Visitor Experience Enhancement Program round 8

The Visitor Experience Enhancement Program (VEEP) seeks to enable the tourism industry to undertake projects that will improve the customer experience through product enhancements, thereby generating positive promotion for the Territory.

The Northern Territory Government has provided $3.2 million of grant funding through round 8 of the VEEP.

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