2021-08-10 Planning & Environment Committee Meeting Agenda

PLANNING & ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                               10 AUGUST 2021


    Coastal Trail (9 Days)
    Day         Destination                         Examples of activity options
       1        Start: Boreen Point                 Noosa River canoe trail
                                                    Boat and walk Teewah Beach
                                                    Boreen Point short loop walking/MTB trail
       2        Cootharaba Views Lookout (Trail     Shuttle and Walk to Louis Bazzo Drive
                4)                                  MTB to Lake Macdonald
                Louis Bazzo Drive
                Lake Macdonald
       3        Lake Macdonald                      Morning: Canoe/Walk to Botanic Gardens Indigenous Food
                                                    Trail Guided Walk
                                                    Afternoon: Mt Tinbeerwah Summit Walk
                                                    Wooroi Gravity MTB
                                                    Bird Walk
       4        Hollett Road, Doonan                Shuttle to Hollett Road, Doonan
                Peregian Beach                      MTB to Peregian Beach
       5        Sunshine Beach                      Surf beaches ride MTB/walk/public transport from Peregian
                                                    Beach to Sunshine Beach
       6        Noosa Heads                         Morning: Walk from Sunshine Beach through Noosa
                                                    National Park to Noosa Heads
       7        Noosa Heads                         Lake Weyba Canoe Trail
                                                    Noosa River tours and hire
       8        Noosa North Shore                   Bus, ferry or ride to Moorindil Street, Tewantin.
                                                    Shuttle to Noosa North Shore accommodation
                                                    Noosa North Shore Wilderness Circuit Trail
       9        Finish: Boreen Point                Shuttle to Boreen Point
Table 4. Possible hinterland and coastal trail tour packages. Accommodation choices could include camping, RV parks,
hotels, motels, farm-stay and other short term accommodation options depending on the type of tour. Source: Tourism
Noosa


There are also a number of other events that utilise all or part of the trail network such as the Noosa
Enduro, the Noosa Strade Bianche bike event, King of the Mountain MTB event and the Kin Kin
Horse Ride. In addition a number of commercial operators offer tours and adventure activities. There
is a need to cater more broadly for these events, some of which are run over 100km in length and
extend from the coast to the hinterland and return.
6.         Funding models
Another recommendation of the Noosa Trail Masterplan is to investigate funding models to manage
the trail network that crosses mostly Council land, but also National Park and private land. Council
currently budgets $120,000 per annum for the Noosa Trail Network (both labour and materials) but
this is insufficient to manage the current trail or an expanded one.
Funding models that are being explored include contributions from events and commercial
operations that use the trail. This needs further discussion with the stakeholder group and tour
operators to ensure that ultimately ratepayers are not left to wholly fund future investment in the trail
that will benefit commercial operators.
7.         Trail 5 Upgrade Project
Council was successful in receiving $1.61m in State and Federal Funding to improve the Trail 5
Pomona to Cooran Trail. Map 2 on the following page is a project map for these works and shows:
•          The Core Trail 5 which is subject to the upgrade


                                                                                                Page 104 of 165