This graphic provides you with an idea of what the new redevelopment plan for the Lancelin foreshore will look like once complete. The car park along Cunliffe Street at the south end of the bay has long been underutilised so the shire has proposed a long-overdue upgrade in the form of ✅ An upgrade to the existing car parking adjacent to Grace Darling Park and along Cunliffe St ✅ A… Read More
Last night the state government announced they’d be lifting some of the restrictions put in place earlier this week after a quarantine hotel worker contracted coronavirus. One measure that will remain is the “Only essential travel including work is permitted in and out of the Perth and Peel regions to other parts of WA.” As such it’s expected this Indian Ocean Drive road block will remain in play resulting in… Read More
As part of the state’s 5-day lockdown, there is a roadblock on IOD just south of Military Road where it was last April. Today there were police checking cars with a handful of traffic management crew at the entrance and exit of the block. Whether SES and army are called in like last year is unknown at this stage. NOTE: For those not locked down there are live crays available… Read More
Over the past few months property prices in Lancelin and the surrounding area, has experienced a mini-boom with prices up 10-15% on last year. Rob Walker from Perth Property Partners confirmed he was seeing “a lot more enquiries, with properties priced in the low $400k range most in demand.” A property on Casserley Way went under offer recently and since then the agent has had numerous enquiries from people wanting… Read More
At a DFES briefing this morning, Greg Mair, the Deputy Incident Controller for the bushfires east of Lancelin, confirmed that Lancelin was never closed to travellers over the last week or so. Four days ago on this page, DFES commented on more than one post that Lancelin WAS closed to incoming travellers but people could depart Lancelin. Naturally this created confusion as there was never any checking of vehicles entering… Read More
Shire of Gingin staff are proposing to bulldoze 6,400 square meters of coastal vegetation and extend Beacon Road through to the Lead Lights for the sole use of large sand mining trucks. This picture shows about 300m of the planned 600m track (white rectangle). Right now, the Shire wants your feedback so please copy and paste these email addresses: mail@gingin.wa.gov.au emo@gingin.wa.gov.au crcourt@gingin.wa.gov.au crfewster@gingin.wa.gov.au crlobb@gingin.wa.gov.au crpeczka@gingin.wa.gov.au ceo@gingin.wa.gov.au crrule@gingin.wa.gov.au crjohnson@gingin.wa.gov.au crmorton@gingin.wa.gov.au… Read More
A few months ago the Shire committed to re-opening access to Edwards Island and today it happened. As you can see from this aerial shot, the old track remains closed but a new track has been formed allowing vehicles to get to the point. At present though there is a bit of weed on the beach so it might be prudent to wait until that clears before heading out there…. Read More
Last week the Shire installed these posts along the track into Lancelin’s off-road area. This will provide those on foot with a dedicated path away from the vehicles that come and go. See you here soon and make sure you download the Visitors’ Guide prior to arriving into town. https://www.lancelin.com.au/…/lancelin_brochure_2020.pdf… Read More
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