THE FORMER PRIME MINISTER JOHN GORTON SOUGHT TO HAVE THE GOVERNMENT’S AIDC PROVIDE A MILLION DOLLAR FUNDING TO ASSIST LAUNCH THE PROJECT. BUT THE AIDC RULES DID NOT INCLUDE RURAL TOURISM AS AN ELIGIBLE INDUSTRY THAT THE AIDC COULD FUND. SO NO AIDC FUNDING COULD BE GRANTED. THE AIDC ACT HAS SUBSEQUENTLY BEEN ALTERED TO INCLUDE TOURISM AS AN ELIGIBLE RURAL INDUSTRY FOR AIDC FUNDING.
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OUR DIRECTORS, ENCOURAGED BY LEN EVANS OF ROTHBURY, AND DON MCWILLIAMS OF MCWILLIAMS WINES, LAUNCH THE PROJECT AGAIN, WITH A SINGLE SITE IN THE HUNTER VALLEY IN POKOLBIN. THE 200 VISITOR CABIN PLAN WAS APPROVED BY CESSNOCK COUNCIL . THE BIGGEST JAPANESE INBOUND TOURISM OPERATORS INSPECTED OUR DEMONSTRATION TOURISM UNITS AND SAID THEY WERE EXACTLY WHAT THE JAPANESE MARKET WANTED. THEY SAID THEY WERE INTERESTED TO ASSIST US MARKET THE PROJECT.
NOTWITHSTANDING GREAT PUBLIC INTEREST THE PREVAILING PLANNING LEGISLATION , WHICH WAS A PROGRESSIVE STRATA, PREVENTED US FROM ACCEPTING THE INDIVIDUAL INVESTOR OFFERS AS THEY WERE MADE. SUBSEQUENTLY FIRST BUYERS FOR THE DEMONSTRATION TOURIST UNIT WITHDREW THEIR DEPOSITS, THE FINANCIER WITHDREW ITS LINE OF FINANCE AND WE WERE FACED WITH NO ALTERNATIVE BUT TO SELL THIS SITE.
TODAY NEW “COMMUNITY TITLES” PLANNING LEGISLATION HAS BEEN ENACTED IN NSW . THIS OVERCOMES THE MAJOR PROBLEM THAT OUR DISCOVERY RESORTS FACED ON THE HUNTER SITE. COMMUNITY TITLES PROVIDE INDIVIDUAL TOURIST UNIT INVESTORS WITH A “TORRENS TITLE’, AS YOU GO . WE CAN NOW ACCEPT INDIVIDUAL INVESTOR HOLIDAY UNIT INVESTMENT OFFERS AS THEY ARE MADE. AND IT IS A MUCH BETTER OWNERSHIP AND FUTURE DEALINGS ARRANGEMENT FOR AN INTENDING HOLIDAY HOME, INVESTOR.
IT WILL HAVE 105 QUALITY TOURISM UNITS, AND 35 ATTACHED MULTI LINGUAL SELF DRIVE 4WD VEHICLES. THESE AND THE OTHER PLANNED OPERATIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE, AND VISITOR OPTIONS, HAVE BEEN SET TO MEET THE EXACT MINIMUM, VIABILITY AND INTEREST SPECIFICATIONS, OF THE GIANT OVERSEAS TOURIST SUPPLIERS. THIS IS TO GUARANTEE A PRE-BOOKED, STEADY STREAM, OF LONG STAY AFFLUENT VISITORS TO THE DISCOVERY VILLAGES AT EACH LOCATION WHERE THEY ARE BUILT.
I DID MY RESEARCH AND FOUND THERE WERE NOT SUFFICIENT VISITORS IN REGIONAL AUSTRALIA TO MAKE THEIR INLAND ABORIGINAL BUSINESSES VIABLE. I COULD SEE THAT YOU COULD FIRE A GUN UP ANY RURAL INLAND ROAD AND YOU WOULD BE HARD PRESSED TO HIT ANYTHING. YOU CERTAINLY WOULD NOT HIT AN OVERSEAS VISITOR.
I GAVE THEM A SOLUTION THAT WOULD ATTRACT THOUSANDS OF OVERSEAS VISITORS TO TRAVEL OUT OF SYDNEY, AND BETWEEN THE ABORIGINAL BUSINESSES, AND MAKE THEM ALL VIABLE.
HOWEVER FOR SOME REASON THE “ABORIGINAL EXPERIENCES SUPER HIGHWAY” HAS NEVER BEEN SET UP. I CAN’T HAVE MY OVERSEAS JOURNALIST COLLEAGUES FREELY PROMOTE IT IF ITS NOT THERE.
THE FOLLOWING .PDF’S PROVIDE RESEARCH AND RATIONALE BEHIND THE CONCEPT .
IF THERE IS SOMEONE READING THIS BLOG, WHO IS SERIOUS ABOUT PROGRESSING REGIONAL ABORIGINAL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT, PLEASE CONTACT ME AND “YES TOGETHER” LET US SEE WHAT WE CAN DO TO GET IT ESTABLISHED.
The 1000km trail was to cover 1000 k’s of driving , out and back from Sydney , the Highway was divided into 5 one week management sections. In this way a visitor, seeking to meet the Aboriginal people, on a respectful basis, and at a time convenient to both parties, could do that and thereby enjoy the best access and experience of the Aboriginal peoples culture, knowledge and beliefs. They could do that on a, one week to 5 week, drive out of Sydney, with different meetings and experiences available in each week, and the content, and costs, for each experience, and visit, known in advance.
I offer below a different .PDF for each of the 5 planned weeks . Together they make up the total “Aboriginal Experiences Super Highway”. The Highway, by the way is a globally unique visitor proposal that would enjoy guaranteed free global media publicity between the 2,200 networked travel journalists who are my colleagues.
Why hasn’t the Highway been taken up and enacted to benefit all parties ? Does that really matter ? I would rather just see us all get on with it and seeing it implemented.
SEE THE URL BELOW
http;//www.aussiestone.com/aboriginalknowle.html
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Cover design by acclaimed Lightning Ridge Artist , John Murray.
THE ORIGINAL “RURAL INLAND DISCOVERY VILLAGES” WERE CALLED “VILLAGE OLYMPUS SPORTS RESORTS” AS THEN, AND IT REMAINS THE SAME TODAY, A DEDICATED SHARE OF EACH VISITOR UNITS RENTALS WILL FUND ONE SPECIAL INTEREST SPORTS KNOWLEDGE CENTRE, PRE-DEDICATED FOR A PARTICULAR LOCATION, THAT WILL SEEK TO MATCH, AND SUPPORT, A LOCAL AREA, PREVAILING, SPORTING INTEREST.
Harry was the Designer of this book authored by Robert Goodman. It was one of Australia’s first major “Australians” theme “Coffee Table” books.
