Tooradin Boat Ramp

Located in the Tooradin Foreshore Reserve off the South Gippsland Highway, this facility provides direct launching access into Sawtells Inlet. The ramp infrastructure consists of a three-lane concrete ramp constructed with a herringbone surface pattern to provide enhanced vehicle traction, capable of launching boats up to 8 metres in length. For staging and boarding, the site features two floating pontoons alongside the adjacent Tooradin Jetty. Navigational and tidal hazards are significant; Sawtells Inlet is extremely shallow and highly tide-dependent, making the ramp short and historically prone to low-tide shoaling where launching vehicles risk backing off the physical end of the concrete slab into a steep underwater drop-off.