WARRNAMBOOL city councillor Peter Hulin has a grand plan for an educational boardwalk, stretching from Thunder Point to Shelly Beach.
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He says the boardwalk would be another attraction for tourists to the city, and a scenic walking path for locals.
“I think the main purpose for this is to get a greater connection to the Great Ocean Road experience,” Cr Hulin said.
“I believe through constructing what I would call the Great Southern Ocean Boardwalk, this will be quite a spectacular walkway for people to get closer to the ocean and its power and at the same time people will be able to learn about our maritime and aboriginal history in the area.”
Cr Hulin said there could be educational markers along the walk, explaining significant areas of indigenous history.
“I think it’s a great opportunity to educate people about what we have got in this area,” he said.
“We could have a tremendous walking path and educational facility at the same time.”
Cr Hulin said the boardwalk could have a connection to Logans Beach and the whales as well as a link to Lake Pertobe.
“We have got to capitalise as much as possible on the fantastic natural assets that we have in this town to really make Warrnambool a destination for tourists,” he said.
“That can also then broaden out to places such as Tower Hill and we can be the start of the Great Ocean Road experience.
“We have got so much to show people in this whole area.”
He said instead of people starting their Great Ocean Road trips in Melbourne, they could begin in Warrnambool, before doing a day trip and returning to the city to stay overnight.
“We have had the upgrades to the Warrnambool Airport, which could mean we could get flights directly into the city,” Cr Hulin said.
“We could get a bus operator actually operating day trips down to the Great Ocean Road from Warrnambool itself, instead of relying on people coming from Melbourne.”
Cr Hulin says the boardwalk could be constructed right along the edge of the coastline, to capitalise on the visual beauty, instead of being inland among coastal scrub, where a current path already is.