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Walkerville South Ramp Closed to recreational vehicles – 25th December 2023 – 31st January 2024

Bollards

The Walkerville South beach will be closed to recreational vehicles to reduce the risk to beach users during the peak summer period. 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 North - trailer parking
By admin, ago

North Walkerville Ramp closed

The North Walkerville Beach access ramp at the boating facility will be closed for maintenance for two days this coming week:

Monday November 13

Tuesday November 14

Resurfacing works are being carried out and access to the beach for launching and retrieval will be blocked.

The nearby  Walkerville South access ramp is still available for use during this period.

By admin, ago

Camping Reserve Managers

To the camping community,

We would like to inform you that the Walkerville Reserve Managers Monique and Gary have resigned from their positions. 

We would like to acknowledge their hard work, dedication and their willingness to undertake on many projects to ensure our beautiful and unique camping reserve continued to thrive.

We would like to take the time to thank Monique and Gary and wish them well for their next chapter.

We welcome back Colleen and Glenn as our interim managers for the month of November until our new Walkerville Reserve Managers start in December.

Stay tuned for more information.
Yours sincerely,
Walkerville Foreshore Committee of Management 
By admin, ago

Easter Bookings 2024 opening Soon !

Bookings for the Labour Day Weekend and Easter 2024 will be available to book online from:

9am on Sunday October 1st 2023

Daylight savings also starts on the same day – So do not sleep in ! 

Applicable dates are as follows:

  • Labour Day long weekend.  March 8th – March 11th (3 night minimum).

  • Easter holidays – March 28th – April 14th, (4 night minimum over Easter long weekend from 28th March – 1st April )

As there will be high demand for these bookings, there are a few points to consider:

  • To book a campsite, equipment details including Length and Type must be entered.
  • Securing more than two sites in a single name by using several  booking sessions (in either of the two periods) will result in ALL bookings in that name being cancelled and the applicable cancellation fees being charged.  This is being done to prevent multiple sites being tied up by one person, preventing access to these sites during the release rush.

  • If your main objective is to get any site rather than a specific site you can skip Site Selection by pressing “Next Step” instead “Select Site from Map”. This is the fastest way to book as the system assigns the next available site. The site assigned will show on your booking confirmation. 
  • Sites “swap and cancel” amongst friends and family members are not allowed. So please do not have family members book a backup on your behalf in case you miss out, with a view to only keeping the “best” site. This unfairly ties up sites during the release rush.

    Sites are numbered 1 through 132.

    Sites 34 & 37 are our two bungalows. 

    Please review our Booking FAQ to see more information and to download a detailed guide on how to book.

    Good luck with your Bookings.

    By admin, ago

    New Booking System

    BOOKING GUIDE

    Having listened to customer feedback, we have replaced our online booking system.

     There have been no changes to our terms and conditions, the number of sites or anything else. It is simply a different online tool for bookings.

    Labour Day long weekend (March 2024) and Easter bookings will open on October 1st at 9am. We recommend you familiarise yourself with the new system before hand.

    To this end we have created a brief guide on how to use the Newbook system, which seasoned campers may have encountered elsewhere. It is a first draft and we will endeavour to enhance the guide and make it clearer once we have more experience with Newbook. 

    The guide can be found  here  and general booking info including embargoes can be found at our Booking FAQ page.

    Walkerville Foreshore Reserve Committee of Management

    By admin, ago

    Winter Closure!

    The camping reserve will close for a 4 week winter break on July 10, after the School holidays.

    During this period our online booking system will also be closed and unavailable. It will become available again on August 7.

    Closes Monday July 10 through to Sunday Aug 6.

    Reopens Monday Aug 7 2023.

    By admin, ago

    Camping Rates

    Camping Rate Increase

    There will be a increase in site fees from 1 July 2023. While there has been no fee increase in the past two years, fees will be increasing by 5%. This has been necessitated by the inflation rate and a number of expenditure increases including:

    ·        The purchase of new washing machines and dryers across the reserve
    ·        The installation of a new office building, and
    ·        Increases in the running costs of the Camping Reserve, including more efficient collection of rubbish, contracted cleaning services and more staff.
     
    WFCoM is aware that a combination of interest rate increases and inflation is having a real impact on all Victorians. For this reason we have increased fees by considerably less than the current inflation rate. 
     
    The Peak season rates are $53 for a powered site and $49 Unpowered.
    The full rate list can be found on our updated rates table.
    By admin, ago

    Peak Season Bookings 2023 opening Soon !

    Bookings for the Summer peak will be available to book online from:

    9am on Saturday July 1st 2023

    Applicable dates are as follows:

    • Summer Peak -December 26th  Boxing Day – January 31, including Australia Day long weekend. 

    As there will be high demand for these bookings, there are a couple of points to consider:

    • Securing more than two sites in a single name in this periods will result in ALL bookings in that name being cancelled and the applicable cancellation fees being charged.  This is being done to prevent multiple sites being tied up by one person, preventing access to these sites during the release rush.
    • While it is possible to secure a maximum of two sites in one booking session, given the high demand during the release, it is unlikely that you will be successful in securing two sites this way. It is recommended that you secure a single site as a first step  and return to the system to see if a second site is available using a separate booking.
    • Sites “swap and cancel” amongst friends and family members are not allowed. So please do not have family members book a backup on your behalf in case you miss out, with a view to only keeping the “best” site. This unfairly ties up sites during the release rush.
    • Maximum Stay on one site is 6 weeks. Any abutting bookings that extend beyond the peak periods will be clipped to this maximum length.

    Sites are numbered 1 through 132.

    Sites 34 & 37 are our two bungalows. During Summer peak, bungalows can only be booked for 7 days, Tuesday to Tuesday. (26 Dec is a Tuesday this year)

    Please review our Booking FAQ to see more information and to download a detailed guide on how to book.

    Good luck with your Bookings.

    By admin, ago