Location Management Services

Here is how this works in practice. Our location managers run on-the-day Australian unit operations across the full topographic and regulatory range. Sydney harbour and Opera House precinct shoots managed alongside Sydney Opera House Trust under UNESCO 2007 inscription, Melbourne Federation Square and MCG planning with VicScreen and Heritage Victoria, Gold Coast Surfers Paradise and Village Roadshow Studios neighbourhood liaison, Adelaide Hills wine country, Perth Cottesloe and Margaret River, plus remote outback days at Uluru-Kata Tjuta UNESCO 1987 (Anangu Classic Owner liaison, climbing banned 2019), Kakadu UNESCO 1981, Daintree Rainforest UNESCO 1988 (Wet Tropics Management Authority), Great Barrier Reef UNESCO 1981 (Marine Park Authority), Tasmanian Wilderness UNESCO 1982, and Lord Howe Island UNESCO 1982.

Here is the short of it. Daily planning spans MEAA crew-rest break enforcement, ACS DP camera-positioning, ADG director-shot logistics, council liaison through state and local state film offices (City of Sydney, City of Melbourne, City of Gold Coast), parking and trucking access, base-camp running, and craft-services placement against Fair Work Ombudsman crew amenity needs.

Here is the breakdown. Australian location running means handling extreme site-level variables — bushfire season December to March across NSW and Victoria (Black Summer 2019-20 evacuation playbook applies), Queensland tropical-north wet-season cyclones November to April, outback heat extremes pushing 40°C plus at Uluru, Kakadu, MacDonnell Ranges, and Watarrka Kings Canyon, marine sting and crocodile risk on tropical-north coasts, snake awareness across nearly each state, and Tasmanian alpine variability at Cradle Mountain.

Here is what that looks like on the ground. Aboriginal Land Council consultation is Required on Country. AIATSIS Code of Ethics guidance, Welcome to Country and Acknowledgement of Country protocols, sacred-site declarations, and Native Title considerations following the Mabo 1992 decision shape each unit move covering Anangu, Yolŋu, Pitjantjatjara, Warlpiri, Arrernte, and Tiwi land.

Here is how the picture comes together. We set up CASA drone airspace, ACMA wireless RF, Airservices Australia approvals, Australian Border Force ATA carnet inbound clearance, Surf Life Saving Australia coverage on open-water units, and Royal Flying Doctor Service contact for remote-unit medevac — keeping each shoot day productive and compliant across stage, street, sea, and red dirt.