The north west & west coast tourism market The north west and west coast is home to some of the state’s best-known natural attractions, including the World Heritage Franklin and Gordon Rivers, Cradle Mountain, the Tarkine – Australia’s largest temperate rainforest – the west coast wilderness railway and the roaring surf of Marrawah.
The region includes the main cities of Devonport (the home port of the Spirit of Tasmania ferries) and Burnie with the coastal communities of Penguin, Wynyard, Stanley, Strahan and King Island, as well as the hinterland towns of Deloraine, Latrobe, Queenstown and Sheffield. The area produces some of the state’s finest cheeses, chocolates and farm produce, as part of the Cradle to Coast Tasting Trail. New projects in some of the key areas are as follows: DEVONPORT LIVING CITY PROJECT The overall Devonport region is expected to benefit from the $250 million Devonport Living City Project, which is one of the largest urban renewal projects ever undertaken in regional Tasmania. Construction of Stage 1 was completed in 2018 and included a new multi-purpose civic building, council offices, 800 seat convention centre, food pavilion, and multi-storey car park. The food pavilion, known as ‘Providore Place’ showcases premium North West Tasmanian products. Stage 1 was the catalyst for the project as it frees up the
land necessary to complete the Waterfront Precinct (Stage 3) and Retail Precincts (Stage 2) in the future. As part of the project, the 187 room Novotel hotel owned by Fragrance Group was completed in Nov 2022 and council revitalised the surrounding land into a waterfront park. Completed in 2017, the waterfront apartments located on the Mersey River comprise fully self-contained 1 and 2 bedroom apartments with fully equipped kitchens, laundry and a private patio. The apartments form part of the In 2017 the State Government announced they would deliver two new purpose-built Spirit of Tasmania vessels which will be 30% larger than the current ships – increasing passenger capacity by 43% and freight capacity by 39% at a cost of $688 million. The delivery of Spirit IV and Spirit V has been delayed as the new ferry port infrastructure is yet to be completed. The Devonport Quay link, a new freight terminal has a costing of $654 million. Waterfront complex. DEVONPORT PORT
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