use of 4WD vehicles for recreation and com mercial ecotourism in the Central Coast Region of Western Australia is causing extensive and significant impacts on soils and vegetation, par ticularly of dunes and foreshores The total length of 4WD track in a 271 km stretch of coastline has increased by 57% over the 33- year period, 1965-1998, from 517 to 813 km number of beach access points has increased by 116% during the same period from 421 to 908. Tracks and access points are differentially abundant in particular landforms and local government areas, and those patterns have also changed. A range of management tools will be needed to address these impacts effectively.