Resort Roundup Issue 24 Summer 2007
You can read issue 24 of the Kosciuszko National Park Resort Roundup below, or download the full newsletter (PDF - 2.3 MB).
In this edition:
- Thredbo celebrates 50 years 1957-2007
- Snowy Mountains National Chase - 100 years of alpine conservation
- Rabbit control update - preliminary testing of rabbit immunity to biological control
- Weed spraying - notification requirements (and that pink stuff)
- Tree management in resort areas
- Rawson Pass toilets - taking waste management to new heights
- Rawson Pass rehabilitation
- Rock Creek Snowshoe Track - trial update
- Stave pipes - still functioning
- Main Range flowers early
- All burnt areas in Kosciuszko National Park are now open!
- Welcome and farewell
- Alpine Way vehicle entrance station project
- Feral cat management - update
- Small mammal relocation study
- The economic significance of the Australian alpine resorts
- Over 40 years of visitor service!
- Rehabilitating former Snowy Hydro-electric scheme sites
- Alpine roof water harvesting trial
- Update on key aspects of the Perisher Range Resorts Infrastructure Upgrade Program (PRRIUP)
- Fire history of the Alps - prehistory to 2003
- Water management and lodges in the Perisher Range Resorts
- EMS
If you would like more information on the survey please contact Prasan Sharp or if you would like more information on the effects of climate change in Kosciuszko National Park including the 'Keep Winter Cool' campaign, contact Dave Woods.
Perisher Village Concept Plan approved
On 12 November 2006 Planning Minister Frank Sartor approved the Perisher Village Concept Plan. The Concept Plan for a Village Centre will include a pedestrian plaza, shops, restaurants and bars, recreation facilities and accommodation in the form of 239 apartments. The Village Centre is to be located on the existing Perisher Valley carpark with displaced daytime car spaces being relocated to other sites around the Perisher Range.
The cost of the proposed village is approximately $112 million with construction of the first stage of the village expected to commence no earlier than in the summer of 2008/09. Detailed planning applications still need to be submitted to the Department of Planning for each stage of the proposed development, and leasing and commercial arrangements with NPWS still needs to be negotiated.
The village will incorporate ecologically sustainable development principles in design and construction, as well as implement water-sensitive urban design principles to improve stormwater quality before entering creeks adjacent to the village. After 10 years of planning and consultation, the development is expected to provide up to 100 direct and 400 indirect new jobs during the construction phase.
Staff contacts:
- Contact the NPWS Resorts Section, Jindabyne
- Contact the NPWS Municipal Services Unit, Perisher
- Unless otherwise credited, articles are by Environmental Liaison Officer Dave Woods
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