2021-03-09 P&E Agenda - Item 5 - Attachment 1 - Noosa Trail Masterplan

11 Detailed Recommendations
  Strategy                                  Action                                            Timeframe             Partners /
                                                                                               Short: 1-2 yrs        Stakeholders
                                                                                              Medium: 3-5 yrs
                                                                                               Long: 5-10 yrs



  Management


  Trail management model                    • Establish a steering committee (or similar          Short         •   Noosa Council
                                              structure) to oversee implementation of Trail                     •   QLD Parks and Wildlife
  Development of a Noosa Trail
                                              Masterplan and associated projects, working                           Service
  management steering committee
                                              with all agreed stakeholders.                                     •   Tourism Noosa
  involving all user group, advocacy
  group and land management                 • Identify likely volunteer communities from                        •   Noosa & District
  representation.                             active recreational and sport groups willing                          Landcare
                                              to actively engage in trail stewardship.                          •   Event and tour
  Empowerment of volunteer
                                                                                                                    operators
  maintenance models via dedicated          • Develop systemised and recorded
  volunteer working group processes           processes for trail maintenance works                             •   Sporting / recreation
  based on realistic timeframes and           undertaken by volunteers, along with                                  clubs (MTB, horse,
  facilitation of volunteers.                 support structures (training, accreditation,                          trail run)
                                              equipment, funding) to support volunteer                          •   Hinterland village
                                              efforts.                                                              trader groups and
                                                                                                                    representatives
                                            • Source grants for infrastructure works,
                                                                                                                •   High user group
                                              further planning developments, marketing
                                                                                                                    representatives
                                              requirements etc.


  Sustainability – funding                  • Research, identify and prioritise potential     Short-Medium      •   Noosa Council
                                              funding models and pathways for achieving                         •   Hinterland village
  Identification of funding models and
                                              income inclusive one-off (grant) and                                  trader groups
  streams, with prioritisation of funding
                                              sustainable / ongoing streams.                                    •   SEQ Water
  pool targets against prioritised trail
  developments across Noosa Trail           • Develop predictive budgets for ongoing                            •   Noosa & District
  Network.                                    maintenance of finalised trail network                                Landcare
                                              (according to phased implementation)                              •   Tourism Noosa
                                              inclusive management and execution of                             •   Trailblazers Mountain
                                              maintenance tasks.                                                    Bike Club


  QPWS – relationship                       • Establish a working group (potential trails        Ongoing        •   Tourism Noosa
  building focus                              oversight or steering committee) inclusive                        •   Noosa Council
                                              of stakeholders with QPWS an important                            •   QLD Parks and Wildlife
  Further development of
                                              member.                                                               Service
  communication channels between
  trail user, advocacy groups and           • Develop case study collateral and clear                           •   Event operators
  QPWS, especially around new trail           pathways that assist understanding of                             •   Sporting / recreation
  development, sustainability and             how all conservation and environmental                                clubs (MTB, horse,
  importance of trail-based events            benchmarks can be met in parallel with trail                          trail run)
  and their pathways to sustainability        development and recreation within State and
  (vis a vis current limiting of event        National Parks.
  participant numbers).




NOOSA TRAIL MASTERPLAN | APRIL 2020                                                                                                         45