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Free entry to Victoria's healthy parks from 1 July will help make Victorians healthier
11 Apr 2010
Parks Victoria welcomes Premier John Brumby's announcement that entry to all of Victoria's national parks and metropolitan parks will be made free of charge to encourage people to get active in the great outdoors.
Opening the international Healthy Parks Healthy People Congress at the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre, Mr Brumby said the health benefits for people getting out and exploring the natural world far outweighed the benefits of collecting entry fees from parks.
From 1 July 2010 there will be no entry fee to any national park or metropolitan park in Victoria. Parks Victoria estimates that removing entry fees will increase visitor numbers by 25 per cent to 50 per cent at most sites.
National parks that will be free are Wilsons Promontory, Mount Buffalo, Baw Baw, Mornington Peninsula, Yarra Ranges (Mount Donna Buang) and Point Nepean as well as Werribee Park, Coolart, National Rhododendron Gardens and William Ricketts Sanctuary metropolitan parks.
Encouraging people to get out and about in Victoria's parks is good for community wellbeing and good for regional economies.
Tens of millions of people enjoy our parks each year so making them more accessible will mean Victoria is an even better place to live, work and raise a family.
http://www.parkweb.vic.gov.au/1ministory.cfm?story=401
Dat vind ik nu eens een fantastisch initiatief sé!
11 Apr 2010
Parks Victoria welcomes Premier John Brumby's announcement that entry to all of Victoria's national parks and metropolitan parks will be made free of charge to encourage people to get active in the great outdoors.
Opening the international Healthy Parks Healthy People Congress at the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre, Mr Brumby said the health benefits for people getting out and exploring the natural world far outweighed the benefits of collecting entry fees from parks.
From 1 July 2010 there will be no entry fee to any national park or metropolitan park in Victoria. Parks Victoria estimates that removing entry fees will increase visitor numbers by 25 per cent to 50 per cent at most sites.
National parks that will be free are Wilsons Promontory, Mount Buffalo, Baw Baw, Mornington Peninsula, Yarra Ranges (Mount Donna Buang) and Point Nepean as well as Werribee Park, Coolart, National Rhododendron Gardens and William Ricketts Sanctuary metropolitan parks.
Encouraging people to get out and about in Victoria's parks is good for community wellbeing and good for regional economies.
Tens of millions of people enjoy our parks each year so making them more accessible will mean Victoria is an even better place to live, work and raise a family.
http://www.parkweb.vic.gov.au/1ministory.cfm?story=401
Dat vind ik nu eens een fantastisch initiatief sé!