Tourism WA Appoints Brighthouse for Western Australian Caravan & Camping Strategy

Tourism Western Australia (Tourism WA) has commissioned a Caravan and Camping Strategy for Western Australia to provide a framework that will inform the planning and development of this important sector.

The strategy will identify key locations where additional caravan parks and camping grounds may be required, the type  and nature  of these facilities,  supporting  infrastructure  requirements,  the level and adequacy  of available information  and data and any regulatory  issues. The study will provide recommendations on how to address these issues and outline a strategic approach to implement them.

Brighthouse Consultants has been appointed by Tourism WA to undertake the strategy. Over the coming weeks Brighthouse will be in contact with key stakeholders  to seek their views on various matters pertaining to caravanning  and camping.  Your support in assisting the Brighthouse team with its enquiries would be very much appreciated.

Tweed Shire Residents object to Plan for New Coastal Caravan Park

Residents at Cabarita Beach and Bogangar in Tweed Shire have commissioned a community plan to protest a proposed new coastal caravan park. The residents engaged Griffith University researcher Dr Kerrie Foxwell-Norton to conduct consultation in the local community and prepare an alternative plan to the Shire. The protests are aimed at derailing Shire plans for a much needed tourist facility.

With the acute shortage of coastal caravan parks impacting on the caravanning and camping lifestyle all over Australia, local residents' protests need to be considered in the perspective of the wider community. 

The Shire should initiate its own report and seek input from local tourism businesses that will benefit from the influx of travellers staying at the proposed caravan park and the caravanning and camping community which is increasingly being blocked from access to traditional beach caravan park locations.