New Halls Head Coastal Shared Path Opening Soon

UPDATE ON COASTAL SHARED PATH FEBRUARY 2024

The Halls Head Shared Coastal Shared Path has now been completed between Doddis Beach (northern section) to Janis Street (southern section). For details on the community consultation and path design, visit Mandurah Matters.

New Path to Be Constructed along southern Mandurah Coastline

One concern that has been raised several times, by our local Halls Head community during the past few months, is the matter of the planned coastal shared path. There has been general disappointment in the lack of progress on the shared path planned along Halls Head Parade, together with no published start date for the project.

The dual path will be aligned along the coastal side of Halls Head Parade starting at Sharland St, adjacent to Robert Point, and travelling southwards to Janis St, south end. Being a shared path, it will cater for both bikes and pedestrians.

Considering this, it was great news to receive a letter last week from the City of Mandurah about the imminent start to the construction of the coastal shared path (see below). The shared path project along Halls Head Parade will take about 4 months to complete and walking and cycling along Halls Head Parade will be so much easier!

Letter from City of Mandurah About Construction of the Coastal Shared Path along Halls Head Parade

Referring to the map below, you can see the route of the coastal shared path (highlighted in yellow). The section to be built will be along Halls Head Parade, from Sharland St to Janis St in the south. Mandurah’s complete Long Term Cycle Network DoT/CoM can be viewed here.

Planned Coastal Shared Path Along Halls Head Parade in Halls Head

This was certainly good news! Thank you City of Mandurah!

Doddis Beach Community Photo Library

There has been a lot of interest in the library of photos that we have collated for the Halls Head Beaches in Mandurah. The collection covers the Blue Bay – Roberts Point, Doddis Beach to Victor Adam stretch of coastline and documents the increasing erosion and changes we are seeing.

The picture library of our local Halls Head beaches will help document some of the changes that we are seeing to our local WA coastline and the effects of coastal erosion.

These pictures will be used to help explain local concerns about coastal erosion and the changes and deterioration that residents are seeing and serve as a good historical record of the changing nature of the beach.

The photos can be viewed here: Pictures of Coastal Erosion, Halls Head, Western Australia

If you have relevant photos please let me know and I will add them in! (I can be contacted through the contact form.)

Photo shows coastal erosion through exposed rocks on the beach and steeply eroded dunes in the background — Coastal Erosion is Evident at Robert Point through exposed rocks and steeply eroded dunes

Pictured is a child playing on exposed rocks at Robert Point with the severely eroded sand dunes along the Halls Head coastline in the background. This photo was taken soon after the severe August 2022 storms.

Getting a Result for Everyone

While it can be frustrating seeing the beach deteriorate and a fall down in the City’s “business as usual” with general maintenance, jumping up and down rarely helps. For instance, I don’t think Andrew Forest’s outburst this week and reported in The West Australian (Thursday 16th Feb 2023) will have helped his cause! He was speaking about climate change. Referring to “all legislators in the world“, he is quoted as saying: “If they don’t believe the science, then they can just f..k off!”. Good one, Twiggy!

“If they don’t believe the science, then they can just f..k off!”
Andrew Forest, February 2023

As you read these updates, please keep in mind friends and family in Mandurah who may like news on what’s happening at Doddis and how the City of Mandurah are tackling coastal erosion hot spots. Many people are curious.

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Thanks to you and to everyone else in our community for your support so far. We have had fabulous messages through email and text, and great contributions to the photos and discussion.

We have to be patient now as preparations for the remedial work are made and the coastal shared path is constructed.

Until our next update, stay well and we will talk soon!