Submission

The TNPA is concerned by several aspects of the revision of the 2000 management plan to potentially allow built accommodation to be constructed anywhere within the Coles Bay Visitor Services Zone.

The government’s determination to facilitate private development within a national park with the absolute minimum of public involvement demonstrates its contempt for both the values of the national park and the concept of management planning.

Cooks Beach, Freycinet National Park. Photo: Grant Dixon

Cooks Beach, Freycinet National Park. Photo: Grant Dixon

The Tasmanian National Parks Association offers an independent voice for Tasmania’s national parks and reserves, to ensure they are managed for the conservation of the values for which they were proclaimed.