Round 1 recipients

The projects that were allocated funding from the 2018-19 VEEP Program, round 1 (excluding GST) were:

• Alatai Holiday Apartments: Upgrades to reception and visitor areas, ($10,000)
• Blast Coffee Group: Pop Rocket Café Expansion Project, ($10,000)
• Lodge of Dundee: Upgrades to ablution facilities, ($50,000)
• Marksie's Stockman's Camp Tucker Night: Improve lighting and kitchen equipment, ($7,500)
• Offshore Boats Pty Ltd: Upgrades to existing passenger vehicle, ($9,567)
• Devils Marbles Hotel: Deliver two additional deluxe cabins, ($50,000)
• Frogs Hollow Backpackers: Upgrades to furniture and common use facilities, ($10,000)
• Palms City Resort: Resort pool works, ($45,454)
• Gapview Hotel: Campground upgrades, ($50,000)
• Aurora Alice Springs Hotel: Repair bath surrounds in guest rooms, ($13,350)
• Pee Wees: Installation of a new integrated audio visual system, ($50,000)
• Gunamu Aboriginal Corporation: Upgrade bathrooms at Wirib Store & Tourism Park, ($22,705)
• Crocosaurus Cove: Croc Cove Audio Tour App, ($19,611)
• Ross River Resort: Upgrades to accommodation and camping facilities as well as bushwalking tracks, ($50,000)
• Adelaide River Tours: General upgrades, ($9,090)
• M P Gallagher: Retrofitting of horse carriages, ($9,000)
• Doubletree by Hilton Darwin: Information services upgrade, ($50,000)
• Hot Tamale restaurant : Upgrade Point of Sale System (POS), ($11,000)
• Rachael's Seafood Shack: Permanent beautification of outdoor dining space, ($8,070)
• Gecko Canoeing: Reception area renovation, ($10,000)
• Bultech Pty Ltd: Improvements to Leaders Creek Fishing Base, ($50,000)
• Youth Shack and Chillis Backpackers: Improvements, ($9,090)
• Boxian Holdings: Café-style conversion of Dunmarra Roadhouse dining room, ($9,090)
• Milikom Pty Ltd: Upgrades to the Space Discovery Centre, ($44,835)
• Broken Spur: Undoolya Station upgrades, ($6,265)
• Uluru Segway Tours: Mobile catering booth to service sunrise and sunset tours, ($10,000)
• Nitmiluk Tours: Campground ablution facilities upgrade, ($42,964)
• Litchfield Tourist Park NT: Climate controlled reception area, ($50,000)
• RT Tours Australia: Solar power for a tour dinner site at Simpsons Gap, ($9,090)
• Uluru Camel Racing Club: Extension of current camel racetrack, ($5,940)
• Streeter Pearl Lugger: Upgrades to vessel, ($16,144)
• Alice Springs School of the Air Visitor Centre: Upgrades to studio class room, ($9,955)
• Mataranka Roadhouse: Furniture and lighting upgrades, ($9,085)
• MacDonnell Ranges Big4 Caravan Park: Development of additional camp kitchen, ($50,000)
• Cooling of Eva's Café at George Brown Botanic Gardens ($45,000)
• Marchant Enterprises Pty Ltd: Install non slip flooring at WWII tunnels, ($10,000)
• Remote Tours Pty Ltd: Campsite upgrades in Yulara, ($37,380)
• Australian Wilderness Adventures: Solar technology enhancement project for Trek Larapinta eco-camps, ($9,090)
• Bynoe Retreat: Improvements to camp ground, ($10,000)
• Doubletree by Hilton: Fitness centre upgrades, ($23,925)
• Pearl & Co Darwin: Vic courtyard beautification and cooling project, ($35,315)
• Timber Creek Hotel & Caravan Park: Playground and multi-purpose information structure / birding pavilion ($29,545)
• Erldunda Roadhouse: Refurbishment of function area, ($10,000)
• Katherine Outback Experience: New wireless PA system, ($9,429)
• H on Smith Hotel: Restaurant and guest room enhancement, ($45,454)
• Kings Canyon Resort: Expansion of existing sunset viewing area, ($50,000)
• NT Bird Specialists: Vehicle enhancements and retrofitting, ($8,654)
• Ikuntji Artists Aboriginal Corporation: Upgrade of public facilities, ($7,000)
• Cooinda Lodge Kakadu: Trial conversion of one Yellow Waters cruise boat to solar power, ($50,000)
• Litchfield Café: Improved seating at Wangi Falls Café and kitchen facilities ($10,000)
• Anglers Choice Pty Ltd: Accommodation upgrades at Dundee, ($50,000)
• Wildlands Pty Ltd: New pontoon at Corroboree Billabong, ($50,000)
• Crazy Acres: Expand business operation/café, ($45,455)
• Angkerle Aboriginal Corporation: Upgrades to meeting room, veranda seating area and signage, ($21,068)
• Groote Eylandt Lodge: Upgrades to Lodge, ($40,445)
• UNO Management Services Pty Ltd: Development of a water park at NT Adventure Park, ($50,000)
• Snapper Rocks Bar and Restaurant: New breakfast and seafood restaurant at the Waterfront, ($50,000)
• World Expeditions Travel Group Pty Ltd: Construct a new semi-permanent campsite on the Larapinta Trail ($50,000)