management of the adjoining reflected in the park’s planning and Croajingolong National Park (Cape Howe management, in accordance with Wilderness Zone) and nearby Gabo Island legislation and policies, and through strong Lighthouse Reserve. cooperative working relationships with the relevant Indigenous communities. Visitors will be encouraged to Historic relics and places including minimal-impact techniques and to adhere shipwrecks will be conserved by to industry-developed standards protecting them from damaging activities. appropriate to their activity. Maritime and other cultural heritage will Opportunities for the community and other be interpreted off-site, with priority given stakeholders to work together and with to the historic theme Along the ‘Shipping Parks Victoria to achieve common goals Coast’. for the park will be promoted. Visitors’ safety and their understanding Impacts of illegal harvesting will be and appreciation of the park’s natural and minimised through information, education, cultural values will be enhanced by interpretation and improved surveillance information, interpretation and education and enforcement. programs, which will be integrated with This management plan adopts the spellings used by the 1 Native Title Unit, Department of Justice. There are a number of alternative spellings and pronunciations. For the Bidwell these include: Bid doo ‘Bidawal’, ‘Biduelli’, wal’, ‘Bidwal’, ‘Biduell-mittang’, ‘Bidwilli’, ‘Bidwelli’, and ‘Birtowell’, ‘Biddiwell’, ‘Birtowall’ ‘Birdhawal’.
reflected in the park’s planning and management, in accordance with legislation and policies, and through strong cooperative working relationships with the relevant Indigenous communities. Historic relics and places including shipwrecks will be conserved by protecting them from damaging activities. Maritime and other cultural heritage will be interpreted off-site, with priority given to the historic theme ‘Shipping Along the Coast’. Visitors’ safety and their understanding and appreciation of the park’s natural and cultural values will be enhanced by information, interpretation and education programs, which will be integrated with management of the adjoining Croajingolong National Park (Cape Howe Wilderness Zone) and nearby Gabo Island Lighthouse Reserve. Visitors will be encouraged to minimal-impact techniques and to adhere to industry-developed standards appropriate to their activity. Opportunities for the community and other stakeholders to work together and with Parks Victoria to achieve common goals for the park will be promoted. Impacts of illegal harvesting will be minimised through information, education, interpretation and improved surveillance and enforcement. 1 This management plan adopts the spellings used by the Native Title Unit, Department of Justice. There are a number of alternative spellings and pronunciations. For the Bidwell these include: ‘Bidawal’, ‘Biduelli’, Bid doo wal’, ‘Bidwal’, ‘Biduell-mittang’, ‘Bidwilli’, ‘Bidwelli’, ‘Birtowell’, ‘Biddiwell’, ‘Birtowall’ and ‘Birdhawal’.
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