The Walkerville South beach will be closed to recreational vehicles to reduce the risk to beach users during the four day period over the Easter Long Weekend (Friday April 18- Monday April 21 inclusive). Bollards will be installed on the beach access ramp.

Recreational vehicles – what does this mean?
The term recreational vehicle relates to motorized leisure vehicles on the beach. This includes cars (with or without trailers), trucks or utes. Kayaks may still be launched on the beach and other small water craft that don’t require a vehicle to launch them.

Walkerville North
Off the beach launching will still be available nearby at Walkerville North where there are upgraded road, car parking, sea wall and recreational facilities. There is potential car and trailer parking available for up to 37 cars with trailers at Walkerville North.

Vehicles can only be driven onto the beach at Walkerville North for the purpose of launching or retrieving a boat, and cannot be parked on the beach or driven to other parts of the beach.

Sincerely,

Walkerville Foreshore Reserve Committee of Management
admin@walkervilleforeshore.com.au

Walkerville Foreshore Reserve Vegetation Management Update – November 2024

Vegetation Management and Weed control

We have been carrying out works throughout the reserve targeting invasive species. Works commenced at Walkerville South in October, where large tracts of Dolichos creeper and Cape Ivy have been choking the native vegetation as they climb higher to reach more sunlight. Significant progress has been made in this area and you may see the creepers dying off, enabling the supporting bush to recuperate. Where possible the cut and paste method has been used to minimise any adverse effects of spraying.   

Other species being targeted include Arum lily, Blue Periwinkle, Pittosporum and Sallow Wattle trees as well as African Boxthorn along the beachside.

In the coming month the focus will shift towards North Walkerville.

Prohibited Land Use

As our Vegetation Management team have worked though the reserve, they have come across several areas where adjacent landholders have been clearing vegetation, cutting down trees, maintaining gardens, dumping garden waste and placing infrastructure within the foreshore reserve. All of these activities are prohibited without express approval from the Walkerville Foreshore Reserve Committee of Management.

We will be working through a process to re-establish the natural state of the Foreshore Reserve in these affected areas.

Further Information

Should you require information please refer to our Vegetation Management Plan 

or contact us via email at admin@walkervilleforeshore.com.au