AS OF SEPTEMBER 2010 A KITE EXCLUSION ZONE EXISTS AT MULLALOO BEACH!

Exclusion zone 1 runs for 1.5km's along Mullaloo beach, commencing 889m SOUTH of the Mullaloo SLSC, and
finishes 611m NORTH of the Club and extends 200m offshore.

Exclusion zone 2 commences 400m SOUTH of the West View Boulevard car park beach access path and finishes 300m NORTH of the car park and extends 200m offshore.

The designated launch/landing zone is between these exclusion zones (see map for details).

Mullaloo Beach Outcome.

At the September 21st Council meeting, the City of Joondalup decided to keep Mullaloo beach open for
kitesurfing by creating a launch/landing zone on the beach.

The outcome is a compromise from the submission WAKSA advocated to the Council. However, if it wasn't for the dedicated efforts from Councillor Young and support from the Mullaloo SLSC, there was one clear alternative - a complete ban of kitesurfing at Mullaloo.

Whilst this zone is wedged in between two exclusion zones, WAKSA and the Mullaloo Kite User Group believes that the outcome is workable.

Joondalup will review the outcome again in September 2012.

The future of kitesurfing at Mullaloo is going to be dependent upon all kiters complying with this outcome and for local kiters to rigourously self regulate at this beach. It's expected that Joondalup will install appropriate
signage advising of the zones and further information for local kiters to distribute to new kiters new at Mullaloo within the next couple of weeks.

Kitesurfers should consider some fundamentals to this outcome;
1) Kite surfing at Mullaloo has not been banned outright;

2) the outcome provides a blue print for other local councils about how to deal with kitesurfing access issues
on their beaches;

3) future beach access (everywhere) is going to be increasingly reliant upon local kiters self regulating and managing their spots to ensure kiters are seen to be good "beach citizens".

Like never before, maintaining kitesurfing beach access is up to us....

Many Thanks to WAKSA for their ongoing efforts in maintaining beach access.   This issue consumed many hours of volunteer kiters working hard to ensure a few bad apples don't ruin kitesurfing for the whole community (both kiters & non kiters).    The team at WAKSA put in mountains of effort, and over 80 kiters turned up at the council meeting to show their support.

If you're a kitesurfer, and you're in WA, and you're not part of WAKSA, please consider joining now - not only will it help with issues like this, but you'll also be covered by public liability insurance, in the event of an accident.

For more information, please visit the WAKSA site at www.waksa.org.au

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