Round 8 recipients

The projects allocated funding from round 8 of VEEP (excluding GST) are:

• Acacia Hills Caravan Park: Install 2 fenced dog friendly sites, trench power and water supply to a five-berth demountable and camp kitchen $35,950.07
• Adelaide River Inn: Upgrade the ablution block by installing new flooring, internal walls, shower and toilet fittings and installing new stainless-steel benches, fans and lighting to the camp kitchen $100,000.00
• Alice Springs Expeditions: Install 3 luxury roof top tents to Alice Springs Expeditions' vehicles, installing a slide camp kitchen and a long-range capacity tank in one of the vehicles $14,791.51
• Arltunga Bush Pub and Eco Retreat: Install a swimming pool, glass pool fencing, landscaping and a gold rush years from the late 1880s mural $98,163.63
• Australian Walking Holidays: Construct new roof structures for communal areas at four campsites along the Larapinta Trail $98,900.00
• Autopia Tours: Enhance two Central Australia camps, each with 12 permanent safari tents, camp shelter / kitchen, eco-friendly compostable toilets, solar-powered lights and low-powered device charging points, water heaters and water tanks $78,089.55
• Bamurru Plains: Upgrade the solar panel and battery bank system $52,717.00
• Barrow Creek Hotel: Install a new ablution and laundry block, 8 powered sites in the caravan park, air-conditioning in the dining and patio areas and ceramic floor tiles throughout the hotel $47,439.47
• Beagle Hotel: Upgrade 4 rooms with new tiles, doors, lighting, cupboards, paint and bathroom fixtures $90,000.00
• Breezes Bar and Bistro: Install an indoor children's playground which includes a quad play pod, junior equipment and playhouse $25,553.00
• Corroboree Park Tavern: Resurface the commercial kitchen floor in hygienic epoxy nonslip covering, installing new stainless steel work bench splashbacks and shelving and commercial appliances $32,835.00 
  Crab Claw Island Resort: Enhance the bathroom block including new fixtures, improving water efficiency and constructing a new children's playground $94,795.00
• Crocodylus Park: Upgrade the dining area by enclosing the current balcony area with new walls, floors and roof and installing air conditioning and fans and upgrading the bathroom facilities $100,000.00
• Darwin Harbour Cruises: Enhance the MV Charles Darwin's kitchen and Captain's Deck bar and servery with new vinyl floors, ceiling panels, a cool room, stainless steel bench tops, stone bar top and laminated panel front, cabinetry, dumb waiter lift, and energy efficient appliances $100,000.00
• Darwin Resort: Refurbish 6 x two bedrooms cottages including new bathroom and kitchen fittings and tiles, room fans, wardrobes, and porcelain tile flooring $96,714.00
• Davidsons Arnhemland Safaris: Enhance the pool area with a new 8.2 metre pool and 6-person spa, a large shade structure complete with lights and fans and an enclosed screened lounge area $100,000.00
• DCH on Mitchell: Renovate the entrance, guest laundry and kitchen areas, installing new LED lights in the car park and creation of a garden in a currently unused space $30,622.50
• Doctors Gully / Aquascene Fish Feeding Sanctuary & Café: Construct a commercial kitchen, installing security shutters, shade structure, a new external staircase with railings and a wheelchair compliant elevator $100,000.00
• Dundee Beach Holiday Park: Enhance the old pool by replacing the concrete surround with exposed concrete, plumbing, skimmer boxes and filtration system and installing solar lighting, pool fencing and a new shade sail $46,616.29
• Ethical Adventures NT: Install in-vehicle Wi-Fi access and safety cameras to three vehicles and fitting out a trailer to cater for off road touring $9,734.05
• Frontier Hotel: Renovate the pool area, the outdoor amphitheatre with new seating, lighting, sound systems, a permanent outdoor kitchen and pop-up bar, and installing a children's play equipment $100,000.00
• Gardens Park Golf Links: Expand and enhance the café outdoor area by installing decking and paving $98,800.00
• Hibiscus Tavern / Dollys Bar: Renovate the bathrooms to be wheelchair compliant by installing all new flooring, internal walls, railings and toilet fittings $93,707.21
• Humpty Doo Hotel: Enhance the RV Park including sealing the carpark and driveway, upgrading the ablution block, adding concrete paths, new flooring and air-conditioning $54,000.00
• Katherine Motel: Renovate 20 motel rooms with new bathrooms, parking area upgrades plus upgrading the pool area $100,000.00
• Kimberley Off-Road Adventure Tours / Kapalga Travel: Upgrade 6 x four-wheel passenger trucks with USB charging ports to all 15 passenger seats and installing a speaker / PA system on one truck $11,480.21
• Litchfield Outback Resort: Develop a camp kitchen and BBQ area by installing a concrete slab, stainless steel benchtops, family/communal seating, sinks and cooking/BBQ facilities $35,509.55
• Litchfield Safari Camp: Construct 3 x two-bedroom, self-contained cabins with one of the cabins constructed to accommodate those with accessibility needs $100,000.00
• Mercure Kakadu Crocodile Hotel: Replace carpet to 48 rooms $26,550.72
• Mt Bundy Station: Upgrade the caravan park's electrical infrastructure, installing 26 new powered sites and upgrading 18 powered sites $100,000.00
• Nitmiluk Tours: Install a new air-conditioned building and outdoor decking and shade structure for helicopter tours, with wheelchair accessible concrete paths, ramps and shade, a new secure equipment storage shed and renovating bathroom facilities $100,000.00
• Noonamah Tourist Park: Install 2 new self-contained cabins with bathroom, kitchenette, double bed and double sofa bed $100,000.00
• Novotel Darwin CBD: Upgrade two outdoor areas with new shade, landscaping and floor covering. Installing shade and resurfacing the flooring in the swimming pool area $100,000.00
• Offshore Boats: Fabricate 3 vessels to accommodate the installation of new GPS positioning systems and modifications to the bows to create safer fishing platforms $16,000.00
• Overland Oz: Install 16 bunk beds at the permanent camp at Manbullooh Station in Katherine $3,188.04
• Palmerston Golf and Country Club: Install Zipscreen awnings
• to the alfresco dining area and shade cloth/sails and furniture to a new outdoor area $49,657.41
• Reality Bites Catering / Madigan’s Function Room: Replace the carpet in Madigan’s Function Room $8,995.00
• Remote Education Tours: Upgrade solar power at school group campsites, including batteries and additional solar panels $15,802.55
• Renner Springs Roadhouse: Upgrade 6 rooms with new flooring and toilets and installing a new bathroom block $100,000.00
• Royal Flying Doctor Service Darwin Tourist Facility: Redevelop the 1942 Bombing of Darwin experience $85,150.00
• Rydges Palmerston: Replace all mattresses throughout the hotel $100,000.00
• Salon Art Projects: Install lighting, security system, walls and partitions and art storage in the new art gallery premises at the Darwin Waterfront $100,000.00
• Sealink Northern Territory: Upgrade the Tiwi Mantawi vessel with paint, carpet, bathrooms, media systems and vinyl seating and commissioning artwork from a Tiwi artist $100,000.00
• Spectacular Jumping Crocodile Cruises: Make the under-croft area one continuous height to meet accessibility requirements and link the dock ways, building stairs and toilet block $100,000.00
• Spring Tide Safaris: Upgrade sonar technology equipment, an electric motor with lithium batteries and spotlights to the Spring Tide Safaris vessel $15,264.00
• The Lodge of Dundee / Dundee Beach Tavern: Install a 70m2 alfresco dining area with retaining garden walls, shade sail, shade blinds and solar lighting $34,750.00
• Woks Up Tennant Creek: Enhance the current outdoor dining area to an enclosed alfresco area with a bespoke 'food hut' service area and upgrading the plumbing and electrical $12,985.00
• Yknot Charters: Install two x 20-foot retreat cabins with air-conditioning, bathroom, kitchenette and roofed decking $65,744.76
• 00Seven Adventures: Transform an existing wharf structure into a viewing deck and eatery which will accommodate up to 50 guests $100,000.00.