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SHIRE OF MOUNT MAGNET
MINUTES
TOURISM ADVISORY COMMITTEE
15 APRIL 2010
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SHIRE OF MOUNT MAGNET
Minutes
Tourism Advisory Committee Meeting
15 April 2010
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1 DECLARATION OF OPENING / ANNOUNCEMENT OF VISITORS.............................3
2 RECORD OF ATTENDANCE / APOLOGIES / LEAVE OF ABSENCE...........................3
3 RESPONSE TO PREVIOUS PUBLIC QUESTIONS TAKEN ON NOTICE .....................3
4 PUBLIC QUESTION TIME .....................................................................................................3
5 APPLICATIONS FOR LEAVE OF ABSENCE .....................................................................3
6 CONFIRMATION OF MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETING ..........................................3
6.1 Minutes of Tourism Advisory Committee Meeting held 18 March 2010..........3
7 ANNOUNCEMENTS BY PRESIDING PERSON WITHOUT DISCUSSION ...................3
8 PETITIONS / DEPUTATIONS / PRESENTATIONS / SUBMISSIONS.............................3
Nil.........................................................................................................................................................3
9 AGENDA ITEMS.......................................................................................................................4
9.1.1 Mount Magnet Festival ......................................................................................5
9.1.2 Tourist Information Board Federation Park...................................................7
9.1.3 Tourist Information Centre April Report .......................................................8
10 CONFIDENTIAL BUSINESS ............................................................................................12
11 NEW BUSINESS ..................................................................................................................12
12 NEXT MEETING ................................................................................................................12
13 CLOSURE OF MEETING..................................................................................................12
14 CERTIFICATION BY CHAIRMAN.................................................................................12
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SHIRE OF MOUNT MAGNET
Minutes
Tourism Advisory Committee Meeting
15 April 2010
1 DECLARATION OF OPENING / ANNOUNCEMENT OF VISITORS
The Chairperson declared the meeting open at 2.20pm
2 RECORD OF ATTENDANCE / APOLOGIES / LEAVE OF ABSENCE
Chairman Cr Karen Williams
Member Ms Veronica (Ronnie) Hamilton
Member Ms Elva Ritchie
Staff Mr David Burton – Chief Executive Officer
Staff Ms Danelle Fauntleroy – Community Development Officer
Staff Ms Monica Watson – Tourism Officer
Guest Mr Kent Lucy
Guest Mr Lawrie James
Guest Mrs Penny Peirce
3 RESPONSE TO PREVIOUS PUBLIC QUESTIONS TAKEN ON NOTICE
Nil
4 PUBLIC QUESTION TIME
Nil
5 APPLICATIONS FOR LEAVE OF ABSENCE
Nil
6 CONFIRMATION OF MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETING
6.1 Minutes of Tourism Advisory Committee Meeting held 18 March 2010
COMMITTEE RESOLUTION
Moved: V Hamilton Seconded: K Williams
That the minutes of the Tourism Advisory Committee Meeting of Council held on
18 March 2010 as circulated be confirmed as a true and correct record of proceedings.
CARRIED 3/0
7 ANNOUNCEMENTS BY PRESIDING PERSON WITHOUT DISCUSSION
Cr Williams welcomed Mr Lucy and Mr James to the meeting and thanked them for coming
along to share their views.
8 PETITIONS / DEPUTATIONS / PRESENTATIONS / SUBMISSIONS
Nil
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9 AGENDA ITEMS
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9.1.1 Mount Magnet Festival
File: CO-TOUR
Officer: Danelle Fauntleroy – Community Development Officer
Amended By: Nil
Disclosure of Interest: Nil
Date: 12 April 2010
Application
To confirm a date for the 2010 Mount Magnet Festival
Background
The Festival was originally planned to take place on 28 and 29 August to coincide with the
Variety Club Visit. Variety have now advised that they will be arriving late afternoon on
Sunday 29 August and have their own function planned for participants that evening. The
venue for the Variety Club function is Anzac Hall which was also planned to house the art
exhibition over the festival weekend.
Comment
Ideally the Festival would need to be held in September, October or early November before
it becomes too hot. This will still give enough time to obtain funding and properly promote
the Festival and Art Exhibition.
Options for the Festival weekend include –
28 and 29 August – To coincide with the Variety Club visit. Set up time for the Variety
Club function mean that the Hall will not be available for the Art Exhibition on Sunday and
a new venue for the exhibition will have to be found. Accommodation over this weekend is
also heavily booked and it may be difficult for Festival goers to find accommodation.
25 and 26 September – is the only long weekend between September and December
however this is also the date for the Meekafest.
2 and 3 October – middle of school holidays. This would mean that our advertising of the
Festival would occur in the lead up to, and during, school holidays and may increase
visitation over the holidays in general. People would have the option of extending their visit
either prior to or after the Festival during the school holidays.
9 and 10 October – last weekend of school holidays (Monday 11 is a pupil free day). This
would mean that our advertising of the Festival would occur in the lead up to, and during,
school holidays and may increase visitation over the holidays in general.
16 and 17 October – to coincide with the Mount Magnet Race Day. In order to promote
tourism and attract tourists to Mount Magnet, the event will need to have a strong theme
reflecting historical and or cultural aspects of life in Mount Magnet.
Consultation
Nil
Statutory Environment
Nil
Policy Implications
Nil
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Financial Implications
Nil
Strategic Implications
Nil
Voting Requirements
Simple Majority
COMMITTEE RESOLUTION
Moved: E Ritchie Seconded: V Hamilton
That the Mount Magnet Festival take place on the weekend of 2nd
and 3rd
October
2010.
CARRIED 3/0
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9.1.2 Tourist Information Board Federation Park
File: CO-TOUR
Officer: David Burton, Chief Executive Officer
Amended By: Nil
Disclosure of Interest: Nil
Date: 12 April 2010
Application
To consider the replacement of information for the Tourism Information Board for
Federation/Foster Park
Background
The Tourist Information Bay is frequented regularly by travellers for information on where
to go and what services are available. Over the years, this information has deteriorated and
some of it has become obsolete.
Comment
In order to ensure that the information can be changed without too much cost, the staff have drawn
a possible design which uses coloured A3 sheets of paper which can be printed at the Shire Office.
This will allow for changes to the details to be completed easily and the notices replaced.
An idea was for a business card to be attached for all the businesses operating in the area.
Once again, by keeping the system simple, the cards can be changed frequently and updated
with new information.
The information on the board will be advertising the tourism attractions for Mount Magnet
Town, the Tourist Drive and also a regional map showing the location of Mount Magnet in
relations to the surrounding towns.
Consultation
Monica Watson – Tourist Information Centre
Bob Ford – Tourist Information Centre
Statutory Environment
Nil
Policy Implications
Nil
Financial Implications
Nil
Strategic Implications
Nil
Voting Requirements
Simple Majority
COMMITTEE RESOLUTION
Moved: V Hamilton Seconded: E Ritchie
That the Shire of Mount Magnet staff proceed with the updating of the Tourist Information
Board in Federation Park.
CARRIED 3/0
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9.1.3 Tourist Information Centre April Report
File: CO-TOUR
Officer: Monica Watson Tourism Officer
Amended By: Nil
Disclosure of Interest: Nil
Date: 09 April 2010
The Information Centre opened for the season on the 01 April. Over Easter the Centre was
closed Good Friday, opened three hours Saturday, Sunday and Monday, now back to normal
hours of 9am-12midday and 1pm-4pm Monday to Friday. Saturdays 9am-12 Midday.
99 people visited the centre during the period of 01 -
07 April.
The Centre is receiving consignment stock from various members of the community, which
is most welcome.
Merchandise orders are being placed on books and maps and we are developing wildflower
and ‘historical item’ designs to be used on stubby holders, postcards, key rings, wrapping
paper etc.
Adverts for the Information Centre and the Caravan Park have been booked and design
layout accepted for the Australia’s Golden Outback minimum two page feature on the
Gascoyne-Murchison in the Travel section of the Western Australian on Saturday the 10 of
April.
Brochures for the new season have been ordered and arriving. Eleven hundred and fifty
Mount Magnet brochures have been sent to various Centres within the state including a
package of brochures from Mount Magnet, Meekatharra, Cue, Yalgoo and Sandstone to the
Western Australian Tourist Centre in Perth.
I attended The Perth Caravan and Camping Show, as a volunteer on the Australia’s Golden
Outback stand, where I was able to promote the Gascoyne-Murchison area by handing out
brochures from the various towns and flyers on Station Stays. Approximately 48,000 people
visited the Silver Jubilee pavilion during the show. During this period the Golden Outback
proved to be a place of great interest to many of the visitors. It also has helped Mount
Magnet Information Centre to build on relations with other centres who were involved and
to begin the networking process which is progressing very successfully.
A new agreement between the Shire and June Boase has been signed. The Shire has
acquired all stock excluding the Postcard and Card lines. These two series of products will
still be on consignment from and supplied by June Boase herself.
Bob Ford has been reviewing the Tourist Trail Signs. It is proposed that the old be replaced
by new, ‘double sided’ signs, named and numbered appropriately.
1. Information Centre 2. Pioneer Baths
3. Aboriginal Burial Site 4. Poverty Flats
5. Mount Warramboo Lookout 6. Checkers Mill
7. Mother and Child Graves 8. Amphitheatre
9. Cave 10. Lennonville Cemetery
11. Peppermint Tree (needs changing) 12. Lennonville Townsite
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13. Lennonville Railway Platform 14. The Granites
15. Mount Magnet Race Course 16. Mount Magnet Cemetery
17. Mining and Pastoral Museum
Example: Proposed layout
It has been suggested that The Granites be given an extra large sign (one for each entry point
and along with the two Tourist Trail signs) as an introduction to it’s own identity and
separate from the Tourist Trail (being a very popular, well recognised iconic feature in it’s
own right).
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Proposed layout of Information Bay Board.
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10 CONFIDENTIAL BUSINESS
Nil
11 NEW BUSINESS
P Peirce arrived at the meeting at 2.45pm
K Lucy left the meeting at 3.27pm
11.1 Camping at the Granites
Camping at the Granites was discussed and it was agreed that wood collecting for
barbecues was an issue and that the Shire investigate improved signage to indicate that it
was a day area only with no camping.
11.2 Park Benches / Public Seating
There had been public comment about the lack of park benches on the main street and
condition of the seating at the Tourist Information Centre Park. The issue of graffiti on
public amenities was discussed and it was agreed that the Shire investigate ideas for
seating along the walk trail at the creek and also seating at the Tourist Park.
12 NEXT MEETING
Tourism Advisory Committee Meeting to be held on 20 May 2010.
13 CLOSURE OF MEETING
The Chairperson declared the meeting closed at 3.40pm and thanked all for attending.
14 CERTIFICATION BY CHAIRMAN