National Parks Act
Annual Report 2012
Published by the Victorian Government  Department of Sustainability and Environment Melbourne  October 2012
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Notes
•	The Minister responsible for administering the National Parks Act 1975 during the year was the Hon Ryan Smith MP, Minister for Environment and Climate Change.
•	In this report:
-	the legislation referred to is Victorian legislation
-	the Act means the National Parks Act 1975
-	DSE means the Department of Sustainability and Environment
-	DPI means the Department of Primary Industries
-	the Minister means the Minister for Environment and Climate Change
-	the Secretary means the Secretary to the Department of Sustainability and Environment.
Cover: Walking track at Hollow Mountain following flood recovery works,  Grampians National Park (photo: Parks Victoria)
Foreword
This annual report on the working of the National Parks  Act 1975 (the Act) for the year ended 30 June 2012 is provided to the Minister for Environment and Climate Change, the Hon Ryan Smith MP, for the purpose of  section 35 of the Act.
The Act establishes the statutory basis for the protection, use and management of an outstanding system of national and other parks covering nearly 3.45 million hectares.
The Secretary is responsible under the Act for ensuring that the parks and other areas to which the Act applies are controlled and managed in accordance with the Act. Parks Victoria is responsible for managing those areas on the Secretary’s behalf.
Legislation to add approximately 10 000 hectares to the parks system was passed in March 2012. Of particular note was the provision to create Lake Tyers State Park in East Gippsland. This will not only implement recommendations of the former Land Conservation Council but provide the basis for the granting of Aboriginal Title over the park and its joint management by the Gunaikurnai People, a commitment under the Gunaikurnai native title settlement agreement.
More broadly, the importance of involving and engaging Traditional Owners in park management continued to be recognised across the state through cooperative management and other engagement mechanisms.
A significant program to improve the condition of our parks was delivered this year. This included threatened species management, environmental watering in Barmah and Murray-Sunset national parks, and research and monitoring programs to inform park management. A comprehensive program for marine protected areas was developed following the release of the Victorian Auditor-General’s 2011 report on the environmental management of these areas. The program is now being delivered across the state.
Considerable efforts to control pest plants and animals included several cross-tenure programs and the first year of a new four-year intensive management program in the Alpine National Park. Of note was the successfully coordinated response to the appearance of the invasive North Pacific Seastar in the Tidal River estuary in Wilsons Promontory National Park.
A particular focus of the year was responding to the damage caused by flood and storm events in different parts of the state in late February and early March 2012 and again in early June 2012. This added to the recovery works already being undertaken in response to similar events in the previous financial year.
The fire season was below average but considerable work was carried out as part of implementing an expanded statewide program of planned burning on public land in response to the findings of the 2009 Victorian Bushfires Royal Commission, the largest undertaken in Victoria in more than 20 years.
The year also saw further investment in visitor facilities and associated infrastructure, not only in the course of replacing or repairing those damaged by floods and storms but also through improvements elsewhere. These included works at major visitor attractions including the Twelve Apostles, Wallace‘s Hut in the Alpine National Park, lookouts in Mount Buffalo National Park and the Quarantine Station in Point Nepean National Park. In addition, further work was initiated to develop a sound future for the Mount Buffalo Chalet and the Point Nepean Quarantine Station.
These and other park management activities undertaken across the state, particularly by Parks Victoria, are reflected in the many projects referred to in this report. I again thank all those staff and volunteers who were involved in delivering the parks program over the past year.
Greg Wilson
Secretary to the
Department of Sustainability and Environment
Contents
Foreword	1
Representative parks system	3
Areas managed under the Act	3
Management planning	3
Natural values management	4
Management	4
Monitoring	6
Research	6
Fire and flood management and recovery	8
Fire	8
Floods and storms	9
Traditional Owner partnerships and cultural heritage management	10
Traditional Owner partnerships and Aboriginal cultural heritage	10
Post settlement cultural heritage	10
Community involvement	11
Volunteers	11
Community group grants	11
Visitor and tourism services	12
Information, interpretation and education	12
Enhancing visitor enjoyment and tourism	12
Visits to parks	13
Supporting park management	14
Park management	14
Legislation	14
Authorities granted under the Act	15
Enforcement	16
Interstate cooperation	16
Advisory bodies	17
Appendixes	19
1 	Areas managed under the National Parks Act	20
2 	Pest plant control projects	25
3 	Pest animal control projects	26
4 	Location of parks and other areas	27

Representative parks system

Areas managed under the Act
As at 30 June 2012, there were 138 areas with a total area of nearly 3.45 million hectares managed under various provisions of the Act. Appendix 1 lists the areas and Appendix 4 shows their location. There were no changes  to the parks system during the year.
The 138 areas comprised:
•	123 areas (3 440 970 ha) listed on schedules to the Act
-	45 national parks (Schedule Two)
-	3 wilderness parks (Schedule Two A)
-	25 state parks (Schedule Two B)
-	5 coastal parks, 3 historic parks, 1 nature  conservation reserve, 8 regional parks and Haining Farm (Schedule Three)
-	3 marine and coastal parks, 2 marine parks, 1 marine reserve, 1 national heritage park and 1 nature conservation reserve (Schedule Four)
-	13 marine national parks (Schedule Seven)
-	11 marine sanctuaries (Schedule Eight)
•	15 non-scheduled areas (4442 ha) to which particular provisions of the Act apply.
The Act also defines the following areas within particular national parks:
•	19 wilderness zones (Schedule Five) within 7 national parks (see Appendix 1)
•	22 remote and natural areas (Schedule Six) within 12 national parks (see Appendix 1)
•	4 designated water supply catchment areas within the Great Otway, Kinglake and Yarra Ranges national parks.
There were no changes during the year to the areas managed under the Act. Legislation was passed to create additional park areas (see Legislation).
Management planning
As at 30 June 2012 there were approved management plans covering all or parts of 42 national parks, 3 wilderness parks, 25 state parks, 17 other parks and reserves, 13 marine national parks and 11 marine sanctuaries.

During the year:
•	the management plan for St Arnaud Range National Park was submitted for approval following the passage of legislation to change the name of the park to Kara Kara National Park
•	work continued on the draft management plan for the Greater Alpine national parks (which covers the Alpine, Baw Baw, Errinundra, Mount Buffalo and Snowy River national parks, Avon Wilderness Park and Tara Range  Park as well as several areas not under the Act)
•	Parks Victoria, DSE and the Gunditj Mirring Traditional Owners Aboriginal Corporation progressed the development of a management plan for parks and reserves in Victoria’s far south-west, including Cobboboonee, Lower Glenelg, Mount Eccles and Mount Richmond national parks, Cape Nelson, Dergholm and Mount Napier state parks, Discovery Bay Coastal Park and Discovery Bay Marine National Park
Open house consultation sessions were held in five regional communities and an assessment of cultural values was undertaken. A research project in partnership with the University of South Australia and the University of Queensland enabled online community mapping to improve knowledge of places and experiences across the planning area that are important for recreation, culture, heritage and other significant values.
Other planning included:
•	developing a draft program plan for marine protected areas which sets out actions for managing Victoria’s system of marine national parks and marine sanctuaries and other marine protected areas
•	progressing the preparation of a master plan for the Lower Ferntree Gully picnic area in the Dandenong Ranges National Park, in conjunction with the Kokoda memorial project at the 1000 Steps
•	completing a master plan for Point Nepean National Park for consideration by government, and progressing the detailed design process in relation to landscaping and improving selected buildings and interpretive features within the Quarantine Station
•	completing a review of all previous plans for Tidal River in Wilsons Promontory National Park to assist with the response to floods.

Natural values management

Management
The State of the Parks 2007 report together with Parks Victoria’s Levels of Protection framework provide a basis for setting strategic priorities in environmental management in areas managed under the Act. On-ground works are prioritised in order to protect the highest environmental values at greatest risk. Examples of projects in the various environmental management program areas are provided below.
Threatened species management
Collaborative projects between DSE and Parks Victoria, research partners and community organisations were undertaken in parks throughout the state to protect threatened species. These projects and the related parks included:
•	monitoring the level of breeding activity of the Malleefowl, in partnership with the Victorian Malleefowl Recovery Group
•	Chiltern-Mt Pilot National Park and Beechworth Historic Park – planting orchids under the Threatened Orchid Cultivation Program, which involves collecting seeds and fungi from the threatened species in the parks for germination and propagation by the Royal Botanic Gardens over a five-year period
•	Chiltern-Mt Pilot National Park – re-recording captive-bred Regent Honeyeaters released in 2010. A captive-bred bird was also observed to have successfully bred with a wild bird, which is one of the final objectives of the project and which demonstrates the potential for captive released birds to integrate with wild populations
•	Grampians National Park – continuing the monitoring and land management programs underpinning the reintroduction of the Brush-tailed Rock Wallaby. Higher than expected mortalities and lower than expected reproduction led the Victorian Brush-tailed Rock Wallaby Recovery Team to re-evaluate strategies
•	Great Otway and Mornington Peninsula national parks – further monitoring of ocean beaches for the Hooded Plover, with the involvement of Birds Australia and the Friends of the Hooded Plover, as well as other measures  to help protect the species
•	Great Otway National Park – confirming the presence of the Tiger Quoll in the park after a period of approximately twelve years of no confirmed sighting or other evidence
•	Mount Buffalo National Park – releasing 260 Spotted Tree Frogs into Buffalo Creek in an effort to re-establish a population of this threatened species that became extinct in the area almost 20 years ago, as well as controlling and eradicating weeds that threaten stream environments critical to the frog’s survival
•	Snowy River National Park – recording an increase in the Brush-tailed Rock-wallaby population from 6 individuals in 2002 to 20 in 2012. The long-running predator control program is considered to be a strong supporting factor in the population increase 
•	Bunyip State Park – releasing further Helmeted Honeyeaters into the wild.
Native animal management
Programs to manage the impacts of kangaroo and koala populations continued in several parks, where the long-term impact on park values caused by excessive numbers has been clearly demonstrated. Programs are undertaken in accordance with established ecological rationales developed with the support of key stakeholders, including independent technical advisory committees.
Foot surveys of kangaroos were completed in the more densely wooded parks in the Mallee. Population densities remained below target as an ongoing effect of the previous drought conditions. As such, kangaroo management programs were not required in 2011–12.
Programs relating to koalas occurred in the following parks:
•	French Island National Park – a contraceptive program is gradually replacing relocation as a means of controlling koalas on French Island (including the park), with 70 koalas implanted with contraceptive implants and released back onto the island. A further 300 adult koalas were relocated to Bunyip State Park from the island
•	Mount Eccles National Park – 240 koalas were treated with contraceptive implants and released back into the park. The population was surveyed and showed a slight decline to an estimated 3900 individuals
•	Great Otway National Park – contractors and the community monitored koala populations in suitable  habitat areas.
Pest plant management
The control and management of invasive plants remains one of the top priorities for natural values management. Depending on the nature and extent of the threat, responses are implemented to either eradicate or contain invasive plants in order to protect natural and cultural assets. 
Many key projects were delivered collaboratively by Parks Victoria, DSE, DPI, catchment management authorities and community groups. The federal government’s Caring for Our Country initiative also provides financial assistance.
Appendix 2 lists the targeted species for those areas managed under the Act where more than five hectares was recorded as being treated for the purpose of controlling or eradicating that species.

Programs and projects involving parks undertaken during the year, many as part of cross-tenure programs, included:
•	the Good Neighbour Program, with twenty-one pest plant control projects delivered. This program focuses on managing pest plants (and pest animals) on public land where it meets private land. Cross-tenure projects were delivered cooperatively with landowners, focusing on established weeds such as Blackberry, Boneseed, Bridal Creeper, English Broom, Patterson’s Curse, Ragwort and St John’s Wort
•	Glenelg Eden, which includes Cobboboonee, Lower Glenelg and Mount Richmond national parks and Discovery Bay Coastal Park and which aims to control  high risk pest plants in priority areas of public land in south-west Victoria
•	Otway Eden, which includes the Great Otway and Port Campbell national parks and which targeted new and emerging weed infestations and protecting priority biodiversity asset areas
•	From the Highlands Down, which includes the Alpine and Mitchell River national parks and has a major focus on preventing the spread of Cape Broom down the Wonnangatta River catchment and protecting the high conservation value aquatic ecosystems of the Mitchell River from blackberry, willows and other riparian weeds
•	Protecting the Best, which covers several parks east of the Snowy River, with a continuing focus on new and emerging species
•	the Urban Fringe Weed Management Initiative, which included the treatment of approximately 1500 hectares of the Dandenong Ranges National Park for a broad range of woody weeds and which has resulted in a large-scale reduction in the density and distribution of weeds, particularly invasive woody species
•	projects in the Mallee which focused on new and emerging weeds such as Hudsons Pear, a species of spiny cactus that has recently been declared a weed of national significance. An experimental control burning of Ward’s weed, a rangeland herb that has now become widespread in north-western Victoria, was also carried out
•	an extensive program across the newly established river red gum parks, including partnerships with catchment management authorities. Post-flood intervention on the floodplains has been important due to increased germination following wetter conditions. Programs continued despite being impacted by recurring flood events
•	the completion of a three-year spraying program which involved aerial spraying and checking of all areas of Spartina within Corner Inlet and Nooramunga marine and coastal parks 
•	the first year of a four-year Alps Intensive Management Program in the Alpine National Park to control a range of weeds including blackberry, brooms and willows (see also Pest animal management) and a large hawkweed eradication program on the Bogong High Plains.
Pest animal management
Pest animals are a major threat to native animals and their habitat. Cooperative interstate and community partnerships facilitate or deliver programs to reduce pest animal populations. Resources are directed toward eradication, containment or asset protection, with a focus on early intervention where possible.
Appendix 3 lists the species and the areas managed under the Act that were targeted during the year in pest animal control projects.
Work continued in 2011–12 to support delivery of the various Ark fox control programs:
•	Glenelg Ark, which includes Cobboboonee and Lower Glenelg national parks and Discovery Bay Coastal Park
•	Grampians Ark, which includes the Grampians National Park and Black Range State Park
•	Otway Ark, which includes the Great Otway National Park
•	Southern Ark, which includes parks in East Gippsland east of the Snowy River.
Other projects included:
•	twenty-four pest animal projects under the Good Neighbour Program
•	work to control pigs in Barmah National Park and goats in Murray-Sunset and Warby-Ovens national parks, in partnership with the Sporting Shooters Association Australia (Victoria)
•	Alpine National Park – several projects which included  the eradication of an isolated goat population at Mackillop Bridge, fox control to protect targeted threatened fauna, and the removal of further feral horses from the Bogong High Plains and the eastern Alps with the involvement of the Alpine Brumby Management Association and the Victorian Brumby Association. Some of the projects were part of the first year of a four-year Alps Intensive Management Program to control feral horses, deer  and goats
•	French Island National Park – the second year of pest animal (and pest plant) control works in the park as part of a broader three-year program, funded jointly with the Port Phillip and Western Port Catchment Management Authority, to protect and improve environmental values around Western Port
•	Point Nepean National Park – ongoing fox control and monitoring to protect the Long-nosed Bandicoot and the White-footed Dunnart.
Grazing management
Ecological grazing at Terrick Terrick National Park is now managed under a strategic operational plan for the northern plains grasslands, which defines specific objectives for floral and faunal values as a basis for determining the grazing intensity required.
Work associated with the phase-out of grazing from the new river red gum parks continued, in particular the negotiation of agreements with various licensees to erect government-funded fences and off-stream water systems and commencing to implement those works.
Ecological fire management
Further progress was made towards determining appropriate long-term ecological fire regimes through the development of landscape-scale fire ecology and risk assessments. This information is used throughout Victoria as a component of integrated fire management and to inform fire operations plans. A large number of parks across the state are now covered. 
Ongoing monitoring programs examining the effects of fire regimes on biodiversity were applied in parks across the state (see also Fire).
A fire ecology strategy currently being developed for the Greater Grampians landscape includes the Grampians National Park and Black Range State Park. This will further conservation objectives and provide the ecological basis for future fire management planning.
Catchment and water management
Environmental water delivered to waterways, wetlands and floodplains across Victoria included, in areas managed under the National Parks Act, Barmah Forest (Barmah National Park) and Lake Wallawalla (Murray-Sunset National Park). The watering was undertaken through a broad partnership involving the Victorian Environmental Water Holder, DSE, Parks Victoria, catchment management authorities, water corporations, the Murray Darling Basin Authority and the federal and New South Wales governments. The program is integrated with river, wetland and catchment management activities to achieve the best ecological outcomes.
Structural works at Hattah Lakes (Hattah-Kulkyne National Park) commenced in order to enable the efficient use of environmental water and to maximise ecological benefits. Funded by the Murray Darling Basin Authority’s Living Murray Program, planning also progressed for works at Lindsay and Walpolla islands (Murray-Sunset National Park) and in Gunbower National Park.
Marine values management
Parks Victoria works in partnership with other agencies, local government, industry groups and the community  to protect the values of the marine protected areas under the Act.
In addition to projects reported under Management planning, Research and Monitoring, Parks Victoria:
•	completed reports on the marine natural values for each of Victoria’s five marine bioregions, including a full description and details of the knowledge gained since Victoria’s marine national parks and marine sanctuaries were created nearly ten years ago. Report cards for marine protected area management and condition are being developed
•	continued a partnership with Museum Victoria that resulted in comprehensive marine inventories and image collections at Bunurong and Wilsons Promontory marine national parks
•	participated in responses to several marine pest incursions and a number of related pest incidents
Volunteer divers helped to reduce the threat posed to Marengo Reefs Marine Sanctuary by the invasive marine algae Japanese Kelp.
Of critical importance was the coordinated response to the appearance of the Northern Pacific Seastar in the Tidal River estuary in Wilsons Promontory National Park. This included imposing restrictions on various water-based activities in the river, and divers removing more  than 100 seastars and monitoring other waters of the park, as well as off-shore waters and Shallow Inlet,  for the presence of this invasive pest.
Monitoring
DSE’s Forests and Parks Monitoring and Reporting Information System provides a platform to meet reporting obligations, support future policy and management decisions and assess the health and condition of Victoria’s forests and parks. During the year, new monitoring plots were established and measured at 187 sites across Victoria’s forests, including 68 in 22 parks managed under the Act, bringing to 81 the number of plots now established in 29 parks1. 
Parks Victoria’s Signs of Healthy Parks monitoring program aims to provide an understanding of the health of parks, evaluate the effectiveness of Parks Victoria’s conservation programs and provide early warning of emerging threats. A significant program of monitoring undertaken in parks across the state included projects relating to:
•	monitoring the condition of native vegetation (including an assessment of the level of pest plant infestation) in the Alpine, Croajingolong, Errinundra, Great Otway, Heathcote-Graytown, Little Desert, Mornington Peninsula, Point Nepean and St Arnaud Range national parks
•	monitoring selected native fauna in parks including the Alpine, Barmah, Cobobboonee, Coopracambra, Croajingolong, Grampians, Great Otway, Lower Glenelg, Mornington Peninsula, Point Nepean, Terrick Terrick and Wilsons Promontory national parks
•	monitoring pest plants in the Alpine, Chiltern-Mt Pilot, Errinundra, Grampians, Great Otway, Greater Bendigo  and Port Campbell national parks
•	trialing sophisticated remote sensing software to monitor English Broom and willows in the Alpine National Park
•	monitoring pest animals (including cats, deer, foxes, goats, horses and rabbits) in 14 parks across the state
•	monitoring subtidal reefs in Point Addis and Wilsons Promontory marine national parks and intertidal reefs in three marine national parks and seven marine sanctuaries.
There was also a range of community based monitoring undertaken, including the Reef Life Survey, Sea Search and Reefwatch programs and by groups including Friends groups and Birdlife Australia.
Research
Research authorisations
Research, study and investigation in areas on the schedules to the Act are authorised under section 20 or 21A of the Act, sometimes in conjunction with a permit under the Flora and Fauna Guarantee Act 1988, Reference Areas Act 1978 or Wildlife Act 1975.
A total of 167 research permits were issued during the year, 88 of which were new permits and 79 were renewed permits. These enabled research to be carried out in 105 parks (a permit may cover more than one park) or in all parks if required (28 permits). Those parks for which 10 or more permits were issued (in addition to the ‘all parks’ permits) were: Alpine (20), Grampians (18), Great Otway (22), Hattah-Kulkyne (12), Murray-Sunset (18), Wyperfeld (11) and Yarra Ranges (11) national parks.
Examples of the research authorised include:
•	the taking of protected flora, the construction of grazing exclusion fences and the monitoring of effects of fire on biodiversity in the Mallee, including in Hattah-Kulkyne and Murray-Sunset national parks
•	the collection of samples of sediment, water and seagrass from French Island and Yaringa marine national parks (and elsewhere) for the purpose of quantifying the water quality requirements of seagrass in Western Port
•	the establishment of monitoring plots and the taking of protected flora in Baw Baw and Yarra Ranges national parks, as part of the Mountain Invasion Research Network global survey and monitoring project
•	invertebrate surveys and the collection of invertebrate specimens, including listed Lepidoptera species, within  all regions in order to complete taxonomic research and  a book
•	listening surveys of amphibians within Mitchell River National Park (and other public land in Gippsland) for  the purpose of undertaking surveys of the Giant  Burrowing Frog.
Research programs
DSE progressed a three-year research program with the University of Melbourne’s Department of Forest and Ecosystem Science to investigate the impacts of fire (natural and managed), climate variability/change and forest management regimes on water quantity and quality, biodiversity values, carbons assets, other social and economic values, and the vulnerability and resilience of Victoria’s public forests, including those in parks.
No grazing occurred in the Alpine National Park during  the year under the research program to assess the effectiveness of fuel and bushfire risk management in Victoria’s high country using strategic cattle grazing. The Federal environment minister’s decision to refuse to consent to the research under the Commonwealth Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 was challenged in the Federal Court.
New and ongoing research occurred under Parks  Victoria’s Research Partners Program, which aims to  inform and improve park management through applied research collaborations with universities and other  research institutions.
Twenty-one new projects relating to areas managed under the Act were established. These included: 
•	a project examining trends in the status of bird communities in areas under the Act, including Chiltern-Mt Pilot, Grampians, Greater Bendigo, Great Otway, Hattah-Kulkyne and Murray-Sunset national parks
•	a project developing and refining monitoring techniques  to inform and improve management of over-abundant koalas at French Island, Great Otway and Mount Eccles national parks
•	a project improving strategies for the efficient and effective control of invasive willows in alpine peatlands in the Alpine and Mount Buffalo national parks
•	the Prom Bioscan project, undertaken in partnership with the Museum of Victoria, to provide a snapshot census of fauna in a range of habitats in Wilsons Promontory National Park following the flood of March 2011
•	several projects aimed at developing more effective approaches to monitoring and understanding the status of natural values and management effectiveness in marine national  parks and marine sanctuaries.
As well as establishing new research, the program also supported 51 ongoing projects relating to areas managed under the Act. These projects included:
•	the development of an ecological management strategy that will identify priority natural values and management strategies to protect box-ironbark forest and woodland areas in parks
•	research into the effects of different fire regimes on biodiversity in the Great Otway and Heathcote-Graytown national parks
•	an examination of the effects of climate change and fire on alpine vegetation in the Alpine National Park
•	the development of decontamination techniques to reduce the spread of Phytophthora cinnamomi in Brisbane Ranges National Park
•	the identification and mapping of important habitat refuges for fauna in the Grampians National Park
•	the development of conceptual models for ecosystems in marine national parks and marine sanctuaries.
Adaptive management research
Adaptive management incorporates monitoring and evaluation into the management cycle so that park managers can learn from the results of their actions, leading to improved management over time. Research undertaken during the year included:
•	continuing the monitoring of the effects of ecological thinning in box-ironbark ecosystems
•	establishing a project to develop an adaptive management strategy for improved management of arid and semi-arid ecosystems, including Hattah-Kulkyne, Little Desert, Murray-Sunset and Wyperfeld national parks
•	continuing the research in the Alpine National Park to improve our understanding of effectiveness of techniques in controlling the highly invasive English Broom and the effects of these techniques on native vegetation
•	examining ecological thinning as a technique for maintaining and improving the health of river red gums in Barmah National Park, including identifying sites, obtaining agreement on the experimental design and commencing pre-thinning monitoring (see also Interstate cooperation)
•	developing and testing an efficient structured decision-making process to guide resource allocation within an adaptive management framework for areas including the Great Otway National Park.

1	The 2011 annual report should have reported that 39 monitoring plots were established across Victoria’s forests, including 13 in 10 parks managed under the Act.
Fire and flood management and recovery

Fire
The bushfire season was below average. Following Victoria’s wettest summer on record in 2010–11, conditions across the state varied during the year, with lower than average rainfall between March and October 2011 in all areas except Gippsland. There was higher than average rainfall in the eastern part of the state during the 2011–12 summer and lower than average rainfall in the west. The commencement of the autumn 2012 planned burning program was affected by the early March rainfalls in the eastern half of the state and the lengthy periods required for forest areas to dry off.
Bushfires
DSE recorded 72 fires starting in areas managed under the Act. These fires affected approximately 895 hectares. All but two of the fires were less than 100 hectares, with 57 recorded as burning 1 hectare or less or not being found. The largest fires – in Murray-Sunset National Park (320 ha) and the Grampians National Park (230 ha) – were started by lightning. In total, 30 of the fires were started by lightning, with 18 being escapes from a campfire or BBQ and 10 being deliberately lit.
Planned burning
As part of the 2010–11 statewide planned burning program, there were 143 burns in areas managed under the Act. These treated nearly 63 000 hectares of land in total. The largest areas treated were in the Murray-Sunset (14 670 ha), Grampians (6956 ha), Snowy River (5202 ha) and Wyperfeld (3400 ha) national parks. The Management section of the report contains further information on ecological fire management.
Monitoring
Monitoring programs continued in parks across the state. Monitoring provides important information for bushfire management on public land. The current programs (Flora Monitoring, the Landscape Fire and Environmental Monitoring Program and HawkEye) involve a range of monitoring activities aimed at assessing fire impacts (e.g. burn extent and severity), fire effects and improving management models and decision making. 
Melbourne Bushfire Protection Program
The Melbourne Bushfire Protection Program, established in 2009 to improve bushfire preparedness on Melbourne’s urban-bushland interface, includes Churchill, Dandenong Ranges, Mornington Peninsula, Organ Pipes and Point Nepean national parks, Arthurs Seat and Warrandyte state parks, Lysterfield Park, Langwarrin Flora and Fauna Reserve and Woodlands Historic Park.

Works undertaken during the year relating to those areas included:
•	the creation of 20 km of new fuel breaks and upgrading 56 km of existing fuel breaks. A further 11 km of roads and tracks were upgraded to improve access for fire management
•	the mapping of the location and condition of more than 1000 km of fire access tracks and fuel breaks, as well as hundreds of gates, culverts, water points and signs
•	the use of new modeling to help identify and treat bushfire risk. The system has been used to assign all parks with a relative bushfire risk rating to assist with resource prioritisation. 
Preparing for emergencies
Emergency management plans were reviewed and tested to ensure that they remain current and effective. Emergency scenarios are used to test the effectiveness of the plans, either through a desk top scenario or in the field. At Wilsons Promontory National Park, an annual exercise is conducted using a test emergency scenario involving Victoria Police. 
In June 2012, Parks Victoria took part in Exercise Seadragon, a national marine pollution exercise, as part  of a Victoria-led multi-government and multi-agency  incident management team. The scenario was based on a  100 000-tonne oil tanker breaching its cargo and releasing significant amounts of crude oil into Western Port (where there are three marine national parks).
Fire recovery – 2009 bushfires
The vast majority of fire recovery works following the February 2009 fires were completed by 30 June 2011. Works included the following:
•	Kinglake National Park – the completion of landscape and preliminary engineering works at Jehosophat Gully, with toilet and shelter works underway. Works began at Masons Falls, with completion scheduled for late 2012
•	Yarra Ranges National Park – the completion of works at Cambarville, with the construction of a new picnic rotunda in the picnic ground which complements the redeveloped walking trails and lookouts in the precinct
•	Cathedral Range State Park – the completion of a new walking track between Sugarloaf Saddle and Cooks Mill.

Floods and storms
Two significant storm and flood events during the year affected parks managed under the Act.
In late February and early March 2012 storms caused considerable damage to various parks, largely restricted to the Alps and northern Victoria. The most severely affected parks were the Alpine, Burrowa-Pine Mountain and Warby-Ovens national parks. Damage to park infrastructure, roads and tracks was significant in some places, and various parks were closed.
In early June 2012 a strong low pressure system caused a series of severe storms across southern Victoria. The strong winds and heavy rain caused damage in a number of parks, mainly in Gippsland but also in the Great Otway National Park. Parts of the Alpine, Croajingolong and Mitchell River national parks and Moondarra State Park were closed.

Flood and storm recovery
When a series of eight storms swept Victoria between September 2010 and March 2011, the damage to Victoria’s parks was unprecedented in scale and severity. Roads and walking tracks were particularly hard hit by heavy rainfall and subsequent flooding. 
The Victorian Government provided significant funding to assist recovery. This was allocated to protect natural and cultural values, reduce safety risks and repair roads, tracks and visitor facilities. Work commenced during the year on many of the recovery projects, with a reasonable number completed. The recovery program will continue in 2012–13.
The focus in 2011–12 was reopening high visitation areas and carrying out works in damaged areas that posed an unacceptable risk to public safety.
Table 1 illustrates the work undertaken in the most severely affected parks.
Table 1 – Flood recovery works
Park	Example of works	
Alpine NP	Completion of road and track repairs	
	Completion of works to repair and upgrade walking tracks (including the Wallace Heritage Trail on the Bogong High Plains)	
Grampians NP	Repairs to numerous walking tracks throughout the park	
	Repairs to Borough Huts and Buandik visitor sites	
	Repairs to roads across the park, which have restored access for visitors, contractors and essential services to some 80 per cent of the network ahead of large-scale repairs	
	Improved drainage works at the Brambuk Information Centre and Parks Victoria office	
Little Desert NP	Completion of repairs to roads and visitor facilities at two campgrounds, including the replacement of a septic system and the replacement and updating of visitor information boards	
Warby-Ovens NP	Repairs to flood-damaged footbridges and walking tracks	
Wilsons Promontory NP	Repairs to and the reopening of several walking tracks 	
	Excellent progress with works at Mt Oberon, where the reconstruction of the Mt Oberon Road and Telegraph Saddle Track are nearing completion	
	Completion of the Wilsons Promontory drinking water project, mitigating risk to the water supply in future flood events	
	Reopening of the Tidal River general store	
Beechworth HP	Repairs to the flood-damaged footbridges and walking tracks	
Lysterfield Park	Repair and rebuilding of 27 km of dedicated mountain bike trails, including the Commonwealth Games Mountain Bike Trail, in conjunction with Lysterfield District Trail Riders and Trailmix	

HP	Historic Park
NP	National Park

Traditional Owner partnerships and cultural  heritage management

Traditional Owner partnerships and Aboriginal cultural heritage
DSE and Parks Victoria continued to progress the development of joint and co-management arrangements  in Victoria.
In north-western Victoria, Parks Victoria continued to work with the Barengi Gadjin Land Council Aboriginal Corporation (the representative body of the Wotjobaluk, Jaadwa, Jadawadjali, Wergaia and Yupagalk Peoples), engaging the Wimmera Peoples in works such as pest plant management, rabbit control and cultural site management along the Wimmera River in Little Desert National Park and Lake Albacutya Park.
In south-western Victoria, significant progress was made on the management planning project for several parks, in partnership with the Gunditjmara People (see Management planning). As state government representatives on the Budj Bim Council, DSE and Parks Victoria continued to provide support to the council as a strategic advisory body with respect to Mount Eccles National Park.
In northern Victoria, a series of innovative projects commenced in relation to the river red gum parks. These included compiling detailed histories of key parks, tourism planning with Traditional Owners, archaeological modelling and oral history research. Work progressed with the Yorta Yorta on the establishment of a Traditional Owner land management board for Barmah National Park. Parks Victoria continued to support the development of the Yorta Yorta Caring for Country Ranger Team.
In southern Victoria, the Wurundjeri, Bunurong and Boonwurrung Peoples were engaged in cultural heritage assessments at various locations as part of the Melbourne Bushfire Protection Program.
At Wilsons Promontory National Park, a memorandum of understanding was developed between Parks Victoria and the Traditional Owners of Yiruk and Wamoon: the Boon Wurrung, Bunurung and Gunaikurnai Peoples. Archaeological assessment and related permits were supported by the Traditional Owners, and members of each Traditional Owner organisation met regularly for onsite inspections and cultural heritage assessments. A number of new cultural places were recorded.
In eastern Victoria, DSE and Parks Victoria continued to work with the Gunaikurnai in the implementation of joint management arrangements for several areas in Gippsland, including Mitchell River, Tarra-Bulga, The Lakes and part of Snowy River national parks, Lake Tyers State Park (to be proclaimed) and Gippsland Lakes Coastal Park. Parks Victoria also worked with the Gunaikurnai on establishing an employment program for the Gunaikurnai People to work  on country.
The Victorian Alps Traditional Owner Reference Group and East Gippsland Traditional Owner Reference Group merged during the year. Parks Victoria facilitates meetings to seek guidance from Traditional Owners on park management issues and to discuss potential employment and business opportunities on Parks Victoria managed land.
Following completion of a cultural heritage management plan for the King River Hut site in the Alpine National Park, significant site protection works were undertaken to ensure the ongoing protection of one of the richest known Aboriginal archaeological sites in Victoria.
Post settlement cultural heritage
Work during the year in relation to post settlement cultural heritage included:
•	Alpine National Park – restoration works at Wallace’s Hut in conjunction with the Victorian High Country Huts Association, and the opening of the rebuilt Weston and King River huts, both of which had been destroyed by fire and had been rebuilt with the assistance of volunteers
•	Point Nepean National Park – stabilisation of historic features in the range area of the former Officer Cadet School, construction of a screen to protect the remnants of an historic 1840s lime kiln on the Point Nepean beach, and locating and documenting buried rails of the historic tramway system at the Quarantine Station
•	Gippsland Lakes Coastal Park – the commencement of a project, in partnership with Gippsland Ports, to restore the historic jib crane that is part of the heritage listed New Works Historic Complex on the western side of the entrance to the Gippsland Lakes.

Community involvement

Volunteers
Volunteers continued to make a major contribution to the management of many areas under the Act. Friends groups, individuals, schools, corporate volunteers and special interest groups provide invaluable support to Parks Victoria and park management.
Examples of the generous contributions of the many Friends groups and other volunteers include:
•	the Friends of Chiltern-Mount Pilot National Park, who supported the planting of threatened orchids in Chiltern-Mount Pilot National Park and Beechworth Historic Park
•	the Friends of Eastern Otways, who undertook a range of works including weeding, monitoring, cleaning, maintenance and environmental projects in the Great Otway National Park
•	the Friends of Point Nepean National Park, who continued their long association with the park, undertaking heritage conservation works to the fortifications and firing range structures
•	the Victorian High Country Huts Association, which was involved in rebuilding, restoring and maintaining high country huts in the Alpine National Park.
The Campground Host program was delivered for the eleventh year, with 35 volunteer campground hosts participating at eight parks, including Croajingolong, Lake Eildon and Mount Buffalo national parks. More than 160 hosts volunteered as part of the Four Wheel Drive Camp Host program at ten parks including the Alpine, Great Otway and Grampians national parks (and at three state forests).
Parks Victoria’s partnership with Conservation Volunteers Australia (CVA) continued. This included CVA employing a volunteers’ coordinator to operate within Parks Victoria’s Halls Gap office to service all Parks Victoria’s volunteer management for the Grampians region.
Community group grants
Parks Victoria’s Healthy Parks Healthy People Grants are available to community groups who wish to undertake projects related to areas managed by Parks Victoria. Groups work in close conjunction with local Parks Victoria staff to develop and implement projects.
Eighty-five projects were funded in 2011–12 in relation to areas under the Act. The groups and projects included:
•	the Friends of the Hooded Plover – protection of Hooded Plover nest sites and chicks in Mornington Peninsula National Park through a variety of activities
•	the Harry Ferguson Club – rabbit management, track grading and installation of a BBQ shelter at the Snow Drift visitor area in Wyperfeld National Park 
•	the Sherbrooke Lyrebird Survey Group – monitoring of the lyrebird population in the Dandenong Ranges National Park 
•	the Victorian Malleefowl Recovery Group – ongoing monitoring of Malleefowl activity in national and wilderness parks in the Mallee.

Visitor and tourism services

Information, interpretation and education
Information, education and interpretation services were provided in relation to areas managed under the Act to encourage visits, manage risks in parks, increase knowledge and understanding of parks and biodiversity, and encourage visitors to develop a stronger connection with their environment.
Information was again provided to the public through  Parks Victoria’s 24-hour information service (13 1963), the Parks Victoria website <www.parkweb.vic.gov.au> and  Park Notes.
Parks Victoria delivered face-to-face interpretation and education programs to more than 19 000 visitors in areas under the Act.
Interpretive Junior Ranger Program activities were provided for children of primary school age during school holidays. These were held in eleven national parks, with approximately 3300 people participating, a significant increase in participant numbers over the previous year.
Curriculum-based school education programs were delivered to more than 2500 students and their teachers at education centres in the Dandenong Ranges and Wilsons Promontory national parks. More than 340 students participated in a range of free activities for government schools at Point Nepean and Dandenong Ranges national parks as part of the Department of Education and Early Childhood Development’s Education Week program.
Enhancing visitor enjoyment and tourism
Visitor facilities
Works were carried out across the state to improve visitor and tourist access and enjoyment while maintaining park values and reducing risks. Major projects commenced or completed during the year included those summarised in Table 2 as well as those referred to in Flood recovery and Post settlement cultural heritage.

In addition to the above activities:
•	several bridges and fords, including in the Alpine, Great Otway and Murray-Sunset national parks, were replaced as part of a 4-year program to upgrade and replace bridges on public land
•	specialist wheelchairs and equipment were introduced in the Grampians, Point Nepean and Wilsons Promontory national parks and Cape Conran Coastal Park to assist visitors with disabilities
•	further progress was made on the planning for works for stage 1 of the Grampians Peaks Trail and the development of a master plan for the implementation of the walk
•	there was a detailed review of the Mount Buffalo Community Enterprise proposal for the redevelopment of the Mount Buffalo Chalet. Following a decision not to pursue this proposal, which required substantial government funding, the state government allocated  $500 000 towards the preparation of a development plan that will outline the future use of the chalet. An interagency working group led by DSE was established to prepare  the plan
•	the preferred tenderer for the replacement of the Arthurs Seat chairlift in Arthurs Seat State Park was involved in developing the proposal for a contemporary state-of-the-art all-weather gondola.
Tour operators
Tour operators are licensed to run organised tours and recreational activities for profit on Victorian public land.  As at 30 June 2012, 286 operators were licensed to  operate in areas under the Act.

The reform of the licensing system for tour operators reported last year took effect from 1 July 2011 (see also Legislation). In the first year of implementation, seven ten-year licences were approved in relation to parks under the Act. Approximately three quarters of the remaining operators hold a one-year licence, while the rest hold a three-year licence. 
Parks Victoria conducted a familiarisation program at Wilsons Promontory National Park for tour operators, industry and staff in response to the 2011 floods. The event was timed to coincide with the reopening of the park. 
Licensed tour operator compliance activities were conducted in partnership with regional staff and external agencies, primarily at Grants Picnic Ground (Dandenong Ranges National Park) and the Twelve Apostles (Port Campbell National Park). These activities resulted in  twelve new operators being licensed.
Visits to parks
The Visitor Number Monitor is a biennial survey covering a sample of Victorian, New South Wales, South Australian and overseas visitors. The statewide monitor was introduced in 2001 to record the number of visits to national and state parks and to report on change and trends in park visitation. The survey was not conducted in 2011–12 but will be conducted again in 2012–13.
Visitor numbers were monitored at Mornington Peninsula, Point Nepean and Wilsons Promontory national parks to examine the change to park visitation following the removal of park entry fees at various parks on 1 July 2010.

Table 2 – Visitor facilities
Park	Project	
Alpine NP	Completion of new facilities, including a lookout platform, observation deck and a series of interpretive panels, on the Wallace Heritage Trail (see also Table 1 - Flood recovery works)	
	Replacement of Riley Creek Bridge on the Wonnangatta Track	
	Erection of new fly-out toilet facilities at Dibbins Hut, part of a statewide pit toilet replacement program	
Dandenong Ranges NP	Work on the construction of the Kokoda Terrace, as the first part of a major project involving the construction of a Kokoda Memorial Wall and work on Lyrebird Track and the 1000 Steps	
	Completion of a new bird feeding area at Grants Picnic Ground, funded by a Commonwealth and Victorian Government initiative to encourage tourists back to those regions economically affected by the February 2009 bushfires	
	Construction of a new toilet facility at Ferntree Gully picnic area	
Great Otway NP	Completion of approximately 15 km of new dedicated walking track on the Great Ocean Walk, and upgrading of additional sections of the Walk, with works at Bowkers Bay completed	
Mount Buffalo NP	Upgrading of facilities at the Marriott, Monolith, Mt Dunn, The Horn, View Point and Wilkinsons lookouts	
Point Nepean NP	Commencement of a significant infrastructure services works project	
	Installation of a solar power system at the existing toilet block at Fort Nepean to power the sound and light interpretive installation within the fort’s underground tunnels	
Port Campbell NP	Completion of repairs and refurbishment works at the Twelve Apostles Visitor Centre	
	Completion of a new viewing platform at the Twelve Apostles	
Yarra Ranges NP	Completion of the O’Shannassy Aqueduct Stage 2 link track	
	Revamping of the viewing tower at Mt Donna Buang	

NP	National Park

Supporting park management

Park management
Management arrangements
The Secretary is responsible under the Act for ensuring that the parks and other areas to which the Act applies are controlled and managed in accordance with the Act.
Parks Victoria, established under the Parks Victoria Act 1998, is responsible through a management services agreement for managing the parks and other areas under the Act on behalf of the Secretary. Various powers under the Act have been delegated to employees of Parks Victoria.
DSE, on behalf of the Secretary, works with Parks Victoria and provides strategic policy advice to the Minister and the Secretary. Under the Act, the Director of National Parks (who is the Chief Executive Officer of Parks Victoria) provides advice to the Minister and the Secretary on the operational elements of park management.
Parks Victoria’s 2011–12 business plan described the park management services and strategic priorities to be delivered for the year. Its annual report for 2011–12 provides information on its operations for the year.
Finance
The estimated expenditure in relation to areas managed under the Act in 2011–12 was $119 million. This includes flood recovery costs and capital works carried out on areas managed under the Act. Information about DSE’s and Parks Victoria’s overall financial activities is contained in their respective annual reports.
Staff
Parks Victoria manages a diverse range of areas, including all of the parks and other areas managed under the Act as well as other conservation reserves, regional and metropolitan parks and aspects of the bays and waterways in or near Melbourne.
As at 30 June 2012, Parks Victoria employed 1036 full time equivalent employees. There were 329 rangers (including 25 chief rangers) and 182 field service officers engaged in managing areas under the Act, 55 of whom were Indigenous staff. To meet summer peak seasonal visitor attendance at high visitation locations, 36 seasonal rangers were employed to run visitor services programs across the state, including in areas under the Act. Additionally, project fire fighters were employed for planned burning and wildfire management.
Staff from DSE and DPI also contributed to the parks program.

Legislation 
There were several amendments to the Act during the year. In addition, the Parks and Crown Land Legislation Amendment Act 2012 was passed, and two sets of regulations under the Act commenced.
Amendments to the Act
On 1 July 2011 the Crown Land Acts Amendment (Lease and Licence Terms) Act 2009 amended the Act to include several new or amended provisions relating to organised tours and recreational activities carried out for profit in parks. This was part of establishing a uniform licensing regime for these activities across Crown land. The Act now provides for licence terms of up to ten years and makes it an offence for a tour operator to operate on areas under the Act without a licence.
On 1 January 2012 the Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2010 amended sections 40A and 40B of the Act in relation to marine national parks and marine sanctuaries in the Victorian offshore area to refer to the 2010 Act in place of the Petroleum (Submerged Lands) Act 1982 and to prohibit greenhouse gas storage exploration except under specified conditions identical to those applying to petroleum exploration.
On 26 February 2012 section 50D of the Act was automatically repealed. This transitional provision allowed licensed eucalypt oil harvesting in parts of Greater Bendigo National Park until that date.
On 28 June 2012 the Statute Law Revision Act 2012 made several minor technical amendments to the Act.
Amending legislation
Parks and Crown Land Legislation Amendment  Act 2012
This amending Act received the Royal Assent on 6 March 2012. As at 30 June 2012, it had not come into operation.2 The amendments to the National Parks Act:
•	expand the parks system by creating Lake Tyers State Park (8645 hectares) and adding 1125 hectares to ten parks (Alpine, Chiltern-Mt Pilot, French Island, Grampians, Kinglake, Lower Goulburn, Mitchell River, Mornington Peninsula and Warby-Ovens national parks and Gippsland Lakes Coastal Park)
•	change the name of St Arnaud Range National Park to Kara Kara National Park
•	provide for an extended lease term of up to 50 years for a chairlift in Arthurs Seat State Park and include in the park the airspace above the Arthurs Seat Road through which a chairlift would pass
•	extend until 30 June 2015 the period during which firewood can be removed from sawlog harvesting  residue in designated areas of Barmah and Gunbower national parks
•	update the references in section 40 of the Act to the  plans which define Greater Bendigo National Park
•	repeal several spent provisions.
Regulations
National Parks (Tour Operator Licence Fee) Regulations 2011
These regulations came into operation on 1 July 2011 to coincide with the amendments to the Act regarding tour operators. The regulations prescribe the fees payable in respect of tour operator licences granted under the Act and provide for the reduction, waiver or refund of such fees.
National Parks (Park) Amendment Regulations 2011
These regulations amended the National Parks (Park) Regulations 2003 on 10 December 2011 and replaced the National Parks (Fees and Charges) Regulations 2001 and the National Parks (Point Hicks Marine National Park) Regulations 2002.
The amendments:
•	provide for the payment of fees and charges for park occupation permits and the use of park services, utilities, facilities and goods under section 21 of the Act
•	prescribe the conditions of any approval given by the Minister to allow persons in possession or charge of boats carrying priority species (abalone or rock lobster) to be in Point Hicks Marine National Park.
Authorities granted under the Act
Lease
A lease was granted under section 19(2)(b) of the Act to Holdsworth Haulage Pty Ltd, as trustee for The Simoluke Trust, to enable it to operate and manage the Princess Margaret Rose Cave and Campground Complex in Lower Glenelg National Park.
Licences and permits
Table 3 lists permits granted under various sections of the Act. In addition, apiary permits were granted under section 21(1)(b) and commercial tour permits under section 21(1)(c)(ii) (see Tour operators).
2	This Act came into operation on 1 September 2012.								
Table 3 – Licences and permits
Park	Section of Act	Licensee/permitee	Purpose	
Grampians NP	21(3)	St John Ambulance (Vic) Inc.	Operation and maintenance of a radio communication tower on Mt William	
Mount Buffalo NP	21(1)(c)(ii)	Individual	Operation of a café within Keown Lodge, Dingo Dell	
	21(3)	Country Fire Authority	Installation of a temporary telecommunications trailer	
	30I	Individual	Access to a private property	
Mount Arapiles-Tooan SP	21(3)	St John Ambulance (Vic) Inc.	Operation and maintenance of a radio communication tower	

NP	National Park
SP	State Park
Consents to public authorities
Table 4 shows the consents granted under section 27 of the Act to public authorities (as defined in the Act) to carry out works, subject to conditions, in various parks.

Table 4 – Consents to public authorities
Park	Public authority	Purpose	
Alpine NP	Bureau of Meteorology	Installation of infrastructure as part of the Gippsland flood warning systems	
Brisbane Ranges NP	Barwon Region Water Corporation	Draining of the Lower Stony Creek Reservoir	
Great Otway NP	Barwon Region Water Corporation	Replacement of a section of the Colac water supply pipeline	
	Surf Coast Shire	Installation of an underground sewer	
Hattah-Kulkyne NP	Goulburn-Murray Rural Water Corporation	Installation of water infrastructure as part of the Living Murray Project	
Point Nepean NP	Port of Melbourne Corporation	Installation of commercial navigation aids known as Quarantine Station Light, Monash Light and Eagle Nest Radar	
Beechworth HP	North East Region Water Corporation	installation of essential infrastructure	
Cape Liptrap CP	South Gippsland Region Water Corporation	Formalisation of an existing underground outfall pipeline and de-aeration chamber	
Gippsland Lakes CP	Department of Primary Industries	Installation and removal of gas absorbers as part of the CarbonNet project	
	Gippsland Ports	installation of infrastructure as part of the Lakes Entrance Sand Management Project	
Tyers Park	Central Gippsland Region Water Corporation	Operation and maintenance of existing essential infrastructure	

CP	Coastal Park
HP	Historic Park
NP	National Park

Consent to earth resource activities
The Minister’s consent given under section 40 of the Act to enable Origin Energy to explore for natural gas in the Bay of Islands Coastal Park was tabled in both houses of Parliament on 11 October 2011 and was subsequently not disallowed.
Enforcement
There were 18 individuals successfully prosecuted in the courts during the year for committing 33 offences under the Act (14) or associated regulations (19).3 Most of the offences related to dogs (8), fishing in a marine national park or a marine sanctuary (6), interfering with vegetation (5), vehicles (5) and obstructing, abusing or threatening an authorised officer (4).
There were 412 infringement notices issued during the year in relation to prescribed offences against the Act (101) or the National Parks (Park) Regulations 2003 (311). These included offences relating to dogs (193), using recreational fishing equipment in a marine national park or a marine sanctuary (95) and lighting or maintaining a fire (30).
In addition, there were 116 warnings issued, one resulting from a prosecution. These included offences relating to dogs (60), using recreational fishing equipment in a marine national park or a marine sanctuary (23) and entering or remaining in a prohibited or restricted area (12).
DPI fisheries officers continued to play a major role in enforcement associated with marine national parks and marine sanctuaries.
Interstate cooperation
Australian Alps Cooperative Management Program
The Memorandum of understanding in relation to the cooperative management of the Australian Alps national parks (MOU) covers eleven parks and reserves in the Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales and Victoria. In Victoria, these are the Alpine, Baw Baw, Mount Buffalo and Snowy River national parks and Avon Wilderness Park. The purpose of the MOU is to promote cross-border cooperation in the protection and management of this highly significant conservation area.
The 25th anniversary of the signing of the MOU occurred on 4 July 2011. Celebrations in late November focused on community involvement, with concurrent community events in held in the ACT, NSW and Victoria.
The Australian Alps Cooperative Management Program operates under the auspices of the Australian Alps Liaison Committee. The committee seeks to provide land managers with appropriate technical tools and sound scientific advice in management reports and strategies to assist in achieving the objectives of the MOU in delivering best practice land management across the region. Parks Victoria represents Victoria on the committee.
Highlights of the program during the year included:
•	a conference involving scientists and managers aimed at providing managers with the tools to better assess and measure the effectiveness of their programs
•	the preparation of a report into the distribution of European Carp and other exotic fish (with the exception of salmonoid species) 
•	a workshop, run with the assistance of the University of Melbourne and the Victorian Royal Botanic Gardens, which took managers from across the Alps through a process of prioritising weed management based on the cost of control or other management objectives for specific weeds versus the risk of the weed to the environment or human values
•	the ongoing involvement of the Australian Alps Traditional Owners Reference Group, which met twice during the year. Increased recognition of Aboriginal people across the Alps and their connections to the mountains remains a priority for the group 
•	the development of an Australian Alps Flickr site, which contains many high quality images from across the Alps
•	the redesign and distribution of Australian Alps tourism brochures through visitor centres across the Alps.
River Red Gum Adaptive Management Science Advisory Committee
This committee was formed under New South Wales legislation following the establishment of new river red gum parks in Victoria and New South Wales to encourage a sharing of knowledge and expertise and provide quality assured scientific advice to government on the management of the river red gum forests. The objectives of the committee include providing a scientific program to underpin the active forest management of the river red gum parks and reserves in both states.
As at 30 June 2012, the membership of the committee, which comprises ten members (chair, deputy chair, a policy representative from each state and six independent scientists), was as follows:
Chair: Dr Graham Mitchell
Deputy Chair: Dr Kate Wilson
Members: Associate Professor Leon Bren
	Professor Rod Keenan
	Professor Richard Kingsford
	Associate Professor Ian Lunt
	Mr Ross McDonnell (NSW)
	Dr Andrew Haywood (Victoria)
	Dr Libby Rumpff
	Dr Skye Wassens.

Advisory bodies
National Parks Advisory Council
The National Parks Advisory Council is appointed under section 10 of the Act. Its main functions are to advise the Minister generally in relation to the administration of the Act and on particular matters in relation to that administration on which its advice is sought by the Minister. The council also provides advice on any proposed excisions from parks which the Minister refers to it and on the granting of certain leases and consents for earth resource activities. The council’s 2011–12 annual report provides information on the council and its activities during the year.
The council comprises the Secretary (or his or her nominee), the Director of National Parks (who is the Chief Executive Officer of Parks Victoria) and eight non-government members.
As at 30 June 2012, the membership of the council was as follows:
Convenor: Dr Charles Lane
Members: Mrs Heather Gee
	Mr John Gray
	Mr Gary Howell (Secretary’s nominee)
	Dr Bill Jackson (Director of National Parks)
	Mr Lance Jennison
	Dr Brian Martin
	Dr Philip Moors
	Dr Mary-Jane Rogers
	Dr John Sherwood.                                        
Parks Victoria has also established several non-statutory advisory groups to assist in its management and planning of particular parks.

3	The numbers refer to the numbers of successful prosecutions during the year regardless of when the offences took place.				
Appendixes
Appendix 1 –  Areas managed under the National Parks Act
A	National parks (Schedule Two)	

 	National park	*Area (ha) 30 June 2012	
1	Alfred 	3 050	
2	Alpine	661 375	
3	Barmah	28 505	
4	Baw Baw	13 530	
5	Brisbane Ranges	8 865	
6	Burrowa-Pine Mountain	18 400	
7	Chiltern-Mt Pilot	21 560	
8	Churchill	271	
9	Cobboboonee	18 510	
10	Coopracambra	38 800	
11	Croajingolong	**88 500	
12	Dandenong Ranges	3 540	
13	Errinundra	39 870	
14	French Island	**11 050	
15	Grampians	168 145	
16	Greater Bendigo***	17 324	
17	Great Otway	**103 195	
18	Gunbower	9 330	
19	Hattah-Kulkyne	49 975	
20	Heathcote-Graytown	12 700	
21	Kinglake	23 175	
22	Lake Eildon	27 750	
23	Lind	1 370	
24	Little Desert	132 647	
25	Lower Glenelg	26 430	
26	Lower Goulburn	9 310	
27	Mitchell River	14 250	
28	Mornington Peninsula	**2 680	
29	Morwell	565	
30	Mount Buffalo	31 020	
31	Mount Eccles	8 375	
32	Mount Richmond	1 733	
33	Murray-Sunset	664 810	
34	Organ Pipes	153	
35	Point Nepean	**575	
36	Port Campbell	**1 830	
37	Snowy River	114 600	
38	St Arnaud Range	13 990	
39	Tarra-Bulga	2 015	
40	Terrick Terrick	6 390	
41	The Lakes	2 390	
42	Warby-Ovens	14 655	
43	Wilsons Promontory	**49 049	
44	Wyperfeld	361 770	
45	Yarra Ranges	77 190	
	Total – National parks	2 905 217	

			

*	No changes during the year.
**	Area includes the area of the national park located beneath a marine national park.
***	Parts of Greater Bendigo NP extend only to 100 metres below the land surface.

B	Wilderness parks (Schedule Two A)	

 	Wilderness park	*Area (ha) 30 June 2012	
1	Avon	39 650	
2	Big Desert	142 300	
3	Wabba	20 100	
	Total – Wilderness parks	202 050	

*	No changes during the year.

C	State parks (Schedule Two B)	

 	State park	*Area (ha) 30 June 2012	
1	Arthurs Seat	558	
2	Black Range	11 700	
3	Broken-Boosey	1 010	
4	Bunyip	16 655	
5	Cape Nelson	210	
6	Cathedral Range	3 616	
7	Dergholm	10 400	
8	Enfield	4 400	
9	Holey Plains	10 740	
10	Kooyoora	11 350	
11	Langi Ghiran	3 040	
12	Leaghur	2 050	
13	Lerderderg	20 185	
14	Moondarra	6 330	
15	Mount Arapiles-Tooan	7 470	
16	Mount Buangor	2 400	
17	Mount Granya	6 140	
18	Mount Lawson	13 150	
19	Mount Napier	2 800	
20	Mount Samaria	7 600	
21	Mount Worth	1 040	
22	Paddys Ranges	2 010	
23	Reef Hills	2 020	
24	Warrandyte	686	
25	Werribee Gorge	575	
	Total – State parks	148 135	
*	No changes during the year.

D	Other parks (Schedule Three)	

 	Other park	*Area (ha) 30 June 2012	
1	Bay of Islands CP	950	
2	Beechworth HP	1 090	
3	Cape Conran CP	11 700	
4	Cape Liptrap CP	4 225	
5	Discovery Bay CP	**10 460	
6	Gadsen Bend Park	1 620	
7	Gippsland Lakes CP	17 610	
8	Haining Farm	66	
9	Kings Billabong Park	2 195	
10	Lake Albacutya Park	8 300	
11	Langwarrin FFR	214	
12	Lysterfield Park	1 397	
13	Murray-Kulkyne Park	4 555	
14	Nyah-Vinifera Park	1 370	
15	Steiglitz HP	425	
16	Tara Range Park	7 620	
17	Tyers Park	1 810	
18	Woodlands HP	820	
	Total – Other parks	76 427	

CP	Coastal Park
FFR	Flora and Fauna Reserve
HP	Historic Park
*	No changes during the year
**	Area includes the area of the park located beneath a marine national park.

E	Other parks and reserves (Schedule Four)	

 	Other park or reserve	*Area (ha) 30 June 2012	
1	Bunurong MP	**1 660	
2	Castlemaine Diggings NHP***	7 585	
3	Corner Inlet MCP	**18 000	
4	Deep Lead NCR (No. 1)***	1 120	
5	Nooramunga MCP	15 000	
6	Shallow Inlet MCP	2 000	
7	Wilsons Promontory MP )		
8	Wilsons Promontory MR )	**10 000	
	Total – Other parks and reserves	55 365	

MCP	Marine and Coastal Park
MP	Marine Park
MR	Marine Reserve
NCR	Nature Conservation Reserve
NHP	National Heritage Park
*	No changes during the year.
**	Area includes the area of the park or reserve located beneath a marine national park.
***	Castlemaine Diggings NHP and Deep Lead NCR (No. 1) extend 	only to 100 metres below the land surface.

F	Wilderness zones (Schedule Five)		
	Wilderness zones are located within several national parks, as set out below. The areas of the wilderness zones are included in the areas of the relevant parks in Part A of this appendix.		

 	National park	Wilderness Zone	*Area (ha) 30 June 2012	
1	Murray-Sunset	Sunset	126 900	
2	Murray-Sunset	Minook	38 700	
3	Murray-Sunset	Galpunga	35 700	
4	Murray-Sunset	Mount Cowra	23 500	
5	Wyperfeld	North Wyperfeld	97 900	
6	Wyperfeld	South Wyperfeld	61 300	
7	Wyperfeld	Chinaman Flat	29 800	
8	Alpine	Mount Darling-Snowy Bluff	40 400	
9	Alpine	Razor-Viking	15 700	
10	Alpine	Indi	13 800	
11	Alpine	Cobberas	10 000	
12	Alpine	Buchan Headwaters	30 000	
13	Alpine	Tingaringy	7 900	
14	Snowy River	Snowy River	27 000	
15	Snowy River	Bowen	17 500	
16	Coopracambra	Genoa	19 400	
17	Croajingolong	Sandpatch	15 600	
18	Croajingolong	Cape Howe	7 100	
19	Wilsons Promontory	Wilsons Promontory	21 800	
	Total – Wilderness zones		640 000	

*	No changes during the year.

G	Remote and natural areas (Schedule Six)		
	Wilderness zones are located within several national parks, as set out below. The areas of the wilderness zones are included in the areas of the relevant parks in Part A of this appendix.		

 	National park	Wilderness zone	*Area (ha) 30 June 2012	
1	Murray-Sunset	South Sunset	24 000	
2	Wyperfeld	Hopping Mouse Hill	32 100	
3	Little Desert	Little Desert	16 400	
4	Grampians	Victoria Range	14 000	
5	Grampians	Serra Range	11 200	
6	Grampians	Major Mitchell Plateau	6 900	
7	Baw Baw	Baw Baw Plateau	6 500	
8	Alpine	The Governors	8 100	
9	Alpine	Macalister	33 300	
10	Alpine	Dandongadale	3 700	
11	Alpine	Bundara-Cobungra	13 700	
12	Alpine	Bogong	16 300	
13	Alpine	Davies Plain	10 500	
14	Alpine	Suggan Buggan	17 800	
15	Alpine	Upper Snowy	11 800	
16	Mount Buffalo	North Buffalo	6 500	
17	Burrowa-Pine Mountain 	Mount Burrowa	6 200	
18	Errinundra	Brodribb	7 700	
19	Coopracambra	Mount Kaye	8 100	
20	Croajingolong 	Rame Head	9 800	
21	Wilsons Promontory	Wilsons Promontory Islands (12)	469	
22	Wilsons Promontory	Southern Wilsons Promontory	14 400	
	Total – Remote and natural areas		279 469	

*	No changes during the year.

H	Marine national parks (Schedule Seven)	

 	Marine national park	*Area (ha) 30 June 2012	
1	Bunurong	2 100	
2	Cape Howe	4 050	
3	Churchill Island	670	
4	Corner Inlet	1 550	
5	Discovery Bay	2 770	
6	French Island	2 800	
7	Ninety Mile Beach	2 750	
8	Point Addis	4 600	
9	Point Hicks	4 000	
10	Port Phillip Heads	3 580	
11	Twelve Apostles	7 500	
12	Wilsons Promontory	15 550	
13	Yaringa	980	
	Total – Marine national parks	52 900	

I	Marine sanctuaries (Schedule Eight)	

 	Marine sanctuary	*Area (ha) 30 June 2012	
1	Barwon Bluff	17	
2	Beware Reef	220	
3	Eagle Rock	17	
4	Jawbone	30	
5	Marengo Reefs	12	
6	Merri	25	
7	Mushroom Reef	80	
8	Point Cooke	290	
9	Point Danger	25	
10	Ricketts Point	115	
11	The Arches	45	
	Total – Marine sanctuaries	876	

*	No changes during the year.

*	Marine national parks extend only to 200 metres below the land 	surface. Some partly overlay parts of other parks under the Act.
*	No changes during the year.
 

J	Other areas (non-scheduled)*	

 	Area	Section of Act		**Area (ha) 30 June 2012	
1	Bald Hills BR	19B		1	
2	Collins Settlement Historic Site	19B		1	
3	Flinders NCR	19B		1	
4	Flinders Natural Interest Reserve	19B		4	
5	Long Forest NCR	19B		283	
6	Lower Glenelg PPR and SLR	19B		24	
7	Main Ridge NCR	19B		64	
8	Moreep BR	19B		10	
9	Nyerimilang Park	19B		200	
10	Wychitella NCR	19B		3 780	
11	Mt St Gwinear access road	19C		35	
12	Commonwealth land adjacent to Woodlands Historic Park	19D		31	
13	Picnic area at McKenzie’s Flat (Lerderderg State Park)	19E		#	
14	Blackwood Ranges Track (Lerderderg State Park)	19E		#	
15	Glenample Homestead	32AA		8	
	Total – Other areas			4 442	

BR	Bushland Reserve
NCR	Nature Conservation Reserve
PPR	Public Purposes Reserve
SLR	Scenic Lookout Reserve
*	Only specific sections of the Act apply to these areas
**	No changes during the year.
#	Area approximately 0.1 ha.

K	Summary – areas managed under the Act	

 	Category	*No. as at 30 June 2012		*Area (ha) 30 June 2012	
A	National parks (Schedule Two)	45		2 905 217	
B	Wilderness parks (Schedule Two A)	3		202 050	
C	State parks (Schedule Two B) 	25		148 135	
D	Other parks (Schedule Three) 	18		76 427	
E	Other parks and reserves (Schedule Four) 	8		55 365	
H	Marine national parks (Schedule Seven)	13		52 900	
I	Marine sanctuaries (Schedule Eight)	11		876	
J	Other areas (non-scheduled)	15		4 442	
	Total 	138		3 445 412	

*	No changes during the year.
L	Unproclaimed additions		
	As at 30 June 2012, legislation provides for the following additions to the parks system.		

 	Act	Section of Act	Park	Area (ha)	
1	National Parks Act 1975	50K	Greater Bendigo National Park	*16	
2	National Parks (Amendment) Act 1989	29(3)	Moondarra State Park	178	
	Total – Unproclaimed areas			194	

*	Area will become part of the park on surrender of title to the Crown.
Appendix 2 – Pest plant control projects
Appendix 2 lists the targeted species for those parks where an area of more than five hectares was recorded as being treated for the purposes of controlling or eradicating that species. Areas of less than five hectares were also treated in various parks. It should be noted that, due to protected industrial action by some Parks Victoria staff, the information in the table may not be complete.
Park name	Target species	
Alpine NP	Blackberry, Cape Broom, English Broom, Greater Birds-foot Trefoil, Grey Sallow, King Devil Hawkweed, Ox-eye Daisy, Soft Rush, Spear Thistle	
Barmah NP	African Boxthorn, Blackberry, Bridal Creeper, Horehound, Paterson’s Curse, Sweet Briar	
Baw Baw NP	Cape Broom, Grey Sallow	
Brisbane Ranges NP	Cinnamon Fungus, Gorse, Milk Thistle, Serrated Tussock	
Bunyip SP	Blackberry, Japanese Honeysuckle	
Cape Conran CP	Mirror Bush	
Cape Liptrap CP	Blackberry	
Churchill NP	Spanish Heath, Sweet Pittosporum	
Coopracambra NP	Blackberry	
Corner Inlet MCP	Spartina	
Croajingolong NP	Blackberry, Dolichos Pea, Mirror Bush	
Dandenong Ranges NP	Cape Ivy, English Ivy, English Holly, Karamu, Sweet Pittosporum, Sycamore Maple, Wandering Tradescantia 	
Dergholm SP	Cape Tulip (one-leaf)	
Discovery Bay CP	Paterson’s Curse	
Errinundra NP	Blackberry	
Gippsland Lakes CP	Sweet Pittosporum, Sea Spurge	
Great Otway NP	African Boxthorn, Blackberry, Bluebell Creeper, Boneseed, Coast Tea-tree, Ragwort, Sweet Pittosporum, Wandering Tradescantia 	
Gunbower NP	African Boxthorn, Blackberry, Bridal Creeper, Horehound, Paterson’s Curse, Sweet Briar	
Kinglake NP	Cape Broom, English Holly	
Lake Albacutya Park	African Love-grass, Bridal Creeper	
Langwarrin FFR	Sallow Wattle	
Lerderderg SP	Blackberry, Gorse, Serrated Tussock	
Little Desert NP	Horehound	
Lower Glenelg NP	Paterson’s Curse, Radiata Pine	
Lysterfield Park	Spanish Heath, Sweet Pittosporum	
Mitchell River NP	Blackberry, Ragwort, Willow	
Mornington Peninsula NP	African Boxthorn, Annual Canary-grass, Blackberry, Boneseed, Cape Broom, Dolichos Pea, Polygala, Ragwort, Sea Spurge, Sweet Pittosporum	
Mount Arapiles-Tooan SP	Horehound	
Mount Worth SP	Blackberry, Willow	
Murray-Sunset NP	African Boxthorn, Prickly Pear, Willow	
Nooramunga MCP	Spartina	
Nyah-Vinifera Park	Paterson’s Curse	
Port Phillip Heads MNP	African Boxthorn, Tree Mallow	
Snowy River NP	Blackberry	
Steiglitz HP	Gorse	
Tarra-Bulga NP	Willow	
Warby-Ovens NP	Blackberry, Patterson’s Curse, St John’s Wort, Sweet Briar	
Werribee Gorge SP	Blackberry, Paterson’s Curse, Serrated Tussock	
Wyperfeld NP	African Love-grass, Bridal Creeper	

CP	Coastal Park
FFR	Flora and Fauna Reserve
HP	Historic Park
MCP	Marine and Coastal Park
MNP	Marine National Park
NP	National Park
SP	State Park
Appendix 3 – Pest animal control projects
Appendix 3 lists the targeted species for those parks where an area of more than five hectares was recorded as being treated for the purposes of controlling or eradicating that species. Areas of less than five hectares were also treated in various parks. It should be noted that, due to protected industrial action by some Parks Victoria staff, the information in the table may not be complete.
Park name	Target species	
Alpine NP	Dog, Goat, Horse (feral), Pig (feral), Red Fox	
Black Range SP	Red Fox	
Brisbane Ranges NP	European Rabbit, Red Fox	
Cape Conran CP	Red Fox	
Cape Liptrap CP	Red Fox	
Cobboboonee NP	Red Fox	
Croajingolong NP	Red Fox	
Discovery Bay CP	Red Fox	
Errinundra NP	Red Fox	
French Island NP	Cat	
Grampians NP	Red Fox	
Great Otway NP	Red Fox	
Kinglake NP	Goat (feral), Red Fox	
Kooyoora SP	Red Fox	
Lake Albacutya Park	European Rabbit	
Lake Eildon NP	Red Fox	
Lerderderg SP	European Rabbit	
Lind NP	Red Fox	
Little Desert NP	European Rabbit, Red Fox	
Lower Glenelg NP	Red Fox	
Mornington Peninsula NP	Red Fox	
Morwell NP	Red Fox	
Mount Richmond NP	Red Fox	
Murray-Sunset NP	European Rabbit, Goat	
Nooramunga MCP	Red Fox	
Paddys Ranges SP	Red Fox	
Snowy River NP	Pig (feral), Red Fox	
Steiglitz HP	Red Fox	
Tara Range Park	Red Fox	
Tarra-Bulga NP	Red Fox	
Werribee Gorge SP	European Rabbit	
Wilsons Promontory NP	North Pacific Sea Star, Red Fox	
Wyperfeld NP	European Rabbit	

CP	Coastal Park
HP	Historic Park
MCP	Marine and Coastal Park
NP	National Park
SP	State Park

Appendix 4 – Location of parks and other areas
National and other parks/areas	

1	Murray-Sunset NP 	
2	Hattah-Kulkyne NP	
3	Murray-Kulkyne Park	
4	Big Desert WP	
5	Wyperfeld NP	
6	Lake Albacutya Park	
7	Little Desert NP	
8	Mount Arapiles-Tooan SP	
9	Dergholm SP	
10	Black Range SP	
11	Grampians NP	
12	Deep Lead NCR (No. 1)	
13	Lower Glenelg NP and Cobboboonee NP	
14	Discovery Bay CP	
15	Lower Glenelg PPR and SLR	
16	Mount Richmond NP	
17	Cape Nelson SP	
18	Mount Eccles NP	
19	Mount Napier SP	
20	Langi Ghiran SP	
21	Mount Buangor SP	
22	Paddys Ranges SP	
23	St Arnaud Range NP	
24	Kooyoora SP	
25	Wychitella NCR	
26	Leaghur SP	
27	Terrick Terrick NP	
28	Greater Bendigo NP	
29	Heathcote-Graytown NP	
30	Castlemaine Diggings NHP	
31	Lerderderg SP and associated leased areas	
32	Long Forest NCR	
33	Werribee Gorge SP	
34	Enfield SP	
35	Moreep BR	
36	Brisbane Ranges NP	
37	Steiglitz HP	
38	Bay of Islands CP 	
39	Port Campbell NP	
40	Glenample Homestead	
41	Tara Range Park	
42	Great Otway NP	
43	Point Nepean NP	
44	Collins Settlement HS	
45	Mornington Peninsula NP	
46	Arthurs Seat SP	
47	Main Ridge NCR	
48	Bald Hills BR	
49	Flinders NCR	
50	Flinders NIR	
51	French Island NP	
52	Langwarrin FFR	
53	Churchill NP	
54	Lysterfield Park	
55	Bunyip SP	
56	Dandenong Ranges NP	
57	Warrandyte SP	
58	Organ Pipes NP	
59	Woodlands HP and adjacent Commonwealth land	
60	Kinglake NP	
61	Haining Farm	
62	Yarra Ranges NP	
63	Cathedral Range SP	
64	Lake Eildon NP	
65	Mount Samaria SP	
66	Reef Hills SP	
67	Broken-Boosey SP	
68	Barmah NP	
69	Warby-Ovens NP	
70	Chiltern-Mt Pilot NP	
71	Beechworth HP	
72	Mount Granya SP	
73	Mount Lawson SP	
74	Burrowa-Pine Mountain NP	
75	Wabba WP	
76	Mount Buffalo NP	
77	Alpine NP	
78	Avon WP	
79	Baw Baw NP and Mt St Gwinear access road	
80	Moondarra SP	
81	Tyers Park	
82	Mount Worth SP	
83	Bunurong MP	
84	Cape Liptrap CP	
85	Shallow Inlet MCP	
86	Wilsons Promontory NP 	
87	Wilsons Promontory MP	
88	Wilsons Promontory MR	
89	Corner Inlet MCP	
90	Nooramunga MCP	
91	Tarra-Bulga NP	
92	Morwell NP	
93	Holey Plains SP	
94	Gippsland Lakes CP	
95	The Lakes NP	
96	Mitchell River NP	
97	Nyerimilang Park	
98	Snowy River NP	
99	Errinundra NP	
100	Coopracambra NP	
101	Lind NP	
102	Alfred NP	
103	Cape Conran CP	
104	Croajingolong NP	
105	Kings Billabong Park	
106	Gadsen Bend Park	
107	Nyah-Vinifera Park	
108	Gunbower NP	
109	Lower Goulburn NP	

Marine national parks and marine sanctuaries	

A	Discovery Bay MNP	
B	Merri MS	
C	The Arches MS	
D	Twelve Apostles MNP	
E	Marengo Reefs MS	
F	Eagle Rock MS	
G	Point Addis MNP	
H	Point Danger MS	
I	Barwon Bluff MS	
J	Port Phillip Heads MNP	
K	Point Cooke MS	
L	Jawbone MS	
M	Ricketts Point MS	
N	Mushroom Reef MS	
O	Yaringa MNP	
P	French Island MNP	
Q	Churchill Island MNP	
R	Bunurong MNP	
S	Wilsons Promontory MNP	
T	Corner Inlet MNP	
U	Ninety Mile Beach MNP	
V	Beware Reef MS	
W	Point Hicks MNP	
X	Cape Howe MNP 	

BR	Bushland Reserve
CP	Coastal Park
FFR	Flora and Fauna Reserve 
HP	Historic Park
HS	Historic Site
MCP	Marine and Coastal Park
MNP	Marine National Park
MP	Marine Park
MR	Marine Reserve
MS	Marine Sanctuary
NCR	Nature Conservation Reserve
NHP	National Heritage Park
NIR	Natural Interest Reserve
NP	National Park
PPR	Public Purposes Reserve 
SLR	Scenic Lookout Reserve 
SP	State Park
WP	Wilderness Park

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