HEADS UP: Rainbow Valley Draft Management Plan

If you are interested in Rainbow Valley in the Northern Territory you should read this. If you are not interested in Rainbow Valley, then perhaps you should be, and here is why:





There is a Draft Management Plan that has been produced which deserves comment in my view.
Particularly that the camping area seems destined to become a day use area only, and a commercial camping area will be established. I just object to the commercial aspect. A larger campground a little further away would be perfectly fine, ala Chambers Pillar.
They are proposing to open up the road in to conventional vehicles, so one can expect much greater demand, and consequently much greater threat to the amenity and conservation values of the park.
They are proposing to direct photography (my passion) towards lookouts... only problem is they will probably be timber structures (they don't say) that will shake the be-jesus out of any good photo.
If you enjoy the wider confines of the park, you might also be interested that access to that will apparently be significantly restricted under the proposed Conservation Zone.
The Plan is accessible through NT Parks Plans for Comment Page where you can expect to see other parks like Chambers Pillar and Devil's Marbles appearing in the near future. You have until August 17th to respond.
I'll leave it to you to give it some thought and make serious well reasoned submissions.
Cheers,
Andrew who is making a submission.