Gondwana Consulting picks up another National award
National Award for Planning 2010
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The high standard of Gondwana Consulting's client oriented products has once again been recognised by our industry colleagues and peers. Gondwana's "Strategy for the Development of a Sydney Harbour Scenic Walk" has received the National and NSW award for Planning at Parks and Leisure Australia's 2010 awards. The National award was presented at PLA's 2010 National conferenece in Adelaide in September 2010.
The project was recognised as a best practice example of Planning in the Parks and Leisure Industry.
The Strategy sets out a programme to establish a 65 kilometre high standard walking route linking North and South Heads via the Harbour Bridge, City and Opera House that is accessible to “novice” walkers and showcases the premier sections of the city’s world-renown harbour and its foreshores.
The project was driven by the NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service, working with a Steering Committee of other foreshore agencies and stakeholders, and aimed to set out a plan for the realisation of a continuous high-standard scenic walk around the harbour foreshores, both within Sydney Harbour National Park and on lands managed by other agencies. The Strategy describes a vision for the Sydney Harbour Scenic Walk (SHSW) that was endorsed and is shared by all participating land managers, agencies and other stakeholders. It:
- presents an integrated plan for the ultimate route, character and types of visitor experiences offered by the SHSW;
- identifies a preferred spine route and major loops (at the “corridor” scale), along with intended track standards, founded on the existing foreshore track network;
- identifies new routes and linkages where necessary - including public transport access points and encouraging greater integration with water transport;
- nominates discrete route segments or precincts offering characteristic settings and visitor experiences;
- identifies significant existing, and new, visitor nodes and attractions;
- provides options for the identification and “branding” of the SHSW;
- identifies opportunities for complementary visitor/tourism products and services; and
- provides a foundation for the later specification of detailed track upgrading and new works, as well as detailed orientation and interpretive planning.
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