April 2025 – Sustainability, Values and Impacts
There are two separate, but related, project updates for April 2025.
The Sustainability update looks at how sustainability has been a key consideration in the design of the project and outlines some of the considerations and approaches to achieving a sustainable multi-day hut-based walk.
March 2025 - Weather
This document focuses on the weather that has helped shape the location of the Next Iconic Walk, the remote and rugged West Coast of Tasmania, and how the local conditions and landscape have been considered during the project design stage.
Next Iconic Walk - Weather - Project Update March 2025 (PDF 526Kb)
February 2025 - Consultations and Market Research
This document summarises the range of consultations and market research that has been undertaken by the PWS to inform the designs for the Next Iconic Walk.
Next Iconic Walk - Consultations and Market Research - Project Update February 2025 (PDF 853Kb)
February 2025 – Hut and Campground Designs
This document provides an overview of the site plans for the track and two overnight nodes. It describes the key features of the different accommodation options and includes images that show what the huts, pods and tent platforms will look like in the surrounding landscape.
Next Iconic Walk- Hut and Campground Designs - Project Update February 2025 (PDF 709Kb)
The site plans and hut montages have been included in the project update, but they can also be downloaded as a separate stand-alone document below.
Next Iconic Walk - Site Plans and Montages February 2025 (PDF 25Mb)
If you are having trouble accessing the Site Plans and Montages document, please contact the Next Iconic Walk team at niw@parks.tas.gov.auand an alternative will be provided to you.
September 2024
This document provides a snapshot of the project that was available as a handout during the information sessions held around Tasmania during August and September 2024.
Next Iconic Walk Snapshot (PDF 532Kb)
August 2024 – Public Information Sessions
PWS will hold public information sessions across the state during August and September for those interested in the Next Iconic Walk project to find out how the project is progressing, view hut concept designs, maps of the track route and early interpretation concepts.
Project update -Next Iconic Walk public information sessions (PDF 299Kb)
December 2023
PWS is progressing well through stage two of the $40 million, multi-day, hut-based Next Iconic Walk project.
Extensive consultation, planning and investigations have been undertaken by PWS to identify the best location and determine the feasibility of a new walk, with thirty-five different locations and fifty different walk options assessed in the first stage of the project.
The second stage of the project has involved further consultation with key stakeholders to determine the characteristics that will make the walk a success on the West Coast. The PWS has been working closely with a design team to undertake all the site investigations and complete the planning, design and approvals required for the walk, with the track route now confirmed and hut concept plans recently completed.
Next Iconic Walk Project Update - December 2023 (PDF 627Kb)
July 2021
This document reports on the feasibility of developing Tasmania’s Next Iconic Walk and recommends options the Tasmanian Government could proceed with. This document summarises the research, consultation, studies, and analysis contained in more detailed documents.
Tasmanias Next Iconic Walk Stage 1 Feasibility Study report (PDF 10Mb)
July 2019
This document reports on the selection process for determining the location for Tasmania's Next Iconic Walk (NIW) in order to progress to market testing and a feasability study.
Next Iconic Walk - Location Assessment Report (PDF 2Mb)
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