Keeping the pressure on…

Kennett River’s ongoing challenge of unsustainable tourism has featured in The Age on Saturday 21st March (page 15), as we keep the pressure on to exclude large tour buses entering our small precinct.

Followed by welcome exposure on Melbourne radio 3AW, ABC Ballarat and South West Victoria Breakfast with Steve Martin (mark 59:20 minutes and later Mayor Jason Schram mark 2.21) and ABC Melbourne Mornings with Raf Epstein (mark 26 minutes) - a result of the recent decision by GORCAPA and the Colac Otway Shire to jointly support a ban on large tour buses entering Kennett River.

The Surf Coast Times reporting in excess of 50,000 visitors on the riverbank alone, in 9 months - the full story on page 17.

We have community, council and land managers (GORCAPA) all on the same page.

Now we need the support from the state government through the Department of Transport and Planning (DTP) to make the decision to exclude large tour buses due to known risk.

This is incredible community and agency advocacy work and just at the right time, when safety at Kennett River is top-of-mind with the GORCAPA infrastructure plans out for wider community consultation and comment.