In Hobart this week I attended a special dinner at Parliament House to celebrate the inscription of the five Tasmanian World Heritage Convict Sites (and very nice the dinner was too).
Speeches and chats covered many related topics, one of which was the matter of road signs pointing visitors to the various sites, but particularly to Woolmers and Brickendon Estates.
Signs are always difficult things to get exactly right and there seem always to be objections of one sort or another. It can be a burearocratic nightmare between several departments before the design and the situation is deemed to be just right. But one of the main difficulties is - as per usual - about the money, because good roadsigns don't come cheap.
Now it sounds as if there might be some financial help from the Commonwealth Government for World Heritage signs. Wouldn't that be wonderful? And everyone agreed that it absolutely would!
I vividly imagine visitors arriving at Launceston Airport and being made aware - almost as soon as they arrive - that there's a World Heritage Convict Site very near the airport. Then I imagine them (or at least some of them) making their way instantly there!
Here's hoping that this particular little dream can soon become a reality and that it proves to be more than just a throw-away dinner-time thought bubble......!
Hi Pixie,
ReplyDeleteI agree, I think the Airports(s) North and South, should celebrate this significant achievement of the World Heritage Sites. We know that even after years of education, visitors to the State still arrive without making an itinerary and this would be a great way to get them out to the surrounding region.