Green Hill Lake Development Board is progressing to build a boardwalk across the lake as the destination becomes increasingly popular with tourists.
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President of the board and Ararat Rural City councillor Gwenda Allgood said she had been encouraged by how well used Greenhill Lake Reserve had been during 2021.
"We had so many people out there at Easter, and there could be another influx of people come in," she said.
"We find that people like the four seasons, and with photography and things like that, it's a moving target for people.
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"We believe the number of visitors is increasing every year. There would have had to be 3000 people out there at Easter.
"We went out there and tried to encourage people to come into Ararat and shop because when you come from Melbourne you don't have that great an idea of how close Ararat is."
Boardwalk plans gain momentum
The growing interest in the lake has reinvigorated plans to build a boardwalk across it, with the development board currently formulating a business plan for the project.
Cr Allgood said there would be numerous benefits to building the boardwalk.
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"One of the things that has been talked about quite frequently over the years is making the lake more accessible to people, particularly people with a disability," she said.
"We're also finding more and more people go out there for photography as well. So, if we could add some areas like that where they could get a better view it would be much better."
The exact location of the boardwalk is still being determined. But Cr Allgood said the board was looking to position it to open up new parts of the lake to visitors.
"We're looking at the possibility of going to the more isolated areas and seeing if we can put something there," she said.
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"We're looking at putting it between a couple of the islands to actually give people a better view because there's so much bird life out there at the moment and it would be great for people to be able to go out there and have a look."
Ms Allgood said the boardwalk would be high enough to inhibit where people boating or kayaking could travel.
"We'd make sure it was high enough that they could still enjoy their activities, and the people that wanted to would be walking over the top of them," she said.
"We're very conscious of that too because when the lake fills the water table does increase to some extent."
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