Wilsons Promontory Revitalisation
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We’re providing multidisciplinary services for several projects to revitalise amenities at one Victoria’s much-loved tourism and leisure destinations, Wilsons Promontory.
We’re working directly with Parks Victoria and as sub-consultants to eplus architecture through projects funded by the Victoria’s Great Outdoors Program and Wilsons Prom Revitalisation initiatives.
Through these projects, we’re helping to support the region’s tourism industry while improving amenities for visitors and the local community to enjoy.
Client
Parks Victoria
Eplus Architecture
Location
Wilsons Promontory, VIC
Tidal River Visitors Centre
Our Landscape Architecture team, together with our Civil Engineering and Surveying teams, were engaged as sub-consultants to eplus Architecture for the design and upgrade of the Tidal River Visitors Centre.
A flagship project of the Wilsons Promontory Revitalisation initiative, it presented an exciting opportunity to enhance the visitor experience for the thousands of people who visit the National Park each year.
Previously, the Visitor Centre and General Store were physically separated, surrounded by overgrown vegetation and showing signs of disrepair. The upgrade created an opportunity to reimagine the space between the two buildings, bringing them together through the creation of an engaging public realm that effectively “draws the Prom” into the visitor precinct.
The design focuses on the creation of a new central Outdoor Hub and a new Changing Places facility, creating a cohesive connection between the Visitor Centre and General Store.
The landscape incorporates an informal amphitheatre, feature boulders relocated from maintenance tracks within the Prom, custom stone paving crafted from natural stone unearthed during construction, shelters, seating, and bicycle parking for park users.
The new design promotes areas for education, learning, informal gatherings, community events, meetings, and visitor orientation and together serves as a start-to-finish destination from which visitors can explore the wider Wilsons Promontory National Park.
Our Civil team also provided engineering advisory services to facilitate the connection between the proposed upgrades and existing infrastructure, and to ensure appropriate stormwater management systems were proposed for the culturally and environmentally sensitive site.
Our Surveying team also delivered a point cloud of the existing visitors centre and a level and feature survey of the surrounding area.
These improvements enhance the overall visitor experience and strengthen the appeal of this much-loved Victorian destination.
Construction was completed in August 2026.
Victoria's Great Outdoors Program
Our Landscape Architecture, Surveying and Spatial, Town Planning teams were engaged by Parks Victoria to upgrade and replace amenities to seven sites across Wilsons Promontory.
These projects are part of the State Government’s investment in the Victoria’s Great Outdoors package of works to improve the visitor experience of new camping grounds, 4WD tracks and walking trails.
Our Landscape Architects are leading our multidisciplinary project team, supported by a consortium of sub-consultants including Foursight Architects, KD Engineering, Douglas Partners and Arborist Greenwood Consulting.
The scope of works includes the design and construction of the Tidal River pedestrian bridge, potential upgrade to Tidal River Campground powered sites and amenities, upgrade to the remote campgrounds and toilets of Refuge Cove, Sealers Cove and Little Waterloo Bay as well as rectification works to parts of the Southern Walking Circuit Track.
Our work in the initial stages of these upgrades included providing Town Planning due diligence advice on which aspects would require planning permits. Our Surveying and Spatial team provided data capture and modelling services to inform subsequent architecture and landscape architecture designs and level and feature survey plans.
As lead consultant, we are driving the project coordination and vision. This will facilitate a positive project outcome for park visitors while navigating complex considerations including Cultural Heritage and Environment.
National Park Accommodation
Our Landscape Architects are leading our multidisciplinary project team of Civil Engineers and Surveyors, to support the development of new accommodation options for visitors to the Wilsons Promontory National Park.
Our teams are supporting the siting and proposal of new cabins at three potential sites, including an extension to the existing accommodation at Tidal River and a proposal to build new cabins on a property located at the northern border of the National Park.
Our landscape designs will draw on each site’s unique conditions to imbue a sense of the landscape identity and character into the visitor experience. Our approach, in collaboration with our Engineering team, considers how to minimise the impact on the site.
We provided Civil Engineering advice including an assessment of existing services and the nature of upgrades to the services required to support the proposed accommodation, addressing potential flooding impacts from Tidal River, and undertaking a high-level water balance and concept for rainwater harvesting system at one of the proposed sites.
Our Surveying team was engaged to provide a level and feature survey at one of the proposed sites.
