00:00Busy days at the Busselton jetty are becoming more common.
00:05A very warm welcome to the iconic Busselton jetty.
00:08Now staff are asking themselves how many visitors are too many.
00:12Over the last 10 years I've been here numbers have gone up about 66% so we need to make sure that we keep the place special.
00:19The team is looking at ways to avoid over-tourism.
00:22I don't think that we would cap walk tickets at this stage but we definitely have to cap underwater observatory and train tickets.
00:28But we might work out a way to sell the tours and do them differently.
00:31Beaches around Dunsborough are also bustling and locals worry the extra people and cars are damaging the environment people come here to enjoy.
00:40It's about working out what the real carrying capacity of the area is and then finding ways to manage and restrict the numbers that come here.
00:51But beach goers are largely unfazed.
00:53I think you've got to expect the tourists, it's a paradise really.
00:57In comparison to Sydney this feels like you know at like 5 or 10% capacity.
01:02While the Busselton council isn't planning an intervention.
01:06We have to understand that tourism brings in 1 billion dollars a year just to this area.
01:12So if for example if you were in Mount Isa and you closed down a copper mine that would devastate the community.
01:18So we have to embrace tourism.
01:20At beaches here in Eagle Bay and places like Denmark and Margaret River the advice from Parks and Wildlife officers is if you can't find a parking bay stay away.
01:29So let's go ahead and see you.
01:30In the near future if you're in the near future if you have a full report on youruman park stay away.
01:39That's all for your life.
01:40If you're in the near future, thank you so much for your journey.
01:42Thank you so much for being with me.
01:43Thank you for having me and.
01:44You are connected with this.
01:45And if you're in the near future, I'll have to come right over.
01:48And let's try and let's do this where you're at.
01:49And if you're in the near future you're at the near future, you're at the near future you're at the near future.
01:52And let's try and let's take off your house.
01:53That's what I'm trying to do, and give you back a day away.
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