Harvest and Vehicle Movement Bans

Movement bans are only declared in the most serious of fire danger weather conditions and they impact every resident and visitor to our Shire.

There’s still a bit of confusion about what you can and can’t do during this type of ban which prohibits all ‘off-road activity’.

• ‘Off-road’ means anywhere that isn’t a proper gravel or sealed road.
• ‘Activity’ means the use of an internal combustion engine.

Here are some examples of what ‘no off-road activity’ means:

• No driving to places like Boat Harbour (4WD tracks are a no-go)
• No lawn mowing (absolutely no use of any internal combustion engine on any surface other than a proper road)
• No parking on our grassed area here at the Shire of Denmark admin building (park in the visitor carpark if we’re out of space in proper car parks)
• No checking your horses unless you walk into their paddocks.

Basically, you should not do anything that has the potential to start a fire, even if it’s inconvenient or will hinder your work.

All the proper info including definitions and some FAQs are available at www.denmark.wa.gov.au/burn

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Don’t hesitate to ask if you have any questions!