Beginning the journey

This documents some of the journey to investigate SAVs (Self-accommodating visitors) in north-west Tasmania who choose to stay in no-cost or minimal fee camping areas.

Are you travelling in a camper van/ fully self contained motor-home / bus / car +tent / bike +tent and staying in free or nominal fee camping zones in the Cradle Coast (north-west Tasmania) between December 2010 - March 2011? 

This area extends from Narawntapu National Park in the east though Sheffield and Cradle Mountain to Queenstown and Strahan in the south-west.

If you would like to share the story of your camping and travels in this beautiful part of the world, please contact me via this blog, fleurintasmania@gmail.com  or at fleur.fallon@utas.edu.au.

The aim of the survey is to improve our understanding of the needs and interests of ‘self-contained’ holiday-makers, especially in relation to the natural values that exist in our region in order to determine how that experience might be enhanced.

All responses will remain confidential and will be aggregated within a final report, which should be available online by June 2011. 

This survey has been commissioned by Cradle Coast Natural Resource Management Committee through funding from the Australian Government’s Caring for our Country initiative and the Cradle Coast Authority.