Launch of Beach Access Matting in Frankston

Beach access matting promotes inclusivity, ensuring that everyone, regardless of ability, can enjoy the beauty and recreational opportunities that beaches offer.
Join us for the official Launch Party of our community funded beach access matting!
• Try the beach Matting
• Free Beach Wheelchair hire (BYO hoist and support people for transfers)
• Family Activities: Beach cricket and Beach Volleyball
• Try Sailing at the Yacht Club
• Rotary BBQ
• Formalities at 2:15pm
A true celebration of what can be achieved when community work together! Council has been working with community, including Rotary Frankston Peninsula 2.0, Frankston Yacht Club and Accessible Beaches Australia, to improve access to our beaches as part of our Disability Action Plan 2021-2025: Rotary Frankston Peninsula 2.0 led community fundraising efforts for the matting through their annual Duck Derby on Kananook Creek at the Frankston Waterfront Festival, Frankston Yacht Club have volunteered to manage the matting and Accessible Beaches Australia have provided their invaluable expertise to the project team and will help promote.
The matting, made from 100% recycled materials, is a temporary installation that is rolled out and pegged down. It can be moved around to suit the ever-changing tidelines without negative impacts on our natural environment.
Beach access matting is a valuable resource that enhances accessibility for a wide range of individuals.
• It primarily benefits people with mobility challenges, including those who use wheelchairs, walkers, or other assistive devices, by providing a stable and smooth surface to navigate over the often uneven and soft sand.
• Families with young children that have strollers and beach carts also find it easier to reach the shoreline without struggling through the sand.
• The matting acts as a clear beach entrance/exit place marker, which can be particularly helpful for people who are blind, or vision impaired as well as visitors who are unfamiliar with the area.
• People with sensory sensitivities to the texture of sand may use the matting as a refuge when visiting the beach with family and friends.
…The list goes on!
The beach matting will be available outside Frankston Yacht Club (30N Long Island Drive, Frankston) over the summer season on Saturdays during their operating hours. For more information on the beach access matting contact Frankston Yacht Club on frankstonyachtclub@gmail.com

PLAN YOUR VISIT

Note: There will be some road closures in the area on 30th November due to major event Frankston's Christmas Festival, see this webpage for detail:
https://www.imaginefrankston.com.au/frankston-christmas-festival-of-lights/christmas-festival-of-lights-getting-there
This beach has public accessible parking spots, nearby accessible bathroom available and refreshments can be purchased from neighbouring café Oliver’s Corner which has ramp access.

DID YOU KNOW?

• Community members can also hire Council’s beach wheelchair for free via the Frankston Visitor Information Centre. For more information call 1300 322 842. Note: Users may need to bring their own hoist and support people to assist with transfers into the beach wheelchair
• At Frankston Regional Foreshore Playground there is a Liberty Swing for Wheelchairs. The Liberty Swing requires a MLAK key, so users can bring their own of borrow one for free from the Frankston Visitor Information Centre. For more information call 1300 322 842.

When

Location

Frankston Yacht Club, Long Island Drive (via Davey Street Frankston), Frankston, 3199, View Map