Western Australian Sites
Rottnest Island (Wadjemup) Coastal Walk Trail
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Landscape Architects: ECOSCAPE (Australia) Pty ltd
location: Rottnest Island, west of Perth
Listed as A Case Study for the AILA's 2008 - 2009 National Climate Change Project
Rottnest Island is one of Western Australia’s tourism icons.
The social and environmental attributes and associated values of the Island are immense and their complexity and richness are rare. To cater to more than 500,000 visitors annually, the Rottnest Island Authority (RIA) recognises the need for a walk trail that allows access to the Island’s many beautiful natural features and its wealth of cultural history, but also allows for the Island to be managed sustainably.
The concept is to establish a relationship between the environment and its multiple histories so the visitor can openly appreciate and make sense of them. It is hoped that through the Coastal Walk Trail, the visitor will experience an attitudinal shift towards an understanding of the cross-cultural values of the land.
A network of three trail systems is proposed to let the landscape tell the story of “living the dreaming”. One trail runs straight down the centre spine of the Island; a second circumnavigates the Island; and a third weaves in and out of the inland hills and lakes. The interpretation will be balanced between the story of contemporary Aboriginal spiritual connection to the land and the prison history of the Settlement.
Client Rottnest Island Authority (RIA)
Project Team:
Karen Jacobs Rottnest Island Aboriginal Elder and Indigenous Heritage & Cultural Tourism Consultant
Noel Nannup Indigenous Cultural Consultant
Grant Revell UWA Senior Lecturer
Mary Warinner Ecoscape Principal Landscape Architect
Nicky Markham Senior Landscape Architect
In association with
Dr Mike Bamford Bamford Consulting (Fauna Consultant)
Peter Boyer Dennis, Price & Millar (Civil Engineer)
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April 2008
