(TAN): The Australian government will spend AUD 31 million (USD 22.2 million) to upgrade popular tourist destination Rottnest Island’s ageing water supply and road network.
This is part of the WA Recovery Plan, which will see AUD 150 million being spent upgrading and improving some of Western Australia’s natural attractions and tourism draws such as Kings Park, Margaret River, Karijini National Park, Monkey Mia, the Pinnacles, Rottnest Island and Ningaloo.
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Ningaoo was recently in the news after a 29-year old woman was seriously injured while snorkelling after being hit by a whale.
Some of the other tourism projects to benefit from the WA Recovery Plan are:
• A new AUD 10 million café and function centre at Perth Zoo
• AUD 1 million of improvements at Kings Park
• AUD 1.19 million upgrade to Bibbulmun Track and Munda Biddi Trail, which includes the renewing of camp sites, bridges and sections of the track.
