Environment Leaving rubbish and spreading weeds, tourists not careful.** Abandoned fishing nets with wildlife trapped (died), perhaps this is locals not tourists? Interruption to bird breeding due to low level flights Threats to vegetation (deadwood) etc. firewood your own.** Culture Taking of artefacts intentional and accidental – Threat to value of Aboriginal culture and misinformation not just Aboriginal experience – Loss of culturally sensitive areas through the use of inappropriate recreational activities and the vehicles used to get around Health Rubbish (plastics, excrement, sharps etc.) Tourist experience Tourists being underwhelmed by their experience.* Why do people come to the To experience isolation etc. therefore control numbers and access to iconic sites. No emotional investment by east coasters in values of if we keep telling them to stay away/not welcome here! Lack of understanding of if not enough tourism Lack of knowledge/respect/awareness of tourists of media (the internet) social media (facebook) (e.g. evidence of degradation shown on facebook) – (* = The response was provided by another participant.) Tourism What are the warning signs? How do we detect these warning signs? Are these warnings - (monitoring) Serious needing urgent – action? Concern need closer – monitoring? watch! Site Damage & overuse ‘Damage’ Serious damage – Recording visitor levels - road Movement in restricted when Tyre tracks needs monitoring – counters, visitor numbers.* people should know better. Early Concerning requires monitoring – Set up risk management process for warning signs tracks, general Serious in certain areas site – – sites that are at risk e.g. on roadsides presence of strangers, littering and dependant and temporal (e.g. Visitor feedback mechanisms trashing areas.** drought) Monitor rubbish Serious waterholes close to high Visual monitoring, branches cut off – targeted sites. traffic areas. – Current riparian monitoring programs Firewood Needs more monitoring record evidence Evidence of trees chopped down Survey of key sites at times of intense activity Monitoring for peak visitation times e.g. Increased visitor footprint For high visitation areas serious – school holidays (April-Sept) (hierarchy of risk/vulnerable sites)
Environment Leaving rubbish and spreading weeds, tourists not careful.** Abandoned fishing nets with wildlife trapped (died), perhaps this is locals not tourists? Interruption to bird breeding due to low level flights Threats to vegetation (deadwood) etc. firewood your own.** Culture Taking of artefacts – intentional and accidental Threat to value of Aboriginal culture and misinformation – not just Aboriginal experience Loss of culturally sensitive areas through the use of inappropriate recreational activities and the vehicles used to get around Health Rubbish (plastics, excrement, sharps etc.) Tourist experience Tourists being underwhelmed by their experience.* Why do people come to the To experience isolation etc. therefore control numbers and access to iconic sites. No emotional investment by east coasters in values of if we keep telling them to stay away/not welcome here! Lack of understanding of if not enough tourism Lack of knowledge/respect/awareness of tourists of media (the internet) – social media (facebook) (e.g. evidence of degradation shown on facebook) (* = The response was provided by another participant.) Tourism What are the warning signs? How do we detect these warning signs? (monitoring) Are these warnings - Serious – needing urgent action? Concern – need closer monitoring? Site Damage & overuse Movement in restricted when people should know better. Early warning signs – tracks, general presence of strangers, littering and trashing areas.** ‘Damage’ watch! Recording visitor levels - road counters, visitor numbers.* Set up risk management process for sites that are at risk e.g. on roadsides Visitor feedback mechanisms Monitor rubbish Visual monitoring, branches cut off – targeted sites. Serious – damage Tyre tracks – needs monitoring Concerning – requires monitoring Serious in certain areas – site dependant and temporal (e.g. drought) Serious – waterholes close to high traffic areas. Firewood Evidence of trees chopped down Current riparian monitoring programs record evidence Survey of key sites at times of intense activity Needs more monitoring Increased visitor footprint Monitoring for peak visitation times e.g. school holidays (April-Sept) For high visitation areas – serious (hierarchy of risk/vulnerable sites)