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Foster VIC 3960 protected, except for pipis (see above), squid, Thickets of Coast Teatree together with stands of South cuttlefish, octopus and squirters. Coast Banksia are found at Point Smythe and Visitor Information Centre along the coastal sand dunes. Open forests of South Gippsland Highway A recreational fishing licence is required to take Manna Gum and Messmate Stringybark occur in Korumburra VIC 3950 fish (including bait and shellfish) in all Victorian the southern half of the park. Ph. 1800 630 704 marine, estuary and freshwaters. The Victorian Recreational Fishing Guide specifies bag limits Caring for the These forests are important as they include tree and seasons for different fish. environment hollows which provide nesting sites for a variety of birds and mammals. Help us look after your park Boats can only be launched within the park from by following these guidelines: the beach at Walkerville. All boats must travel at The Common Brushtail Possum, Ringtail Possum, All plants and animals in the less than 5 knots when within 200 m of the shore. Sugar Glider and Powerful Owl are nocturnal, park are protected. Please do Dogs resting during the day in tree hollows and not disturb or remove any emerging only at night to feed under the cover of Dogs are permitted in the following areas of Cape plants or animals darkness. The extensive heathlands near Liptrap Coastal Park: Bins are not provided within the Walkerville are home to the Southern Emu Wren park. Please take your rubbish • between Walkerville North and Walkerville and a diverse range of Honeyeaters. home with you South. The park echoes to the calls of the Eastern Vehicles, including trail bikes, • Whipbird, Crimson Rosella and Pied Currawong. may only be driven or ridden on between Venus Bays No. 1 and No. 5 Beaches. Along the coast you may see Pacific Gulls, Silver formed roads open to the • between Waratah Bay township and Cooks Gulls, Sooty Oyster Catchers and Herons feeding public, and must be fully road Creek. registered. Drivers and riders on the beach and rock platforms or Cormorants must hold a current licence Dogs in the above areas must be on a lead at all and Australian Gannets diving for fish. The park is Campfires are only permitted in times and are prohibited from these areas also home to the Common Wombat, Swamp designated fireplaces at Bear between 9 am and 6 pm from 1 December until 31 Wallaby, Koala, Echidna and the rare Swamp Gully. March. Dogs are prohibited in all other areas of Antechinus. the park. No fires, including liquid fuel Geological matters stoves, may be lit on days of Total Fire Ban Remnants of the past Ranging from exposures of metamorphic rocks to This park is located in the West The Gunai/Kurnai and Boonwurruny indigenous recent sand deposits, the park has one of the & South Gippsland Total Fire people have inhabited this area for over 6,000 most interesting and complex geological Ban District years. Axes and other stone tools were made from sequences in Victoria. Diverse land forms feature Do not pollute streams or rivers quartzite and jasper gathered from Cape Liptrap, along the coast including rock platforms, steep with refuse, detergents or chipped to a sharp edge and ground with cliffs, sea caves, stacks and sandy beaches. human waste sandstone. Middens containing charcoal, stone Cape Liptrap is a narrow peninsula formed by the Dogs are permitted on some of flints and the remains of shellfish mark the spine of the Hoddle Range running out to sea. It the beaches within the park, but location of camps along the coast. must be on a leash at all times. consists of steep cliffs of folded marine sediments Time restrictions apply over The small township and bustling port of Waratah flanked by rock pinnacles and wave cut platforms. (now Walkerville) operated from 1875 to 1926 to summer Between Venus Bay and Cape Liptrap, the coast supply lime to the building industry. Collection of gemstones is varies between attractive cliffs of dune limestone permitted from beaches within Limestone mined from the cliffs was burnt with with rock stacks and pebble beaches, to broad the park firewood in brick lined kilns to produce quick lime. sandy beached backed by high dunes. The lime was then bagged and hauled in tram Please don’t throw this park Mudstone, shale and sandstone, together with carts along a 350 metre jetty which once stretched note away. Keep it, return it for fossil-rich limestone outcrop within the low cliffs at out into the bay to waiting ships. Relics of the lime others to use or recycle it Bell Point and Walkerville South, while gemstones industry remain in the park including the ruins of such as jasper and serpentine are often found in the kilns in the cliffs at Walkerville South. the sheltered coves. A lighthouse was established at Cape Liptrap in November 2010 1913 to improve the safety of coastal shipping. Printed on Australian-made 100% recycled paper