Unfortunately, the thinking in Parks Victoria is exclusionary and the philosophy is all about protecting, not sharing.
I was a Senior Ranger in Parks for a number of years and I have watched them progressively closing areas to the public and restricting activities since leaving them some 20 years ago.
First it was horses and cattle, then it was 4wd access, hunting, camping, and now it's flying (fly neighbourly or not at all).
Protecting the natural environment is an important objective, but closing an airfield that has been in use for 50 years or more, on an island that grazed cattle until just a few years ago, and significantly diminishing tourism opportunities in the process is just plain stupid.
Justifying it by way of what appears to be a Mickey Mouse report on the relative safety of piston and turboprop is pathetic.
Kaz