The past year’s swelling tourist numbers have been accompanied by a spate of development applications for exciting new accommodation sites, breweries and distilleries, and more.
Check out our wrap of the 10 most exciting developments headed for the Southern Downs:
KILLARNEY RIVERFRONT FARMSTAY
Already one of the most popular tourist destinations on the Southern Downs, Killarney is set to gain an exclusive new tourist park.
The 10-site Booyong Tourist Park will be situated on 100ha of agricultural land near the Condamine River, with riverfront views available at six of the sites.
Developer Paul Stumkat stated in his application the tourist park would make the most of the natural scenery and provide guests with “an easily accessible bush camping experience”.
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A NEW luxury camping hotspot hopes to bring an “eco-tourism” boom to Leslie Dam and the wider Warwick area.
A development application for “Rosenthal Retreat by Lynley” was this week submitted to SDRC by Mark Eldridge of Ausweld Group, on behalf of Lee Powell and Lynley Kirkpatrick.
The Washpool Rd site would contain 12 individual “glamping” sites, with four each of standard queen, deluxe queen, and kingsize cabins.
Only the kingsize cabins would provide individual bathroom facilities, and one of each queen-size site would provide disability access.
The lodged application stated the resort’s eco-tourism focus stemmed from its connection to Warwick’s indigenous heritage and the Gidhabal people.