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BoatingWA is a non profit association, established for the promotion and
development of safe, economic and enjoyable recreational boating through Western
Australia.
BoatingWA
PO Box 1080
Claremont 6910
Western Australia
FAX and Voice
08 93353296
e-mail;
secretary@boatingwa.com.au
Office
1 Capo D'Orlando Drive
Fremantle, Western Australia, 6160
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Garden Island
You are welcome on tranquil Garden Island , but you
must travel by private boat and leave before nightfall. The main attractions of
Garden Island are its peaceful white beaches, foreshores and bays. Here visitors
can picnic, swim, fish, surf and sail.
Approximately two-thirds of this Commonwealth owned island is open to the public
in daylight hours with Department of Conservation and Land Management Rangers
patrolling the coastline and providing assistance to visitors. The extraordinary
thing about Garden Island is that the environment you can see still remains much
as it was before European settlement. Garden Island remains a piece of living
history with which other areas can be compared.
Garden Island is covered with dense communities of Rottnest cypress, Rottnest
tea-tree and honey-myrtle. Some parts are forested, and others have impenetrable
thickets of coastal scrub. These areas are home to many birds and the rare
tammar wallaby. The sandy soils of the island are porous and the vegetation so
dense that there are no wetlands. Because there are no introduced pest and no
rubbish, Garden Island is free of the disease salmonella. The aim is to keep it
that way.
The east coast is usually protected from bad weather and therefore safe for
small craft except during stormy conditions. You can surf on the more exposed
west coast, but be careful. If you wish to cross the island to take advantage of
the surf and the better fishing, you may do so by foot, provided you stay on the
paths. Please do not leave the paths as the scrub is thick, prickly and abounds
with highly venomous tiger snakes.
Visitors are invited to inspect the site of Captain Stirling's first settlement
at Cliff Head. The original well is visible and a memorial and lookout has been
established there.
Garden Island Fishing and Aquatic
Association
Safety of moorings at garden island.
There are 144 moorings spread around the north end of Garden Island. These
moorings are privately owned and maintained by individual owners.
The moorings are classified into three distinct categories identifying its
capacity. The floats are attached to the mooring line.
A -
vessels up to 7 metres - BLUE
FLOAT
B -
vessels up to 10 metres -
YELLOW
FLOAT
c -
vessels up to 13 metres - RED
FLOAT
No mooring at garden island is certified to
hold a vessel greater that 13 metres in length.
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