13.2 The Wallis Lake Estuary Management Committee - Great Lakes ...

Wallis Lake Estuary Management Plan
U.3
Management Area D, E, F
Management Objective
Reduce the contribution of power boat activities (waterskiing and wakeboarding, jetskiing) to riverbank erosion
Action
Action
No
U.3.1 Ensure commitment to a memorandum of understanding (MOU) finalised in 2004
to restrict waterskiing and other power boat recreational activities on the
Wallamba River to the area between Mill Road, Failford, and Gereeba Island
U.3.2
U.3.3
Protect the Wallingat River upstream of the broadwater and the Coolongolook
River from the impacts of any possible increase in waterskiing and wakeboarding
activity as a result of the restrictions in action U.3.1
Investigate restricting damage from wakeboarding and wakeboarding boats or
prohibiting as required on the Wallamba River
Indicative
Cost
$200,000
+ staff
time
$5,000 +
staff time
Priority Responsibilities Progress
Immediate (C1)
High (B4)
GLC, WLEMIC,
caravan parks,
waterways,
waterskiers
GLC, WLEMIC,
Waterways
Staff time Medium (C4) WLEMIC,
Waterways
Comments
Many of the waterways of Wallis Lake are narrow and in areas where power boat recreational activities are intense and/or riparian vegetation is lacking severe erosion can result.
This is particularly exacerbated during wakeboarding activities, which require vessels to create a large wake.
Ongoing
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