Lake Ewlyamartup
Located on Langaweira Road approximately 17 km from Katanning on the Katanning-Pingrup Road.
Staying longer?
Try the Katanning Caravan Park
68 Cornwall St, Katanning
Tel: (08) 9821 1155
Water skiers, kayakers, sailors, swimmers, picnickers and birdwatchers alike will enjoy a visit to this 100 ha recreation lake. The lake has water for most of the year and is home to 95 species of birds.
Facilities include picnic tables, seating and shelters, barbecues, and access friendly toilets.
It’s available for 48-hour self contained camping, however, there are no bins and no dump point, so please take your rubbish with you and please don’t empty your sullage into the lake.
The Katanning Landcare Story
Ten years ago Lake Ewlyamartup was a hyper-saline, yellow, smelly lake. Today, the Lake has families water-skiing, kayaking and picnicking every weekend.
Photo credit: Katanning Landcare
What changed?
Katanning Landcare, the Lake Ewlyamartup Working Group (LEWG), government and an enormous number of community volunteers have lived the Landcare ethos of local action for local priorities, turning around both the environment and community perceptions of this 100 ha Lake located 17km east of Katanning.
Photo credit: Arthur Todd
Over the past five years volunteers have planted more than 150,000 trees, erected 40km of fencing and removed 20,000m3 of nutrient rich black sludge. Through partnerships, a fertiliser run-off trial was established, a water monitoring program undertaken, school children engaged in a stormwater awareness program and a recreation area plan was developed.
Photo credit: Arthur Todd
There was an indigenous acknowledgement art project, installation of new picnic and boating facilities and the construction of a gated water over-flow channel to control water quality into the future. Lake Ewlyamartup is home to 95 species of birds, including three priority species, and is important for late season habitat, when other local wetlands have dried up. More than 25 organisations and funders have been involved in the restoration program to date.
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