Houtman Abrolhos Islands National Park Airstrip Maintenance

⁠⁠⁠Three airstrips have been established at the Abrolhos Islands, all of which fall within the HAINP and are the responsibility of DBCA to maintain to the required standards set out by the Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA).

The airstrips are all are classified as ‘Uncertified Aircraft Landing Areas’. The use of all 3 of the airstrips is limited to small, single engine aircraft that do not exceed 2000kg in daylight hours.

Aircraft Charter Operators are the primary users of the airstrips. These operators support the rock lobster & aquaculture industry, as well a small fly in/fly out tourism industry. Small numbers of private aircraft also use the airstrips.

The Works comprise maintenance of the three existing airstrips at the Abrolhos:

• East Wallabi Island airstrip.  This is 667m long x 8-9m wide. It has three aircraft parking areas Northern end (2226m2), Western side (700m2), Southern end (1300m2), and two turn-around areas at the southern (675m2) and for northern (105m2) ends.
• Rat Island airstrip.  This is 517m long x 10m wide.  It has a central parking (1500m2), and two turn-around areas at the southern (550m2) and northern (720m2) ends.
• North Island airstrip. This is 473m long and 6m wide.

Site Visit

A site visit will be held at 351 Eight Street, Woorree on 9 Sep, 2025 9:00 AM.

A mandatory briefing/site inspection for prospective Respondents will be conducted at:

Date: Tuesday 9 September 2025

Time: 0900 AM

Location: DBCA District Office, 351 Eighth St Woorree 6530

The Respondent is requested to confirm its attendance by no later than COB 29th August 2025, by the person whose details are shown below.

Failure to attend the Request briefing will result in the Offer being ineligible for further consideration.

Name: Steve Moore

Title: Senior Operations Officer

Company: Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions

Telephone: 0437105841

Email: steve.moore@dbca.wa.gov.au

Attendance at the briefing is a pre-requisite to submission and consideration of a bid.