Great Southern Regional trails master plan open for public comment

January 8, 2020

The Great Southern Centre for Outdoor Recreation Excellence (GSCORE) are encouraging public comment on the draft of their Great Southern Regional Trails Master Plan.

This is an important stage in enabling GSCORE to develop the Great Southern Regional Trails Master Plan.

GSCORE Executive Director Dr Lenore Lyons advises “by 2030, the Great Southern Region will provide a diverse range of quality trail experiences that showcase the region’s unique landscapes, biodiversity, geology, Aboriginal culture and settler heritage.”

The Great Southern Regional Trails Master Plan provides a coherent program of trail infrastructure development across the entire region over a 10-year period (2020-2029). It has been developed to guide decisions about investment in, and management of trails, and provides a vision for a future Great Southern trail network.

GSCORE are seeking input on a range of exciting and unique outdoor recreation trail opportunities which are proposed across the Great Southern.

This project is funded by Building Better Regions Fund, and Lotterywest, with matching funding support from all eleven local governments in the Great Southern region, as well as the Department of Local Government, Sport and Cultural Industries (DLGSC) and the Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions (DBCA).

Public comment opened in December 2019 and closes at midnight on 19th January 2020.

Read the plan at gscore.com.au/projects/great-southern-regional-trails-master-plan/

Comments can be sent to trails@gscore.com.au

Image of Albany Great Southern Stirling Range, Credit: DEC Michael Tuffin

5th November 2019 - GSCORE highlight demand for more trail builders

23rd September 2019 - NSW councils collaborate to develop new experience trails

11th September 2019 - Orange City Council welcomes Mountain bike trails proposal

18th July 2019 - Kauri dieback fears sees closure of Bay of Islands walking trails

2nd April 2019 - Conference explores development of sustainable trails

19th March 2019 - Community consultations begin on the Great Southern Regional Trails Master Plan

4th February 2019 - Otium Planning Group announces the release of a Regional Multi-Use Trails Strategy

16th October 2018 - Work commences on new Tasmanian bike trails

28th March 2018 - New boardwalk expands Tallebudgera nature trails

10th October 2017 - Great Southern Centre for Outdoor Recreation Excellence launched in Albany

23rd August 2017 - Great Southern Centre for Outdoor Recreation Excellence names first chairperson

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