Jan. 8, 2015, 4 a.m.

DRIVERS have been illegally parking their vehicles on the beach at Bridgewater Bay.

Drivers have been illegally parking their vehicles on the beach at Bridgewater Bay.

DRIVERS have been illegally parking their vehicles on the beach at Bridgewater Bay.

Glenelg Shire officers have put motorists on notice after complaints from the public during the busy Christmas-New Year period.

Beachgoers raised concerns about the safety of people using the foreshore when more than 30 cars and four-wheel drives parked on the sand on one hot day alone.

Bridgewater Bay is popular with families, particularly those with young children, because it offers a long expanse of beach and is patrolled by the Portland Surf Life Saving Club.

A Glenelg Shire spokeswoman said the council was responsible for the management of the main beach area at Bridgewater Bay.

The only vehicles permitted to drive on the beach in this area are the locally based surf life saving club and a vehicle towing a boat trailer while launching or removing a boat from the water, she said.

It is definitely not for use by the general public to drive to a chosen position on the beach for the time they spend there.

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