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Business View Australia - January-February 2016 17
INFRASTRUCTURE
ing St Marys, Fingal, Mathinna, Manga-
na, Cornwall, Pyengana, Goshen and
Weldborough. All popular destinations
due to the access they grant to forest
areas like St Columba Falls, the Blue
Tier and parts of the Douglas Apsley
National Park.
Break O’Day Council is responsi-
ble for ensuring that adequate lev-
els of infrastructural facilities are pro-
vided in the area and that these are
well-maintained. In this effort, Mayor
Mick Tucker plays a pivotal role and
his guidance and leadership have
served to provide the region’s res-
idents with excellent facilities and a
host of new projects.
Council ensures that each of the ac-
tivities it undertakes help achieve its
goal of utilising its resources in the
best possible manner. Towards this
end, Council has identified five key re-
sult areas that it monitors assiduously.
These areas are community building,
environment and planning, leadership
and governance, economic develop-
ment and asset management.
Residents of the region are engaged
in tourism-related activities, agricul-
ture, aquaculture, fishing, forestry and
mining. Council has been successful
in providing the right inputs and sup-
port to promote each of these activi-
ties within its area.
Some of the important projects that
Council is currently engaged in or has
completed are:
Bay of Fires Conservation Area, the
Mount William National Park and is
considered Tasmanian’s Game Fishing
Capital. The region’s permanent pop-
ulation is about 6,500 which grows
over the summer months to more than
13,000, revealing its popularity as a
holiday destination. .
There are a number of inland towns
as well, with the most prominent be-