While the fight is on the allow the
Ningaloo coast stations to have continue managing the coast with low key camping (see recent threads
Gnaraloo, Warroora & Ningaloo Stations and
Ningaloo Station Under Threat), an announcement of plans to allow 800 more visitor
places, mostly caravan and camping sites, at
Coral Bay Coral Bay to take more Visitors.
Extracts from above linked news report:
"
Coral Bay, one of WA's premier tourist spots and
home to internationally recognised
Ningaloo reef, will be allowed to accommodate an extra 800 visitors despite concerns for fish stocks and the strain on water, waste disposal and electricity
services."
"It proposes to increase
the settlement's
population cap from 4500 to 5300, mostly caravan and camping visitors."
Is this what would happen to other prime spots along the
Ningaloo if the Government 'managed' the whole coastline for tourism development?
When we first visited
Coral Bay, there were two caravan parks and I don't thing there was any form of non camping accommodation. This was not a huge amount of visitors; probably several hundred.
Of interest is this thread from 2005
Friends of Ningaloo IMPORTANT. In this the National Liberal Party platform was
"[1]
Ningaloo Station remains as a remote
camping area
[2] Sanctuaries remain as is,
[3] No land forfeited from the station for development or for extension of the Marine Park
[4] The Station will manage coastal camping and the land component of the
Ningaloo Marine Park (current),
[5] No tourist nodes to be developed,
[6] Wilderness fishing accepted. "
with the Labour platform
"[1] Sanctuaries are increased to 92% (on
Ningaloo Station Coastline),
[2] Very limited or no fishing,
[3] All of
Ningaloo Station forfeited in 2015,
[4] CALM will “manage” the coast,
[5] Five tourist nodes will be established."
Now remind me, who did we vote in? :O