WORK has started to prepare Little Lake Boort for the busy summer tourist season.
Committee of management member Kevin Sutton was last week assisting contractor Stewart Coutts with the annual maintenance program.
Mr Coutts has already transplanted  River Club-Rush plants around the lake bank  to prevent further erosion.
The River Club-Rush came from the Serpentine Creek and is native to Australia, New Zealand and Pacific islands.
It is a tall perennial sedge with a rhizomatous root system with stems between 100cm and 200cm high, smooth and hairless. It  is a good habitat for birds and fish.
Mr Coutts has removed the weed Spiny Rush which is sharp and dangerous.
A retaining wall at the caravan park has been completed.
Works this week will see beach areas with high traffic strengthened with rocks and more sand added.
The lake is expected to be filled at the end of September and will be kept full all summer when Boort hosts thousands of visitors through the holiday season and the caravan park at capacity.