Wetland closures – 2024 duck season
Closed or further regulated hunting areas
Occasionally, wetlands or parts of wetlands, may be closed to duck hunting or hunting may be further regulated (e.g. hunting from boats prohibited) to protect concentrations of rare or threatened species from disturbance or being mistakenly shot.
Further regulation can involve additional restrictions on hunting times, equipment and hunting methods. If a closure is required, this can involve a partial closure of a hunting area or full closure.
Wetlands are monitored throughout the duck season. If the reason for further regulation or closure no longer exists, the wetland may be reopened to hunting.
The More to Explore app will be updated with wetland closures.
2024 Wetland closures
Wetland closure gazette notice
Moodie Swamp and Lake Modewarre closure gazette notice
Lake Lonsdale closure gazette notice
Clydebank Morass, Dowd Morass, Lake Boort reopening gazette notice
Wetland name | Nearby town | Threatened species present / reason for closure | Regulation / Restriction |
|---|---|---|---|
Andersons Inlet | Inverloch | Orange-bellied Parrot | Full closure |
Big Reedy Lagoon State Game Reserve | Yarrawonga | Great Egret | Full closure |
Bullrush Swamp | Hamilton | Brolga | Full closure |
Cundare Pool | Cressy | Brolga | Full closure |
Koorangie State Game Reserve, including the Marshes, Lake Bael Bael and Little Lake Bael Bael | Kerang | Freckled Duck, Breeding waterbirds | Full closure |
Kow Swamp | Gunbower | Wildlife sanctuary | Full closure |
Greens Lake | Corop | Brolga | Full closure |
Hird Swamp State Game Reserve | Macorna North | Australasian Bittern | Full closure |
Lake Bolac | Lake Bolac | Musk Duck | Full closure |
Lake Buloke (which includes Little Lake Buloke) | Donald | Blue-Winged Shoveler | Full closure |
Lake Buninjon State Game Reserve | Willaura | Blue-winged Shoveler Blue-billed Duck | Full closure |
Lake Colongulac | Camperdown | Blue-Winged Shoveler | Full closure |
Lake Connewarre (except Reedy Lakes and Hospital Swamps) | Barwon Heads | Orange-bellied Parrot | Full closure (Reedy Lakes and Hospital Swamps are open to hunting) |
Lake Cullen State Game Reserve | Kerang | Blue-Winged Shoveler | Full closure |
Lake Goldsmith State Game Reserve | Beaufort | Blue-winged Shoveler, Freckled Duck | Full closure |
Lake Linlithgow | Hamilton | Blue-billed Duck | Full closure |
| Lake Lonsdale | Stawell | Freckled Duck | Full closure |
| Lake Martin | Cressy | Curlew Sandpiper | Full closure |
Lake Modewarre | Winchelsea | Blue-winged Shoveler | Full closure |
Lake Muirhead State Game Reserve | Willaura | Brolga | Full closure |
Lake Murdeduke State Game Reserve | Winchelsea | Blue-billed Duck | Full closure |
Lake Natimuk | Natimuk and Horsham | Blue-winged Shoveler | Full closure |
Lake Stewart (private land) | Corop | Brolga | Full closure |
Lake Tutchewop | Mystic Park | Blue-billed Duck | Full closure |
Lake Wat Wat | Orbost | Blue-winged Shoveler | Full closure |
Lake Wongan State Game Reserve | Streatham | Blue-winged Shoveler | Full closure |
Moodie Swamp | Yundool | Brolga | Full closure |
Pine Lake | Horsham | Blue-winged Shoveler, Blue-Billed Duck | Full closure |
Reedy Lakes (Reedy, Middle and Third Lake) | Kerang | Wildlife sanctuary | Full closure |
Richardson River | Donald and Lake Buloke | Wildlife sanctuary | Full closure - from Lake Buloke up to and including the Sunraysia Highway Bridge |
The Green Swamp State Game Reserve | Glenthompson | Brolga | Full closure |
Tower Hill State Game Reserve | Warrnambool | Blue-winged Shoveler | Full closure |
Page last updated: 20 May 2024