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- Eco Family Fun Day 18th Sept 2010
- Solar and Wind Energy Products
- Home and Away
- Baby elephant at Taronga Zoo in Sydney
- Eco Tourism
- Aboriginal Cultural Performances now at Lane Cove River Tourist Park!
- Carmel Tebbutt opens Solar Panel Grid at Lane Cove River Tourist Park
- Sustainable Tourism
- Ring Tailed Possum feeding
- Has winter finished?
LANE COVE RIVER TOURIST PARK
We cordially invite all of our friends, supporters and guests to our annual open day.
This year we will be celebrating World Park’s Day and our Family Fun Day will be our Biggest ever!
As usual, there will be:
FREE entry to the event;
FREE sausage sizzle lunch;
FREE Indigenous Cultural Performance by Tribal Warrior;
FREE native plants (1 per family);
FREE kids activities;
FREE Bush band entertainment;
PLUS loads of socially responsible and environmentally friendly products and services.
We will also be launching our new water treatment system, and our solar canvas awning – both of these initiatives are world firsts, so make sure you don’t miss out.
See you here on Saturday 18th September between 10:00am – 2:30pm – remember to be green and use the 545 bus from Chatswood or Parramatta, or try the new North Ryde Train Station.
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Home and Away are back filming at Lane Cove River Tourist Park. Come and stay at Summer Bay Caravan Park!
Some more news on Lane Cove River Tourist Park being used as the film set for Home And Away.
We are the new location for Summer Bay Caravan Park and the news is that they are utilizing even more areas of the Tourist Park as settings for episodes of the popular series.
And this means that if you come and stay with us there is even more chance of you being able to camp exactly where the filming is done!
Please ring the office on 02 9888 9133 to make a reservation to camp with us.
Another baby elephant for Sydney's Taronga Zoo!
The next 24 hours are critical for the newest addition to the zoo and hopefully it has survived by the time you read this!
Read the news article from The Australian
When you're staying with us we always suggest using public transport to see many of the attractions that make Sydney special.
One of these special tourist attractions is Taronga Zoo.
To reach Taronga Zoo from us you just need to walk down the road for ten minutes to reach North Ryde train station. From there you can get a train directly to the city. Get out at Wynyard station and take the short walk down to Circular Quay. Catch one of the regular ferries across to the zoo.
When you reach the zoo ferry wharf take the cable car to the top entrance of the zoo and work your way through the zoo down the hill, finally exiting through the bottom exit right at the ferry terminal.
Catch a ferry back to Circular Quay and then back to us via the train. A great day out for all the family!
Our Eco Tourism philosophy.
Just a quick update for everyone. The team have been working tirelessly to ensure all our guests had a great time over the Christmas New Year period.We're still extremely busy but things should start to quieten down a little soon.
Many new and exciting things are planned for the coming few months or so. Anyone who has been here more than once will no doubt appreciate the efforts that have already gone into developing the great asset we have here.
With some great new National Parks initiatives coming soon, the whole team here are looking forward to these changes. A change is as good as a holiday they say!:)
Our Eco Tourism philosophy is this: Provide affordable, quality accommodation in an environment that is friendly and courteous.
Care of the environment and conservation of our natural area is still our main priority.
Rate change from 1st April 2010.
A very slight increase on site costs becomes effective from April 1, 2010.It's an evil that we can no longer afford to ignore unfortunately. The rise is to be only one dollar per site and will take the powered rate from $36.00 to $37.00. Unpowered sites will rise from $34.00 from $35.00.
Weekly discounts & seniors discounts will still apply as normal.
If you have been involved in any of our 'free' activities, like the night walks or the brand new Aboriginal Cultural Performance, you can understand that these activities need to be heavily subsidized from the existing revenue.
The objective will always be to present sustainable activities to the guests of the park but some cost recuperation is necessary so we can continue to upgrade the park in other areas.
Even if we were to disregard the above fact the cost of wages alone means that we need to move our rates up slightly.
All the facilities that are currently free (like the barbeques, tour advice, directions) will remain at no cost to guests.
Hope to see you all soon,
Keith
Our 2 guest artists will also perform the same traditional ceremonies for Prince William in Sydney on Wednesday 20 Feb 2010.
The response from the guests of the park who gathered under the gumtrees was very encouraging & will ensure there will be many repeat performances.
The event for us is a regular one & is scheduled for every Wednesday night, weather permitting, and starts at 6.30 pm.
Bring along a rug to sit on & take part in a traditional welcome, listen to some stories & learn a traditional dance or a song or two.
The event is free & is brought to you by the National Parks & Wildlife Service & the Tribal Warrior Association.
Andrew Daff and the staff of the Lane Cove River Tourist Park would also like to take this opportunity of thanking our two performers for their willing participation in this inaugural & ground breaking event.
It was a great night & all set within the Lane Cove National Park of course.
Some photos of the event can be seen in the link from the main menu on the left.
It was great to see Sally Barnes, the deputy director of National Parks & Wildlife NSW, here to support our newest environmental initiative as well.
The solar panel grid is capable of supplying energy to approximately 11 family cabins (of 23) & any surplus power generated will be fed back into the national electricity grid.
The whole area around the solar power station has been extensively landscaped including a water feature & solar garden lighting that are run entirely by the power generated from the station.
A special thanks to Dean, one of our field officers, for designing & constructing the water feature. A fantasic job Dean!
Many thanks to Robbie & Tom for all the help they gave Dean as well.
The new solar power grid here at the park is a continuation of our already extensive rollout of evironmental initiatives initiated by our manager, Andrew Daff.
There is an extensive library of photos ranging from the construction stage, right through to how it looks now, available on our photos & iimages page.
Next time you visit us make sure you check out the area. With the birds singing & the sound of the water in the background it's a great place to sit & take in the ambience of the park.
Hope to see you soon.
Lane Cove River Tourist Park
is located in a National Park only 10kms from the city area of Sydney in Australia. We are unique in our location & we actively promote the practice of Eco-Tourism, sustainability & educating local business operators & guests in all aspects of these practices.We are carbon neutral and as such we set a shining example to all other tourist operators & our guests. We operate under the belief that for people to change how they interact with the environment they need to have an alternative that effects their way of life as little as possible. We achieve that through subtle education using our environmental initiatives that are highly visible throughout our grounds. We are proof that changing how people think & live is possible. It also makes economic sense. We have been able to follow through on our best practice initiatives at a very low overall cost.
The end result of our efforts is that when people finish their holiday with us they will have at least some of our initiatives imbedded in their own minds.
If we can change people's habits even by only a fraction we are helping make this world a better place.
Last week I took photos & videos of a great little fella called a Ring Tailed Possum. She was just outside the office and was happy to feed on the tree while I spent some time getting some great shots.
This is actually a bit unusual because they're shy creatures most of the time.
This link will take you to our You Tube home page where you can see them all of our videos grouped together.
Or this link will take you directly to the newest video of our friendly Ring Tailed Possum.
Enjoy!
I'm sitting outside as I write this, no jumper on for the first time for a while. The sun is actually quite hot.
The weekend has been quiet so far but I also know that it only takes a day or so of warmer weather and everyone who has been hibernating starts moving around again.
So get out your camping gear, check you have all your bits and pieces and start making plans for weekends away.
If you haven't been here to camp check out the rest of the website and give us a call if you have any questions. You'll always be welcome!
Enjoy the weather and everything Sydney has to offer.
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