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.
We have made some changes to the camping reserve terms and conditions:
To minimise disturbance of other campers, check in times have been adjusted to prevent late arrivals in the middle of the night. Check in time is now from 1pm until 830pm. The intent is camp setup will be completed by 9pm. Boom gate access for check in will be blocked after 830pm.
Refund conditions have been refined to require an onus of proof on Covid related cancellations.
Bookings for Labour Day Long Weekend and April Victorian school holidays including Easter and Anzac day 2022 will be available to book online from:
9am on Friday October 1st 2021
Applicable dates are as follows:
Labour Day Long Weekend. Mar 12 – Mar 14 (3 night minimum).
April School holidays. Apr 9 – Apr 25, including Easter Long Weekend Apr 15 – 18 (4 night minimum) and Anzac day Apr 25.
As there will be high demand for these bookings, there are a couple of points to consider:
Group bookings are NOT Permitted. Put simply Single Site, Single household, Single booking.
Securing more than one site in a single name in either of the two periods will result in all bookings in that name being cancelled and the applicable cancellation fee 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.
Sites “swap and cancel” amongst friends and family members is 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.
Due to the Lockdown in REGIONAL Victoria being lifted again, the camping reserve will re open on Friday the 10th of September.
Bookings are only permitted for single households, intimate partners or single bubbles who reside in Regional Victoria.
We will be checking drivers licences to validate residency.
Residents of Metropolitan Melbourne are not permitted under the current restrictions.
Group Bookings are NOT permitted.
We would like to highlight to everyone that we are not accepting group bookings of any sort. This means that no more than one site can be booked in a single name. Put simply – Single Site, Single household, Single booking. Bookings that do not comply with this principal will be cancelled.
This is being done to comply with the Regional Victorian restrictions.
Private gatherings on your booked site or anywhere else in the reserve: Not permitted.
Intimate partner visits/single bubble permitted.
Face coverings:
•Must be carried at all times. •Must be worn indoors and outdoors except if at home (on your booked site).
Details of the current Victorian Covid restrictions applicable from Saturday 17 September can be found here .
The Walkerville Foreshore Committee of Management met on Thursday July the 8th.
The committee made the following decisions:
CAMPING RESERVE WINTER CLOSURE: From next year, the camping reserve is to be shut for four weeks from the end of the July school holidays.
CAMPING RESERVE BOOKINGS: The committee approved an amendment to the Terms and Conditions that a maximum stay on one site be six weeks and a maximum stay in the Camping Reserve of 180 days per calendar year.
There were also updates on the following:
WALKERVILLE SOUTH WALKING TRACKS: Work on repairing several tracks has been completed and the tracks have been reopened.
