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Protected Areas Tourism Watch2026-07-21T12:19:15+10:00

Protected Areas Tourism Watch

Protected Areas Tourism Watch tracks significant commercial tourism proposals, approvals, leases, funding decisions and policy changes affecting national parks and other protected areas across Australia. The aim is to help the public understand what is being proposed, where each project stands and how people can participate in decisions about the future of public protected land.

Current Tourism Watch reports

Regular scans documenting significant commercial tourism proposals, government decisions, funding announcements, consultations and construction activity affecting protected areas across Australia.

Selected active projects

A small number of significant or continuing developments being followed more closely because they remain under assessment, are changing substantially or may establish an important precedent.

  • A dark lake beneath steep grey cliffs, with scrubby grassland in the foreground and mist over the ridge

Tyndall Ranges Traverse, Tasmania

Tyndall Ranges Traverse planning explores a new World Heritage walking experience in Tasmania’s west, with route, infrastructure and commercial plans yet to be confirmed.

  • Curved tropical beach with turquoise water, green hills and dense coastal vegetation

Wangetti Trail, Queensland

Wangetti Trail’s first stage is open, with $31.2 million funding the next section while its northern eco-accommodation model remains unresolved.

Historical project archives

Earlier Keep It Wild Australia reports documenting commercial tourism proposals from 2019 onwards. These pages preserve the proposal as it stood at the time and may include a later status review, but they are not maintained as continuously updated project trackers.

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