

ape

Trib

ulat

ion.

The

inte

rsec

tion

is se

t am

ongs

t can

efie

lds w

ith n

o pa

rticu

lar

land

scap

e or

des

ign

treat

men

t. R

oad

sign

age

advi

ses o

f the

turn

ont

o C

ape

Trib

ulat

ion

Roa

d. T

here

is a

sim

ple

cafe

set w

ell b

ack

from

the

road

with

littl

e vi

sual

pre

senc

e an

d a

poor

ly p

rese

nted

vis

itor

info

rmat

ion

bay

whi

ch in

clud

es o

nly

adve

rtisi

ng fo

r tou

r pro

duct

s, no

gen

eral

info

rmat

ion

or in

terp

reta

tion

abou

t the

are

a an

d op

tions

av

aila

ble.

The

key

aspe

cts o

f the

pre

cinc

t are

dep

icte

d at

Fig

ure

4.2.

1

Figu

re 4

.2.1

– E

xist

ing

Con

ditio

ns a

t Mos

sman

-Dai

ntre

e an

d C

ape

Trib

ulat

ion

Roa

ds In

ters

ectio

n

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Ref

Pote

ntia

l Act

ion

(Opt

ion)

Co

mm

ents

IN.0

Do

noth

ing

Doe

s not

ach

ieve

pro

ject

obj

ectiv

es

Leav

ing

the

exis

ting

pull-

over

and

sign

age

may

aff

ect l

egib

ility

of t

he g

atew

ay if

not

up

grad

ed

IN.1

Rem

ove

sign

age/

pull-

over

and

reh

abili

tate

ar

eaPr

efer

able

to d

o-no

thin

g op

tion

for l

ow im

pact

wor

ks in

this

are

a.

An

alte

rnat

ive

loca

tion

wou

ld b

e re

quire

d fo

r tou

rist i

nfor

mat

ion

IN.2

Upg

rade

exi

stin

g pu

ll-ov

er a

rea

Min

imal

cos

t opt

ion

with

no

land

pur

chas

e co

sts a

nd fe

w o

ngoi

ng c

osts

Ava

ilabl

e ar

ea is

con

stra

ined

Bes

t in

conj

unct

ion

with

oth

er o

ptio

ns

IN.3

Cre

ate

entr

y tr

eatm

ent a

t int

erse

ctio

n

Min

imal

cos

t opt

ion

with

no

land

pur

chas

e co

sts a

nd fe

w o

ngoi

ng c

osts

Bes

t in

conj

unct

ion

with

oth

er o

ptio

ns (e

g In

.2)

IN.4

Est

ablis

h vi

sito

rs/in

terp

retiv

e ce

ntre

at

inte

rsec

tion

Hig

h co

st o

ptio

n in

clud

ing

land

pur

chas

e an

d on

goin

g co

sts

Loca

tion

mak

es c

lear

stat

emen

t abo

ut in

clus

ion

of D

aint

ree

Vill

age

with

in th

e D

aint

ree

Prec

inct

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3D

escr

iptio

n of

Opt

ions

Opt

ion

IN.1

: Rem

ove

sign

age/

pull-

over

and

reh

abili

tate

site

Prop

osed

Sco

pe:

Rem

ove

exis

ting

info

rmat

ion

sign

age

and

pull-

over

are

a.

Land

scap

e si

te

Adv

anta

ges:

Plac

es th

e fo

cus o

f gat

eway

on

othe

r par

ts o

f the

stud

y ar

ea

Dis

adva

ntag

es:

Crit

ical

dec

isio

n po

int i

n jo

urne

y no

t hig

hlig

hted

Opp

ortu

nity

to p

rom

ote

Dai

ntre

e V

illag

e as

a p

art o

f the

G

atew

ay is

lost

Ava

ilabl

e si

te is

und

er-u

tilis

ed

Lin

kage

s to

othe

r op

tions

:

Inte

rpre

tive

info

rmat

ion

mus

t be

prov

ided

els

ewhe

re

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Opt

ion

IN.2

: Upg

rade

Pul

l Ove

r A

rea

Prop

osed

Sco

pe:

Upg

rade

exi

stin

g pu

ll-ov

er a

rea

with

hig

h qu

ality

land

scap

ing,

to

uris

t inf

orm

atio

n an

d so

me

gene

ral i

nfor

mat

ion/

inte

rpre

tive

sign

age

Adv

anta

ges:

Min

imal

cos

t opt

ion

- no

land

pur

chas

e co

sts a

nd fe

w o

ngoi

ng

cost

s

Incl

udes

the

Dai

ntre

e V

illag

e as

a p

art o

f the

gat

eway

Sepa

rate

s tou

rist i

nfor

mat

ion

from

recr

eatio

nal a

nd to

uris

t use

rs o

f th

e riv

er a

nd lo

cals

cro

ssin

g th

e riv

er

Dis

adva

ntag

es:

Adj

acen

t to

the

high

way

with

low

leve

l of a

men

ity

Scen

ic v

iew

s but

not

icon

ic D

aint

ree

expe

rienc

e

Dis

tant

from

the

Dai

ntre

e R

iver

ther

efor

e co

nnec

tion

with

the

cros

sing

lost

No

oppo

rtuni

ty fo

r am

eniti

es a

nd p

icni

c fa

cilit

ies,

or c

omm

erci

al

activ

ities

Lim

ited

num

ber o

f use

rs c

an b

e ac

com

mod

ated

Lin

kage

s to

othe

r op

tions

:

Allo

ws f

or a

low

er im

pact

opt

ion

at th

e D

aint

ree

Riv

er (W

este

rn

Prec

inct

, Sou

th B

ank

and

Nor

th B

ank)

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IN.3

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reat

men

t at I

nter

sect

ion

Prop

osed

Sco

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Entry

trea

tmen

t at i

nter

sect

ion,

incl

udin

g si

gnag

e, p

ublic

art,

la

ndsc

ape

and

pave

men

t tre

atm

ent.

Adv

anta

ges:

Min

imal

cos

t opt

ion

with

low

land

pur

chas

e co

sts a

nd fe

w

ongo

ing

cost

s

Emph

asis

es ro

ute

sele

ctio

n, re

duci

ng m

isse

d tu

rns

Dis

adva

ntag

es:

Ava

ilabl

e ar

ea is

con

stra

ined

Car

bas

ed e

xper

ienc

e, n

o op

portu

nity

for s

topp

ing

and

land

scap

e in

terp

reta

tion

Lin

kage

s to

othe

r op

tions

:

Com

patib

le w

ith a

ll ot

her o

ptio

ns

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ion

IN.4

: Int

erpr

etiv

e/V

isito

rs C

entr

e at

Cap

e T

ribu

latio

n R

oad

Inte

rsec

tion

Prop

osed

Sco

pe:

Inte

rpre

tive

cent

re (o

n si

te o

f exi

stin

g ca

fe o

r on

north

-eas

t co

rner

). M

ay in

clud

e re

fres

hed

exis

ting

or n

ew c

afe

on si

te.

Adv

anta

ges:

Loca

tion

mak

es c

lear

stat

emen

t abo

ut in

clus

ion

of D

aint

ree

Vill

age

with

in th

e D

aint

ree

Prec

inct

Bui

lds u

pon

exis

ting

busi

ness

rath

er th

an a

ddin

g co

mpe

titio

n

Dis

adva

ntag

es:

Hig

h co

st o

ptio

n in

clud

ing

land

pur

chas

e an

d on

goin

g co

sts

May

requ

ire te

mpo

rary

dis

plac

emen

t of e

xist

ing

busi

ness

Lin

kage

s to

othe

r op

tions

:

Allo

ws f

or a

low

er im

pact

opt

ion

at th

e D

aint

ree

Riv

er (W

este

rn

Prec

inct

, Sou

th B

ank

and

Nor

th B

ank)

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Wes

tern

Pre

cinc

t

4.3.

1E

xist

ing

Con

ditio

ns

The

Wes

tern

Pre

cinc

t is l

ocat

ed w

here

the

Cap

e Tr

ibul

atio

n ro

ad

mee

ts th

e riv

er a

nd m

akes

a ri

ght h

and

bend

tow

ards

the

east

and

fe

rry

cros

sing

. It i

s a v

isua

lly si

gnifi

cant

poi

nt o

n th

e jo

urne

y, w

hich

is

mar

red

by th

e ge

nera

l con

ditio

n of

the

site

. Vis

ual a

men

ity is

fu

rther

det

ract

ed b

y a

cane

bin

load

ing

area

and

dre

dge

spoi

l pile

on

the

appr

oach

to th

e pr

ecin

ct.

The

site

cur

rent

ly in

clud

es a

unf

orm

ed p

arki

ng a

rea,

pub

lic b

oat

ram

p, la

ndin

g po

ntoo

n fo

r tou

r ope

rato

rs, c

once

ssio

n st

ands

for t

our

oper

ator

s, po

rtabl

e to

ilets

and

an

old

shel

ter w

ith so

me

inte

rpre

tive

sign

age.

At p

eak

tour

tim

es a

nd o

n w

eeke

nds/

publ

ic h

olid

ays t

he

area

is h

eavi

ly u

sed

by lo

cal f

ishe

r peo

ple

and

visi

tors

. How

ever

the

infr

astru

ctur

e is

gen

eral

ly ‘t

ired’

and

in p

oor c

ondi

tion,

with

ver

y po

or v

isua

l am

enity

. The

are

a do

es n

ot m

eet p

ublic

exp

ecta

tions

for

acce

ssib

ility

requ

irem

ents

.

The

Wes

tern

Pre

cinc

t inc

lude

s a n

umbe

r of r

eser

ve te

nure

s, in

clud

ing

road

rese

rve

and

coas

tal e

spla

nade

. Res

olut

ion

of te

nure

ha

s bee

n on

ong

oing

impe

dim

ent t

o im

prov

emen

t wor

ks.

Figu

re 4

.3.1

Exi

stin

g co

nditi

ons a

t the

Wes

tern

Pre

cinc

t

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Refe

renc

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tent

ial A

ctio

n (O

ptio

n)

Com

men

ts

WP.

0D

o no

thin

g D

oes n

ot a

chie

ve p

roje

ct o

bjec

tives

WP.

1R

ealig

n C

ape

Tri

bula

tion

Roa

d

A re

-alig

nmen

t on

appr

oach

to th

e pr

ecin

ct m

ay sl

ow tr

affic

and

impr

ove

the

visu

al e

xper

ienc

e

May

not

be

able

to g

et su

ffic

ient

adj

ustm

ent t

o th

e ro

ad a

lignm

ent w

ithin

road

ea

sem

ent t

o m

ake

a m

ater

ial r

educ

tion

in tr

affic

spee

d

WP.

2U

pgra

de e

xist

ing

faci

litie

sW

orks

wou

ld in

clud

e de

fined

par

king

, lan

dsca

ping

, am

eniti

es, i

mpr

oved

in

terp

retiv

e si

gnag

e, p

ublic

art

and

mor

e vi

sual

ly a

ppea

ling

tour

boo

king

hut

s.

Esse

ntia

l wor

ks to

impr

oves

safe

ty a

nd a

men

ity fo

r cur

rent

use

s

WP.

3B

oard

wal

k in

Oxb

ow W

etla

nds

May

be

dupl

icat

ing

faci

litie

s pro

vide

d on

Cap

e Tr

ibul

atio

n

Scen

ic a

men

ity /

heal

th o

f wet

land

s que

stio

nabl

e, w

ould

requ

ire re

habi

litat

ion

to p

rovi

de q

ualit

y ex

perie

nce

WP.

4L

ooko

ut to

wer

in c

anop

y on

riv

er b

ank

Uni

que

pers

pect

ive

on D

aint

ree

Riv

er, p

rovi

de g

ood

intro

duct

ion

to

expe

rienc

e

May

be

dupl

icat

ing

look

-out

s/ca

nopy

wal

ks a

vaila

ble

north

of t

he ri

ver

WP.

5In

terp

retiv

e/vi

sito

rs c

entr

e W

ould

incl

ude

tour

boo

king

des

ks, c

ultu

ral a

nd n

atur

al in

terp

reta

tion

and

poss

ible

sale

of r

efre

shm

ents

. May

incl

ude

sale

of f

erry

tick

ets t

o re

duce

qu

euin

g.

WP.

6Po

ntoo

n st

yle

inte

rpre

tive/

visi

tors

faci

lity

on r

iver

Si

mila

r sco

pe to

WP.

6, m

ore

cost

and

hig

h flo

od ri

sk

Prov

ides

an

icon

ic e

xper

ienc

e

May

com

pete

with

exi

stin

g bu

sine

ss

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Opt

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Opt

ion

WP.

1: R

e-al

ign

Cap

e T

ribu

latio

n R

oad

Prop

osed

Sco

pe:

Min

or re

alig

nmen

t to

Dai

ntre

e Fe

rry

Roa

d to

slow

trav

el sp

eeds

ap

proa

chin

g th

e to

ur d

epar

ture

are

a (o

r rou

ndab

out a

t ent

ry to

W

este

rn P

reci

nct)

Adv

anta

ges:

Slow

er tr

affic

and

impr

oved

safe

ty

Cre

ate

a m

ore

inte

rest

ing/

visu

ally

ent

icin

g ex

perie

nce

Dis

adva

ntag

es:

Land

cos

t if c

anno

t be

acco

mm

odat

ed o

n ro

ad v

erge

s

May

not

be

suff

icie

nt la

nd a

vaila

ble

to c

reat

e en

ough

alig

nmen

t ch

ange

to re

duce

the

spee

d

Lin

kage

s to

othe

r op

tions

:

May

be

com

bine

d w

ith a

ny o

ther

opt

ions

.\

Parti

cula

rly a

ppro

pria

te fo

r opt

ions

invo

lvin

g su

bsta

ntia

l de

velo

pmen

t of t

he W

este

rn P

reci

nct.

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Opt

ion

WP.

2: U

pgra

de E

xist

ing

Faci

litie

s

Prop

osed

Sco

pe:

Upg

rade

exi

stin

g pa

rkin

g ar

ea w

ith d

efin

ed p

arki

ng, l

ands

capi

ng,

amen

ities

, im

prov

ed in

terp

retiv

e si

gnag

e, p

ublic

art

and

mor

e vi

sual

ly a

ppea

ling

tour

boo

king

hut

s.

Adv

anta

ges:

Impr

oved

sepa

ratio

n of

day

use

vis

itors

and

boa

t ram

p us

ers

Impr

oved

am

eniti

es /

shar

ed u

se o

f am

enity

bui

ldin

g

Riv

er C

ruis

e st

ands

org

anis

ed a

nd m

ore

attra

ctiv

e

Cle

ar/s

afe

park

ing

and

bus d

rop

off a

reas

, roa

d cr

ossi

ng p

oint

s and

pe

dest

rian

path

way

s

Safe

and

attr

activ

e pi

cnic

/rest

are

as

Land

scap

e de

sign

to im

prov

e vi

sual

am

enity

Dire

ct v

isito

rs to

safe

rive

r acc

ess

Dis

adva

ntag

es:

Like

ly to

invo

lve

som

e la

nd c

osts

Lim

ited

capa

city

for g

row

th in

vis

itor n

umbe

rs a

nd n

umbe

r of

conc

essi

ons

No

form

al in

terp

retiv

e fa

cilit

ies a

t site

Lin

kage

s to

othe

r op

tions

:

Wou

ld c

ompl

emen

t int

erpr

etiv

e/vi

sito

r cen

tre in

oth

er lo

catio

n

Arg

uabl

y an

ess

entia

l wor

k sc

ope

to su

ppor

t exi

stin

g us

es

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ion

WP.

3: B

oard

wal

k on

Oxb

ow W

etla

nds

Prop

osed

Sco

pe:

Boa

rdw

alk

in w

etla

nds o

n C

ape

Trib

ulat

ion

Roa

d (b

etw

een

inte

rsec

tion

and

Wes

tern

Pre

cinc

t)

Adv

anta

ges:

Cel

ebra

tes d

iver

se lo

cal h

abita

t

Dis

adva

ntag

es:

Pote

ntia

l dup

licat

ion

of w

etla

nd w

alks

alre

ady

esta

blis

hed

at C

ape

Trib

ulat

ion

May

dis

tract

from

jour

ney

and

activ

ities

ava

ilabl

e at

the

Dai

ntre

e R

iver

Qua

lity

/ hea

lth o

f wet

land

s que

stio

nabl

e

Lin

kage

s to

othe

r op

tions

:

Wou

ld w

ork

best

as a

par

t of a

serie

s of e

lem

ents

alo

ng th

e jo

urne

y to

the

Dai

ntre

e

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ion

WP.

4: L

ooko

ut T

ower

in M

angr

ove

Can

opy

Prop

osed

Sco

pe:

Con

stru

ct n

ew lo

okou

t tow

er in

can

opy

on ri

ver b

ank

prov

idin

g 36

0 vi

ews o

f riv

er, r

iver

mou

th, m

angr

oves

and

surr

ound

ing

rang

es.

Adv

anta

ges:

Cre

ate

addi

tiona

l attr

actio

n fo

r vis

itors

to st

op a

t Wes

tern

Pre

cinc

t

Uni

que

pers

pect

ive

on ri

ver

Dis

adva

ntag

es:

Sim

ilar e

xper

ienc

e to

nea

rby

faci

litie

s on

Cap

e Tr

ibul

atio

n (h

owev

er th

ese

are

rain

fore

st)

Lin

kage

s to

othe

r op

tions

:

Wou

ld b

e a

feat

ure

of th

e ga

tew

ay

Nee

ds to

be

supp

orte

d by

oth

er in

terp

retiv

e/vi

sito

r opt

ions

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ions

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5: In

terp

retiv

e/V

isito

rs C

entr

e

Prop

osed

Sco

pe:

Inte

rpre

tive

cent

re/v

isito

rs c

entre

. Ove

rall

deve

lopm

ent w

ould

als

o in

clud

e to

ur b

ooki

ng d

esks

, ref

resh

men

ts, p

arki

ng a

nd la

ndsc

ape

upgr

ades

and

may

incl

ude

sale

of f

erry

tick

ets.

Adv

anta

ges:

Pote

ntia

l for

wor

ld c

lass

des

tinat

ion

– na

tura

l and

cul

tura

l in

terp

reta

tion

Impr

oved

sepa

ratio

n of

day

use

vis

itors

and

boa

t ram

p us

ers

Impr

oved

am

eniti

es /

shar

ed u

se o

f am

enity

bui

ldin

g

Tour

boo

king

s mor

e or

gani

sed

and

mor

e at

tract

ive

Cle

ar/s

afe

park

ing

and

bus d

rop

off a

reas

, roa

d cr

ossi

ng p

oint

s and

pe

dest

rian

path

way

s

Safe

and

attr

activ

e pi

cnic

/rest

are

as

Land

scap

e de

sign

to im

prov

e vi

sual

am

enity

Dire

ct v

isito

rs to

safe

rive

r acc

ess

Pote

ntia

l to

stre

am li

ne fe

rry

ticke

ts a

nd q

ueui

ng

Dis

adva

ntag

es:

Land

cos

t and

ope

ratio

nal c

osts

Pron

e to

floo

ding

Lin

kage

s to

othe

r op

tions

:

Wou

ld b

e th

e fo

cal p

oint

of t

he G

atew

ay su

ppor

ted

by o

ther

min

or

wor

ks

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6: P

onto

on st

yle

inte

rpre

tive/

visi

tors

cen

tre

on r

iver

Prop

osed

Sco

pe:

Subs

tant

ial p

onto

on fa

cilit

y, p

oten

tially

incl

udin

g in

terp

retiv

e di

spla

ys,

tour

boo

king

s, to

ur d

epar

ture

s and

caf

e.

(In

conj

unct

ion

with

upg

rade

s to

park

ing

area

s and

am

eniti

es)

Adv

anta

ges:

All

as p

er W

P.5

Riv

er lo

catio

n ha

s pot

entia

l to

mak

e th

e ex

perie

nce

mor

e m

emor

able

/icon

ic

Dis

adva

ntag

es:

Pote

ntia

l eco

logi

cal i

mpa

cts

Impa

ct o

n vi

sual

am

enity

of r

iver

Wou

ld n

eed

to b

e re

loca

ted

in fl

ood

even

ts, a

nd c

ould

be

a lia

bilit

y in

sudd

en fl

ood

even

ts, p

artic

ular

ly to

the

ferr

y.

Plan

ning

con

stra

ints

on

deve

lopm

ent w

ithin

Riv

er

Lin

kage

s to

othe

r op

tions

:

Wou

ld b

e th

e fo

cal p

oint

of t

he G

atew

ay, c

ompl

emen

ted

by o

ther

lo

w le

vel d

evel

opm

ent

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4.4

Sout

h B

ank

4.4.

1E

xist

ing

Con

ditio

ns

The

Sout

h B

ank

is th

e ar

ea n

ear t

he so

uthe

rn a

cces

s to

the

ferr

y cr

ossi

ng, i

t in

clud

es th

e fe

rry

ticke

t boo

ths,

a ci

rcul

ar ro

ad n

etw

ork

and

vehi

cle

queu

ing

area

, a p

rivat

e re

side

nce

(leas

ehol

d), a

rese

rve

with

am

eniti

es

build

ing,

the

ferr

y ap

proa

ch a

nd m

achi

nery

, and

acc

ess t

o on

e riv

er to

ur

oper

atio

n.

The

land

is la

rgel

y re

serv

e te

nure

, inc

ludi

ng o

ne re

serv

e gr

ante

d to

W

este

rn K

uku

Yal

anji

unde

r the

ILU

A.

As w

ith th

e W

este

rn P

reci

nct t

he in

fras

truct

ure

is ‘t

ired’

, in

poor

con

ditio

n an

d w

ith a

low

leve

l of v

isua

l am

enity

.

Figu

re 4

.4.1

: Exi

stin

g co

nditi

ons a

t the

Sou

th B

ank

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Refe

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tent

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ptio

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Com

men

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SB.0

Do

noth

ing

Doe

s not

ach

ieve

pro

ject

obj

ectiv

es

SB.1

Upg

rade

s to

Lan

dsca

pe a

nd C

ircu

latio

n

Rem

ove/

ratio

nalis

e si

gnag

e an

d im

plem

ent a

coo

rdin

ated

land

scap

e pl

an

acro

ss th

e pr

ecin

ct

Will

add

ress

vis

ual a

men

ity is

sues

SB.2

Upg

rade

vis

itor

amen

ities

In

add

ition

to m

inor

upg

rade

s, re

plac

e cu

rren

t am

eniti

es b

uild

ing

with

im

prov

ed fa

cilit

y an

d fo

rmal

ised

par

king

/rest

are

a.

SB.3

Inte

rpre

tive/

visi

tors

cen

tre

on K

uku

Yal

anji

site

A

ssis

t the

Tra

ditio

nal O

wne

rs to

dev

elop

an

inte

rpre

tive/

visi

tors

cen

tre w

ith

focu

s on

Indi

geno

us c

ultu

ral h

erita

ge.

Loca

tion

adja

cent

to a

t fer

ry la

ndin

g ha

s the

pot

entia

l to

crea

te tr

affic

pr

oble

ms.

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3D

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Opt

ions

Opt

ion

SB.1

: Upg

rade

s to

Lan

dsca

pe a

nd C

ircu

latio

n an

d SB

2. U

pgra

de V

isito

r A

men

ities

Pr

opos

ed S

cope

:

Gen

eral

land

scap

e an

d vi

sual

am

enity

upg

rade

s bet

wee

n tic

ket

hut a

nd fe

rry.

Rem

ove/

ratio

nalis

e si

gnag

e.

Adv

anta

ges:

Gre

ater

cla

rity

and

visu

al a

men

ity a

long

rout

e to

ferr

y

Sim

ple

and

info

rmat

ive

sign

age

Shad

e fo

r wai

ting

vehi

cles

Prot

ectio

n of

rive

r edg

e an

d rip

aria

n ve

geta

tion

Cle

ar p

arki

ng a

nd v

ehic

le q

ueui

ng a

rea

Safe

road

cro

ssin

g po

ints

and

sepa

rate

d pa

thw

ays

Buf

fer P

lant

ing

to im

prov

e vi

ews

Vis

itors

orie

nted

aw

ay fr

om ri

ver e

dge

and

unsa

fe w

ater

acc

ess

Dis

adva

ntag

es:

No

impr

ovem

ents

to a

men

ities

Lin

kage

s to

othe

r op

tions

:

May

be

done

in c

onju

nctio

n w

ith a

ny o

ther

wor

k sc

opes

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Opt

ion

SB.3

: Int

erpr

etiv

e/vi

sito

rs c

entr

e on

Kuk

u Y

alan

ji si

te

Prop

osed

Sco

pe:

Dev

elop

a c

ultu

ral i

nter

pret

ive

cent

re o

n re

serv

e la

nd tr

ansf

erre

d to

Kuk

u Y

alan

ji un

der t

he IL

UA

.

Adv

anta

ges:

Has

pot

entia

l to

cont

ribut

e to

wor

ld c

lass

des

tinat

ion,

incl

udin

g ic

onic

bui

ldin

g

May

mee

ts a

spira

tions

of T

radi

tiona

l Ow

ners

Res

pond

s to

mar

ket d

eman

d fo

r cul

tura

l tou

rism

exp

erie

nces

May

impr

ove

amen

ities

and

exp

erie

nce

in S

outh

Ban

k pr

ecin

ct

Dis

adva

ntag

es:

Pote

ntia

l for

com

petit

ion

with

/ du

plic

atio

n of

faci

litie

s bei

ng

deve

lope

d at

Mos

sman

Gor

ge

Add

ition

al a

ctiv

ity in

this

are

a m

ay re

duce

eff

icie

ncy

of c

ars

acce

ssin

g th

e fe

rry

Add

ition

al p

arki

ng re

quire

d to

serv

ice

inte

rpre

tive

cent

re

Lin

kage

s to

othe

r op

tions

:

Wou

ld p

lace

em

phas

is o

n So

uth

Ban

k ar

eas a

s foc

al p

oint

of

Gat

eway

Pote

ntia

l to

achi

eve

this

out

com

e in

oth

er lo

catio

ns w

ith le

ss

traff

ic is

sues

, thr

ough

agr

eem

ent w

ith tr

aditi

onal

ow

ners

.

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4.5

Nor

th B

ank

4.5.

1E

xist

ing

Con

ditio

ns

The

Nor

th B

ank

prim

arily

com

pris

es tr

affic

acc

ess t

o th

e fe

rry

land

ing.

Tou

r boa

t ope

rato

rs a

lso

use

the

site

to d

ownl

oad/

pick

-up

visi

tors

for a

one

way

tour

, how

ever

ther

e ar

e no

form

al la

ndin

g fa

cilit

ies.

Ther

e ar

e a

smal

l num

ber o

f sta

ndin

g ba

ys fo

r bus

es

utili

sing

this

dro

p of

f ser

vice

s and

a p

orta

ble

toile

t. O

ther

wis

e th

e ar

ea is

rela

tivel

y un

deve

lope

d.

Figu

re 4

.5.1

: Exi

stin

g co

nditi

ons a

t the

Nor

th B

ank

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Refe

renc

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tent

ial A

ctio

n (O

ptio

n)

Com

men

ts

NB

.0D

o no

thin

g D

oes n

ot a

chie

ve p

roje

ct o

bjec

tives

NB

.1U

pgra

des t

o L

ands

cape

and

Cir

cula

tion

Im

plem

ent a

coo

rdin

ated

land

scap

e pl

an a

cros

s the

pre

cinc

t

Will

add

ress

vis

ual a

men

ity is

sues

NB

.2T

our

boat

land

ing

and

faci

litie

s In

stal

l a sm

all p

onto

on fo

r tou

r boa

t pic

k-up

/dro

p-of

fs, a

n am

eniti

es b

uild

ing

and

impr

oved

circ

ulat

ion

faci

litie

s for

tour

boa

t use

rs.

NB

.3B

oat r

amp

and

faci

litie

s Pu

rcha

se a

n ad

jace

nt p

rope

rty a

nd d

evel

op p

arki

ng a

rea

and

amen

ities

in

clea

red

part

of si

te, i

n co

njun

ctio

n w

ith d

evel

opm

ent o

f a b

oat r

amp

to e

ase

cong

estio

n on

the

ferr

y an

d at

the

sout

hern

boa

t ram

p.

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Opt

ion

NB

.1: U

pgra

des t

o L

ands

cape

and

Cir

cula

tion

Prop

osed

Sco

pe:

Gen

eral

land

scap

e an

d vi

sual

am

enity

upg

rade

s adj

acen

t to

ferr

y la

ndin

g. Im

prov

e si

gnag

e an

d pe

dest

rian

safe

ty.

Adv

anta

ges:

Cle

ar a

nd d

irect

rout

e to

ferr

y

Sim

ple

and

info

rmat

ive

sign

age

Prot

ectio

n of

rive

r edg

e an

d rip

aria

n ve

geta

tion

Cle

ar p

arki

ng, v

ehic

le q

ueui

ng a

rea,

bus

turn

aro

und

and

wai

ting

area

s

Shad

ed, c

omfo

rtabl

e bu

s she

lter

Safe

road

cro

ssin

g po

ints

and

sepa

rate

d pa

thw

ays

Vis

itors

orie

nted

aw

ay fr

om ri

ver e

dge

and

unsa

fe w

ater

acc

ess

Dis

adva

ntag

es:

No

toile

t fac

ultie

s or i

mpr

ovem

ent o

f boa

t lan

ding

Lin

kage

s to

othe

r op

tions

:

Link

s to

all o

ther

opt

ions

Opt

ion

NB

.2: T

our

Boa

t Lan

ding

and

Fac

ilitie

s

Prop

osed

Sco

pe:

Form

alis

e to

ur b

oat l

andi

ng, i

nclu

ding

with

wai

ting

faci

litie

s and

am

eniti

es.

Adv

anta

ges:

As p

er N

B.1

Impr

oved

and

safe

r boa

t and

veh

icle

acc

ess

Bet

ter a

men

ities

for b

oat u

sers

Dis

adva

ntag

es:

Non

e

Lin

kage

s to

othe

r op

tions

:

Com

plem

ents

mos

t oth

er o

ptio

ns

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ion

NB

.3: B

oat R

amp

and

Faci

litie

s

Prop

osed

Sco

pe:

Purc

hase

adj

acen

t pro

perty

and

dev

elop

par

king

are

a an

d am

eniti

es in

cle

ared

par

t of s

ite p

lus a

n ad

jace

nt b

oat r

amp

for

priv

ate

user

s.

Adv

anta

ges:

Impr

oved

am

eniti

es fo

r boa

t use

rs fr

om n

orth

of r

iver

Sepa

ratio

n of

boa

t ram

p an

d to

ur b

oat u

sers

from

que

uing

traf

fic

Shad

ed, c

omfo

rtabl

e bu

s she

lter

Util

ises

exi

stin

g cl

eare

d ar

ea

Vis

itors

orie

nted

aw

ay fr

om ri

ver e

dge

and

unsa

fe w

ater

acc

ess

Dis

adva

ntag

es:

Exte

nds p

ublic

acc

ess i

nto

new

are

as o

f the

sens

itive

land

scap

e,

incl

udin

g co

nstru

ctio

n of

seco

nd b

oat r

amp

and

clea

ring

of

man

grov

es.

Incr

ease

s act

ivity

in th

is a

rea

Lin

kage

s to

othe

r op

tions

:

Doe

s not

con

flict

with

oth

er o

ptio

ns

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Dai

ntre

e V

illag

e

4.6.

1D

iscu

ssio

nD

aint

ree

is a

smal

l and

pic

ture

sque

tow

nshi

p lo

cate

d on

a p

rom

inen

t be

nd o

f the

rive

r. It

incl

udes

acc

omm

odat

ion,

food

and

tour

opt

ions

, ho

wev

er th

ere

are

few

diff

eren

tiatin

g fe

atur

es to

attr

act v

isito

rs to

th

e V

illag

e in

stea

d of

, or a

s wel

l, as

goi

ng n

orth

of t

he ri

ver.

Acc

ordi

ngly

the

villa

ge is

byp

asse

d by

man

y vi

sito

rs. T

he ri

sk o

f cr

eatin

g a

subs

tant

ial i

nfor

mat

ion/

inte

rpre

tive

faci

lity

at th

e C

ape

Trib

ulat

ion

Roa

d in

ters

ectio

n or

Wes

tern

Pre

cinc

t is t

hat e

ven

mor

e vi

sito

rs m

ay o

verlo

ok D

aint

ree

Vill

age

with

out a

cle

ar re

ason

to v

isit

the

villa

ge.

Ther

efor

e a

num

ber o

f opt

ions

to p

rovi

de m

ore

attra

ctio

n fo

r vis

itors

to

Dai

ntre

e V

illag

e w

ere

iden

tifie

d in

the

cour

se o

f thi

s pro

ject

and

ar

e de

scrib

ed in

this

sect

ion

for d

iscu

ssio

n pu

rpos

es.

The

optio

ns

incl

ude

site

s alo

ng th

e ro

ad fr

om th

e in

ters

ectio

n to

the

villa

ge, a

s w

ell a

s the

vill

age

itsel

f.

Figu

re 4

.6.1

: Exi

stin

g C

ondi

tions

- D

aint

ree

Vill

age

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2Su

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Refe

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e Po

tent

ial A

ctio

n (O

ptio

n)

Com

men

ts

DV

.0D

o no

thin

g

DV

.1E

ntry

Sta

tem

ent

Land

scap

e an

d si

gnag

e tre

atm

ent a

t tow

n en

try, t

hem

ed to

mat

ch o

ther

tre

atm

ents

on

gate

way

jour

ney.

(Not

illu

stra

ted/

desc

ribed

in m

ore

deta

il in

this

sect

ion,

refe

r IN

.2)

DV

.2E

leva

ted

look

out a

nd b

oard

wal

k at

Hum

bug

Rea

ch

Not

sign

ifica

nt o

ppor

tuni

ty fo

r the

Gat

eway

exp

erie

nce

but w

ould

add

val

ue

to D

aint

ree

Vill

age

Tour

ist e

xper

ienc

e an

d pr

ovid

es a

uni

que

outlo

ok o

n th

e riv

er a

nd ra

nges

.

DV

.3R

iver

and

her

itage

wal

k, D

aint

ree

Vill

age

Not

sign

ifica

nt o

ppor

tuni

ty fo

r the

Gat

eway

exp

erie

nce

but w

ould

add

val

ue

to D

aint

ree

Vill

age

Tour

ist e

xper

ienc

e

DV

.4In

terp

retiv

e/vi

sito

rs fa

cilit

y on

Mos

sman

-Dai

ntre

e R

d, n

orth

of C

ape

Tri

bula

tion

Roa

d in

ters

ectio

n En

cour

ages

mor

e vi

sito

rs to

war

ds th

e D

aint

ree

Vill

age

Invo

lves

som

e ba

ck-tr

acki

ng fo

r vis

itors

to C

ape

Trib

ulat

ion

and

so m

ay n

ot

max

imis

e vi

sito

r num

bers

.

DV

.5D

aint

ree

Sett

lem

ent M

useu

m

Not

ess

entia

l par

t of G

atew

ay b

ut c

ould

off

er a

uni

que

expe

rienc

e th

at m

ay

attra

ct v

isito

rs to

the

Vill

age.

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3D

escr

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n of

Opt

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Opt

ion

DV

.2: E

leva

ted

look

out a

nd b

oard

wal

k, H

umbu

g R

each

Prop

osed

Sco

pe:

Look

out p

latfo

rm a

nd e

leva

ted

river

boa

rdw

alk

and

look

out

at

Hum

bug

reac

h of

Dai

ntre

e R

iver

Adv

anta

ges:

Max

imis

es a

cces

s to

Riv

er a

nd ra

nge

view

s fro

m a

safe

ele

vate

d po

sitio

n

Dis

adva

ntag

es:

Con

stra

ints

of r

oad

ease

men

t and

stee

p sl

opes

Traf

fic a

nd p

arki

ng sa

fety

issu

es

Lin

kage

s to

othe

r op

tions

:

Bui

lds o

n D

aint

ree

Vill

age

tour

ist e

xper

ienc

e w

ith a

uni

que

river

vi

ew b

ut n

ot a

sign

ifica

nt c

ontri

butio

n to

the

Gat

eway

.

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DV

.3: R

iver

and

Her

itage

Wal

k, D

aint

ree

Vill

age

Prop

osed

Sco

pe:

Dev

elop

a n

etw

ork

of sh

ort w

alks

that

take

adv

anta

ge o

f riv

er

view

s and

exp

lore

the

villa

ge st

reet

scap

e.

Adv

anta

ges:

Max

imis

es a

cces

s to

Riv

er v

iew

s fro

m a

safe

pos

ition

with

out t

he

need

for s

ubst

antia

l cle

arin

g of

ripa

rian

vege

tatio

n

Impr

oved

am

eniti

es in

Dai

ntre

e V

illag

e

Vis

itors

enc

oura

ged

to v

isit

Dai

ntre

e V

illag

e

Dis

adva

ntag

es:

May

not

be

suff

icie

nt a

ttrac

tion

in o

wn

right

, mor

e ef

fect

ive

in

conj

unct

ion

with

oth

er a

ttrac

tions

May

requ

ire la

nd p

urch

ase

Nee

d to

man

age

safe

ty is

sues

Lin

kage

s to

othe

r op

tions

:

Bui

lds o

n D

aint

ree

Vill

age

tour

ist e

xper

ienc

e bu

t not

sign

ifica

nt

Gat

eway

opp

ortu

nity

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DV

.4: I

nter

pret

ive/

Vis

itors

Cen

tre,

nor

th o

f Cap

e T

ribu

latio

n R

oad

inte

rsec

tion

Prop

osed

Sco

pe:

Con

stru

ct in

terp

retiv

e/vi

sito

rs c

entre

on

road

bet

wee

n C

ape

Trib

ulat

ion

Roa

d in

ters

ectio

n an

d D

aint

ree

Vill

age

Adv

anta

ges:

Icon

ic b

uild

ing

crea

tes v

isua

l sta

tem

ent

Vis

itors

orie

nted

tow

ards

Dai

ntre

e V

illag

e

Sepa

rate

s vis

itor i

nfor

mat

ion

and

inte

rpre

tatio

n fr

om ri

ver

cros

sing

and

Riv

ersi

de re

crea

tion

and

tour

ist a

ctiv

ities

Dis

adva

ntag

es:

Nee

d to

acq

uire

land

Loca

tion

is b

eyon

d th

e C

ape

Trib

ulat

ion

Roa

d in

ters

ectio

n an

d th

eref

ore

may

be

bypa

ssed

or m

isse

d by

pot

entia

l vis

itors

(wou

ld

need

to b

e de

velo

ped

as a

n at

tract

ion

in it

s ow

n rig

ht to

attr

act

visi

tors

)

Lin

kage

s to

othe

r op

tions

:

Prov

ides

a li

nk b

etw

een

deve

lopm

ent i

n th

e fe

rry

prec

inct

and

at

tract

ions

in th

e vi

llage

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DV

.5: D

aint

ree

Sett

lem

ent M

useu

m

Prop

osed

Sco

pe:

Ren

ovat

e an

exi

stin

g bu

ildin

g or

con

stru

ct a

new

mus

eum

faci

lity

depi

ctin

g th

e hi

stor

y of

land

use

in th

e M

ossm

an –

Dai

ntre

e -

Cap

e Tr

ibul

atio

n re

gion

, par

ticul

arly

the

timbe

r ind

ustry

.

Adv

anta

ges:

Vis

itors

enc

oura

ged

to v

isit

Dai

ntre

e V

illag

e

Dis

adva

ntag

es:

Com

petit

ion

and

pote

ntia

l for

dup

licat

ion

with

oth

er m

useu

ms i

n th

e ar

ea

Loca

tion

is b

eyon

d th

e C

ape

Trib

ulat

ion

Roa

d in

ters

ectio

n an

d th

eref

ore

may

be

bypa

ssed

or m

isse

d by

pot

entia

l vis

itors

Lin

kage

s to

othe

r op

tions

:

Bui

lds o

n D

aint

ree

Vill

age

tour

ist e

xper

ienc

e bu

t not

sign

ifica

nt

Gat

eway

opp

ortu

nity

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Won

ga B

each

Tur

n-of

f W

onga

Bea

ch, w

hich

is a

t the

sout

hern

hea

d of

the

Dai

ntre

e R

iver

ca

n be

con

side

red

part

of th

e D

aint

ree

visi

tor e

xper

ienc

e. A

smal

l nu

mbe

r of t

our o

pera

tors

and

bus

ines

ses o

pera

te in

the

regi

on. A

nu

mbe

r of w

orks

cou

ld b

e un

derta

ken

at th

e W

onga

turn

-off

to

rein

forc

e th

is re

latio

nshi

p. T

hey

are

sum

mar

ised

bel

ow.

WT

.1E

ntry

Sta

tem

ent

Entry

stat

emen

t tre

atm

ent,

them

ed to

mat

ch st

atem

ents

at

the

Cap

e Tr

ibul

atio

n R

oad

inte

rsec

tion,

Wes

tern

Pre

cinc

t, So

uth

and

Nor

th B

ank

and

Dai

ntre

e V

illag

e. T

his i

s a lo

w

cost

, low

impa

ct o

ptio

n th

at re

info

rces

the

notio

n of

a

jour

ney

and

draw

s som

e at

tent

ion

to W

onga

Bea

ch. I

t doe

s no

t con

flict

with

any

oth

er o

ptio

ns.

WT

.2V

isito

r In

form

atio

n B

ay

Rel

ocat

e th

e in

form

atio

n ba

y fr

om th

e C

ape

Trib

ulat

ion

Roa

d in

ters

ectio

n to

the

vici

nity

of t

he W

onga

Bea

ch tu

rn-

off,

in c

onju

nctio

n w

ith a

n en

try st

atem

ent.

This

is a

lso

a re

lativ

ely

low

cos

t, lo

w im

pact

opt

ion

that

pre

sent

s an

oppo

rtuni

ty to

pre

-info

rm v

isito

rs o

f all

avai

labl

e op

tions

be

fore

the

Cap

e Tr

ibul

atio

n R

oad

inte

rsec

tion.

A si

te h

as

not b

een

iden

tifie

d an

d it

is li

kely

the

optio

n w

ould

invo

lve

land

pur

chas

e co

sts

WT

.3In

terp

retiv

e/vi

sito

rs C

entr

e

It m

ay b

e an

opt

ion

to lo

cate

the

prop

osed

In

terp

retiv

e/V

isito

rs C

entre

in th

e vi

cini

ty o

f the

Won

ga

Bea

ch tu

rn-o

ff. A

gain

this

has

the

pote

ntia

l to

‘pre

-info

rm’

visi

tors

, how

ever

it m

ay n

ot m

axim

ise

the

visi

tor n

umbe

rs

as it

is n

ot c

lose

to th

e riv

er a

nd ra

info

rest

des

tinat

ion

of

mos

t vis

itors

.

4.8

Non

Site

Spe

cific

Opt

ions

A

num

ber o

f non

-site

spec

ific

gate

way

opt

ions

wer

e id

entif

ied

durin

g th

e pr

ojec

t. Th

ey a

re d

iscu

ssed

bel

ow.

Vir

tual

Gat

eway

: Web

site

and

Mob

ile P

hone

App

licat

ions

Vis

itors

incr

easi

ngly

usi

ng w

ebsi

tes a

nd m

obile

pho

ne a

pplic

atio

ns

to p

lan

holid

ays a

nd so

ther

e is

con

side

rabl

e m

erit

in d

evel

opin

g a

sing

le D

aint

ree

Gat

eway

web

site

with

com

plim

enta

ry M

obile

Pho

ne

App

licat

ion.

The

site

wou

ld b

e co

nnec

ted

to th

e ph

ysic

al g

atew

ay

and

incl

ude

live

info

rmat

ion

for p

eopl

e ab

out r

oads

, tou

rs,

acco

mm

odat

ion,

ferr

y tim

es, w

eath

er c

ondi

tions

etc

. The

site

wou

ld

act a

s a ‘g

atew

ay’ w

eb p

orta

l to

othe

r Dai

ntre

e re

late

d w

ebsi

tes.

Exp

erie

ntia

l Cin

ema

Dev

elop

men

t of a

n ex

perie

ntia

l cin

ema,

such

as a

n Im

ax, 3

60 o

r 3D

ci

nem

a ha

s bee

n su

gges

ted.

The

cin

ema

wou

ld fe

atur

e in

form

ativ

e an

d en

terta

inin

g fil

ms a

bout

the

Dai

ntre

e an

d ab

out r

ainf

ores

t ec

olog

y an

d co

nser

vatio

n m

ore

gene

rally

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once

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evel

opm

ent

A n

umbe

r of p

oten

tial c

ombi

natio

ns o

f the

opt

ions

pre

sent

ed in

Sec

tion

4 ar

e su

mm

aris

ed b

elow

, on

the

basi

s of t

he lo

catio

n of

the

key

visi

tor

faci

lity.

Opt

ions

such

as w

alki

ng tr

acks

, Dai

ntre

e V

illag

e op

tions

, the

new

bo

at ra

mp

and

the

web

site

may

com

plem

ent a

ny o

f the

se sc

enar

ios.

5.1

Dai

ntre

e R

iver

Em

phas

is

This

opt

ion

invo

lves

the

deve

lopm

ent o

f a p

rimar

y in

form

atio

n, o

r in

terp

retiv

e/vi

sito

rs fa

cilit

y ad

jace

nt to

the

Dai

ntre

e R

iver

, eith

er in

th

e W

este

rn P

reci

nct o

r the

Sou

th B

ank.

Low

ran

ge d

evel

opm

ent m

odel

Upg

rade

Wes

tern

Pre

cinc

t W

P.2

Land

scap

e an

d ci

rcul

atio

n im

prov

emen

ts a

t the

so

uthe

rn a

nd n

orth

ern

bank

SB.1

and

N

B.2

Entry

stat

emen

ts a

t the

Won

ga B

each

turn

-off

, Cap

e Tr

ibul

atio

n in

ters

ectio

n an

d D

aint

ree

Vill

age.

IN.3

, DV

.1

and

WT.

1

Tour

ist i

nfor

mat

ion

bay

at W

onga

turn

-off

or C

ape

Trib

ulat

ion

Roa

d in

ters

ectio

n

IN.2

or

WT.

2

Mid

ran

ge d

evel

opm

ent o

ptio

ns

Gen

eral

upg

rade

s to

Wes

tern

Pre

cinc

t, So

uth

Ban

k an

d N

orth

Ban

k an

d en

try st

atem

ents

A

s abo

ve

Inte

rpre

tive/

visi

tors

cen

tre in

Wes

tern

Pre

cinc

t (w

ith

road

real

ignm

ent)

or S

outh

Ban

k W

P.5

or

SB.3

Tour

boa

t lan

ding

and

faci

litie

s, N

orth

Ban

k N

B.2

Upp

er r

ange

dev

elop

men

t opt

ions

Gen

eral

upg

rade

s to

Wes

tern

Pre

cinc

t, So

uth

Ban

k an

d N

orth

Ban

k la

ndin

g ar

ea a

nd e

ntry

stat

emen

ts

As a

bove

Look

out t

ower

W

P.4

Pont

oon

styl

e vi

sito

rs c

entre

W

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Cap

e T

ribu

latio

n R

oad

Inte

rsec

tion

Em

phas

isIn

this

scen

ario

the

prim

ary

visi

tor n

ode

wou

ld b

e lo

cate

d at

the

inte

rsec

tion

of th

e M

ossm

an-D

aint

ree

and

Cap

e Tr

ibul

atio

n R

oads

. L

ow r

ange

dev

elop

men

t mod

el

Entry

stat

emen

t at i

nter

sect

ion

and

visi

tor p

ull-

over

/info

rmat

ion

area

IN.2

and

IN

.3

Upg

rade

s to

Wes

tern

Pre

cinc

t W

P.2

Land

scap

e an

d ci

rcul

atio

n im

prov

emen

ts a

t the

so

uthe

rn a

nd n

orth

ern

bank

SB.1

and

N

B.2

Entry

stat

emen

ts a

t the

Won

ga B

each

turn

-off

and

D

aint

ree

Vill

age.

DV

.1 a

nd

WT.

1

Mid

ran

ge d

evel

opm

ent o

ptio

ns

Upg

rade

s and

ent

ry st

atem

ents

as a

bove

As a

bove

Inte

rpre

tive/

visi

tors

cen

tre a

t int

erse

ctio

n w

ith

rede

velo

ped

cafe

IN

.4

Tour

boa

t lan

ding

and

faci

litie

s, N

orth

Ban

k N

B.2

Upp

er r

ange

dev

elop

men

t opt

ions

Look

out t

ower

at W

este

rn P

reci

nct

WP.

4

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Dai

ntre

e V

illag

e E

mph

asis

In

this

scen

ario

the

prim

ary

visi

tor n

ode

wou

ld b

e lo

cate

d to

war

ds

Dai

ntre

e V

illag

e an

d pr

iorit

y gi

ven

to d

evel

opm

ent o

f som

e at

tract

ions

in th

e vi

llage

.

Low

ran

ge d

evel

opm

ent m

odel

Entry

stat

emen

t at i

nter

sect

ion,

Won

ga B

each

turn

-off

an

d D

aint

ree

Vill

age

IN.2

, DV

.1

and

WT.

1

Vis

itor i

nfor

mat

ion

pull-

over

at C

ape

Trib

ulat

ion

road

in

ters

ectio

n

Upg

rade

s to

Wes

tern

Pre

cinc

t W

P.2

Land

scap

e an

d ci

rcul

atio

n im

prov

emen

ts a

t the

so

uthe

rn a

nd n

orth

ern

bank

SB.1

and

N

B.2

Mid

ran

ge d

evel

opm

ent o

ptio

ns

Upg

rade

s and

ent

ry st

atem

ents

as a

bove

As a

bove

Inte

rpre

tive/

visi

tors

cen

tre o

n M

ossm

an-D

aint

ree

Roa

d no

rth o

f int

erse

ctio

n D

V.4

Wal

ks a

nd lo

okou

t, H

umbu

g R

each

and

/or R

iver

wal

k in

vill

age

DV

.2 o

r D

V.3

Upp

er r

ange

dev

elop

men

t opt

ions

Var

ious

oth

er a

ttrac

tions

in V

illag

e an

d /o

r Wes

tern

Pr

ecin

ct

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Won

ga B

each

Tur

n-O

ff E

mph

asis

In

this

scen

ario

the

prim

ary

visi

tor n

ode

wou

ld b

e lo

cate

d ne

ar th

e W

onga

Bea

ch a

cces

s. L

ow r

ange

dev

elop

men

t mod

el

Entry

stat

emen

t at C

ape

Trib

ulat

ion

Roa

d in

ters

ectio

n,

Won

ga B

each

turn

-off

and

Dai

ntre

e V

illag

e

IN.2

, DV

.1

and

WT.

1

Vis

itor i

nfor

mat

ion

pull-

over

at W

onga

Bea

ch tu

rn-o

ff

WB

.2

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rade

s to

Wes

tern

Pre

cinc

t W

P.2

Land

scap

e an

d ci

rcul

atio

n im

prov

emen

ts a

t the

so

uthe

rn a

nd n

orth

ern

bank

SB.1

and

N

B.2

Mid

ran

ge d

evel

opm

ent o

ptio

ns

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rade

s and

ent

ry st

atem

ents

as a

bove

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bove

Inte

rpre

tive/

visi

tors

cen

tre n

ear W

onga

Bea

ch tu

rn-o

ff

WT.

3

Oth

er u

pgra

des t

o So

uth

and

Nor

th B

ank

as re

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d V

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us

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er r

ange

dev

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men

t opt

ions

Var

ious

oth

er a

ttrac

tions

in V

illag

e an

d /o

r Wes

tern

Pr

ecin

ct

Var

ious

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teps

Th

is re

port

desc

ribes

a n

umbe

r of d

evel

opm

ent o

ptio

ns a

nd p

rese

nts

som

e po

tent

ial s

cena

rios f

or c

ombi

ning

thos

e op

tions

to c

reat

e an

ov

eral

l jou

rney

and

gat

eway

exp

erie

nce.

The

repo

rt hi

ghlig

hts s

ome

key

stra

tegi

c qu

estio

ns th

at n

eed

to b

e an

swer

ed b

efor

e a

mas

ter p

lan

can

be c

omm

ence

d, n

amel

y:

Whe

re is

the

mos

t app

ropr

iate

loca

tion

for t

he p

rimar

y vi

sito

rs

info

rmat

ion

cent

re to

pro

vide

ben

efit

to a

s muc

h of

the

com

mun

ity a

s po

ssib

le?

Can

vis

itor’

s nee

ds b

e ef

fect

ivel

y m

et v

ia a

dis

pers

ed so

lutio

n?

Wha

t lev

el o

f dev

elop

men

t and

faci

litie

s is a

ppro

pria

te/s

uffic

ient

?

In a

dditi

on q

uest

ions

such

as t

he st

yle

of d

evel

opm

ent,

owne

rshi

p/go

vern

ance

arr

ange

men

ts, l

and

tenu

re a

nd a

ppro

vals

mus

t al

so b

e co

nsid

ered

.

Con

sulta

tion

activ

ities

will

now

focu

s on

cons

ider

ing

thes

e qu

estio

ns

with

com

mun

ity m

embe

rs, s

take

hold

ers,

the

busi

ness

com

mun

ity

and

visi

tors

to th

e re

gion

. It i

s int

ende

d th

at th

e ou

tcom

e of

the

cons

ulta

tion

will

be

answ

ers t

o th

e st

rate

gic

ques

tions

whi

ch w

ould

in

form

the

final

isat

ion

of a

pre

ferr

ed d

evel

opm

ent s

cena

rio fo

r the

ga

tew

ay.