2.1.2 Visitor use and facilities Plenty Gorge Park provides numerous leisure and Plenty recreational opportunities for the local and broader Melbourne communities, for example: • Picnic areas and facilities including shelters, barbecues, public toilets and playgrounds. • Use of historical homesteads and associated farm buildings for restaurants, community use or visitor centres. • Open spaces for temporary community events, Tanunda Wetlands festivals and other larger group gatherings. • Walking and nature based activities, such as bird watching, nature appreciation and observing the local fauna. • Dog walking which is currently limited to select Blue Lake locations for dog on-lead only, in order to protect Yellow Gum Recreation Area Mill Park Tanunda Wetlands significant flora and fauna. • Trail running which attracts participants from all over Melbourne for organised competitions, generally in the southern section of the park. Bundoora • Orienteering utilising existing trails within the park. environmental and cultural value areas. • Mountain bike riding, generally located in the Figure 5: Unauthorised mountain bike tracks in south of park southern section of the park (refer Figure 5). Around 50km of unauthorised mountain bike tracks have been constructed in the park’s south, resulting The master plan aims to encourage active lifestyles in in significant impacts to the landscape and native nature, whilst balancing sustainable visitor access and vegetation. Collaboration with mountain bike groups protecting conservation areas. This includes improving should encourage riding on well-planned, marked and information and interpretation about the park’s values, maintained trails while discouraging the creation of encouraging park participation and stewardship, and new tracks or close existing tracks of threat to high involving the community in activities, events and
2.1.2 Visitor use and facilities Plenty Gorge Park provides numerous leisure and recreational opportunities for the local and broader Melbourne communities, for example: Plenty • Picnic areas and facilities including shelters, barbecues, public toilets and playgrounds. • Use of historical homesteads and associated farm buildings for restaurants, community use or visitor centres. • Open spaces for temporary community events, festivals and other larger group gatherings. • Walking and nature based activities, such as bird watching, nature appreciation and observing the local fauna. • Dog walking which is currently limited to select locations for dog on-lead only, in order to protect Mill Park Tanunda Wetlands Tanunda Wetlands Blue Lake Yellow Gum Recreation Area significant flora and fauna. • Trail running which attracts participants from all over Melbourne for organised competitions, generally in the southern section of the park. Bundoora • Orienteering utilising existing trails within the park. • Mountain bike riding, generally located in the southern section of the park (refer Figure 5). Around 50km of unauthorised mountain bike tracks have been constructed in the park’s south, resulting in significant impacts to the landscape and native vegetation. Collaboration with mountain bike groups should encourage riding on well-planned, marked and maintained trails while discouraging the creation of new tracks or close existing tracks of threat to high environmental and cultural value areas. Figure 5: Unauthorised mountain bike tracks in south of park The master plan aims to encourage active lifestyles in nature, whilst balancing sustainable visitor access and protecting conservation areas. This includes improving information and interpretation about the park’s values, encouraging park participation and stewardship, and involving the community in activities, events and
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