Great Oyster Bay

From autumn through winter various bands of the Oyster Bay Tribe congregated around the coastal areas to harvest shellfish and marine vegetables until the end of July, when swans and ducks arrived in the lagoons and riverine areas to lay their eggs and raise their young.

In August most of the bands moved up the Little Swanport and Prosser Rivers to the Eastern Marshes to hunt birds, kangaroos and wallabies.

Recreational fishing is also an activity in the bay with flathead, Australian salmon, trevally, trumpeter and squid sometimes caught.

[4] Infestations of rice grass has been reported by oyster farmers from Little Swanport in 2008 with action being taken to eliminate this ecological threat in the area.

[5] Access to most of the Friendly Beaches Reserve is restricted due to the threat of contamination by the soil pathogen cinnamon fungus.