Council meeting agenda - 4 June 2012 - Clarence City Council

"Rosny Hill Nature Recreation Area" 12A Akuna Street
Rosny, Tasmania
Such development should occur on parts of the site which do not compromise other uses and the
aesthetics and character of the reserve.
11.3.3 Restaurant
There are a number of restaurants in the Bellerive/Rosny area and more generally throughout the
Hobart area (eg Botantical Gardens, Cornellian Bay, Mount Nelson signal station etc).
Restaurants can be profitable but gross margins are generally lower than other businesses, and this
compromises the ability of restaurateurs to have the financial willingness and capacity to fund
capital works.
A restaurant located on Rosny Hill is likely to have a commercial advantage to other restaurants in
the area due to the unique site, existing visitation, and vistas. A restaurant at Rosny Hill is
therefore likely to be more commercially viable.
We believe a restaurant is a potential commercial venture that is suitable for RHNRA although its
commercial viability will be conditional/dependant upon development of other facilities at the
Reserve (ie it is unlikely to be self sustaining on its own).
There are various examples of other similar restaurants facilities both in Tasmania and interstate
including:
� Brisbane Lookout (Summit restaurant & café) – www.brisbanelookout.com
� Mount Lofty Summit restaurant and café, SA – www.mtloftysummit.com
11.3.4 Take Away Food Shop
The nature of the reserve does not lend itself to a traditional take away food shop.
Nevertheless an astute restaurateur would offer some take away products in conjunction with and
using the commercial kitchen of a restaurant. We envisage this could be in the form of an adjoining
kiosk for take away coffees and light snacks, which might appeal to active recreational users of the
Reserve.
11.3.5 Tourist Accommodation
Accommodation establishments can achieve some of the highest gross profit margins. This can
provide the commercial justification for major capital works/building programs.
At present there is a complete lack of 4 or 5 star accommodation within the Rosny/Bellerive area.
There are a number of older motel style accommodation establishments but there no facilities
(other than the Airport Hotel) which provide a higher standard of accommodation.
Given the high margins in tourist accommodation, the scale of an accommodation facility can be
kept relatively small (eg possibly 10-15 cabins).
Provided tourist accommodation was developed on the basis of an eco-tourism style venture which
would be unobtrusive to the nature conservation aspects of the reserve, we believe construction of
a tourist accommodation facility is a potential commercial use for the site which would complement
other identified commercial activities (eg restaurant, offering guests active recreational activities
etc).
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