Eric Hutchinson (Lyons, Liberal Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

A couple of weeks ago I had the pleasure of visiting one of the most beautiful parts of my electorate, which is the stunning Tasman Peninsula at the very southern tip of Tasmania, to join with Mayor Jan Barwick to open what will be the beginning of a walkway between the commercial hub of the Tasman Peninsula in Nubeena and the residential community at White Beach. Over 50 people attended what has been a wonderful community initiative over many years, a project that really epitomises community persistence and determination to see this funded. The federal government contributed $250,000 towards the walkway, and I was very pleased to be part of that.

With this sort of infrastructure one of the challenges is to encourage tourists. The most visited attraction on the Tasman Peninsula is, of course, the historic site of Port Arthur. The challenge is to get those tourists to spend an extra night on the beautiful Tasman Peninsula. It is this sort of infrastructure that we truly believe will provide an opportunity for those visitors, both local and from elsewhere, to enjoy the many offerings on the Tasman Peninsula.

I would like to acknowledge the councillors who were there—Roseanne Heyward, Allan Hull and Joan Fazackerley—the school principal Ted Barrance, the tree planters, Jen Milne from the NRM office and the council and— (Time expired)