Wilsons Prom Community Newsletter
Spring 2025

Wilsons Promontory is an Aboriginal Cultural Landscape. Parks Victoria respects the deep and continuing connection that Traditional Owners have to these lands and waters. We will continue to work together to care for Country. 

This newsletter shares project updates from across the park, including:

• Tidal River Footbridge will reopen ahead of schedule
• Details of shower and toilet block renovations in Tidal River
• Contractor has been appointed to rebuild the Sealers Cove Boardwalk
• Construction on the Tidal River Visitor Centre progresses

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Tidal River Footbridge to reopen ahead of schedule

Works on the Tidal River footbridge are progressing ahead of schedule. We expect the project to be finished up and open to the public in early December.

Works recently completed include:

• Installation and on-site welding of new cross heads – the horizontal support beams attached to vertical columns.
• Offsite construction off the bridge’s frame, deck and railing

The bridge will now be dismantled and transported to Tidal River, where it will be reconstructed on site.  

Welding new cross heads to the bridge | Constructing the bridge offsite before bringing it to the park

Works begin to renovate toilet and shower blocks in Tidal River

Renovations have begun on the toilet and shower blocks in Tidal River campground.  

West, Beach and Firebreak blocks are being upgraded. They will be finished in late December, ahead of the peak summer period.

Temporary toilets and showers on site

From 13 October to 19 December 2025, temporary amenities will be in place at Beach and Firebreak blocks. There will be fewer showers available than normal. Campers should shower outside of peak times to avoid delays.

There will be no shower or toilet facilities at West Block during the above dates. Temporary facilities cannot be provided as there is no suitable location. The nearest toilets and showers are at Newcastle Block.

See this map for more details

East, Newcastle, Tidal and Hill blocks remain open. Hill Block will be renovated separately in early 2026.

These renovations have been funded by the Victorian Government’s Victoria’s Great Outdoors program. Victoria’s Great Outdoors is a $106.6 million investment by the Victorian Government into better campgrounds, walking trails, 4WD tracks and visitor facilities across Victoria’s parks and state forests. 

Contractor appointed to rebuild the Sealers Cove Boardwalk 

Sealers Cove Boardwalk is one step closer to reopening after the contract to rebuild the boardwalk was awarded to Envirotechniques.

Envirotechniques are a Victorian environmental construction company, with expertise in ecology, horticulture and ecosystem care. For over 30 years they have built trails, constructed boardwalks and installed bridges throughout Victoria, including many in the Grampians (Gariwerd) and Wilsons Promontory National Parks.

The existing wooden boardwalk surface is being replaced with a Fiberglass Reinforced Plastic. This creates a sturdy walking surface that is easier for the team to maintain. This material has been successfully used at both Lily Pilly Gully and to Waterloo Bay. The boardwalk will be wider and higher above the ground and water. It is better suited to the aquatic and marine environment.

Construction is expected to begin in late November 2025 and will take place over the summer. The track is expected to be completed and open in autumn 2026.

Stay up to date via the project page on the Parks Victoria website.

The view down to Sealers Cove

Construction on track at the Visitor Centre precinct

Construction is on track at Visitor Centre precinct. We expect to open the renovated Visitor Centre to the public ahead of the summer holiday period. Some minor landscaping and cosmetic details may need to take place in early 2026 to complete the project.

The renovations include facade enhancements, upgrades to the interior, new landscaping and external paths. We’re also adding new covered areas with picnic tables and improved the seating throughout the precinct.

We’re also building a new Changing Places facility – a fully accessible toilet and changeroom. The facility also includes baby changing facilities.

The works are part of the Wilsons Promontory Revitalisation project, a $23 million investment through the Victorian Government’s Tourism Infrastructure Program to improve facilities and conservation efforts across the National Park.

Stay up to date via the Prom Revitalisation page on the Parks Victoria website.

The frame of the changing places facility takes shape | Work on the Visitor Centre progresses according to schedule

Stay up to date

Learn more about what's going on at the Prom at parks.vic.gov.au/projects, register for email updates, get in touch at engage@parks.vic.gov.au or call 13 1963.