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Parks Victoria Education Program Explore, Discover, Learn

Unit: Tourism in Parks

Tourism in Parks
2. Park Locations from Melbourne
 

Use the 'Victoria's National Parks' leaflet (available at any Parks Victoria office or use the Adobe PDF format file supplied) or the 'Guide to Victoria's National Parks' to make a graph showing the number of parks less than 50 km from Melbourne, 50-100 km, 100-150 km, 150-200 km etc. Note any trends on the graph and attempt to explain them.
 

Guides to Victoria's National Parks

    Date
Est
Size
(ha)
Km
(Melb)
Ent
Fee
Camping Cabins Accessible for Caravans Toilets Walking Tracks Nature Walk or Drive Information Centre Swimming Boating
           
North-west Victoria
1. Murray-Sunset 1991 633,000 500   A     A A A     A
2. Hattah-Kulkyne 1980 48,000 490   A   A A A A D A AX
3. Wyperfeld 1921 356,000 450   A   A A A A D    
Western Victoria
4. Little Desert 1968 132,000 375   A   A A A A      
5. Grampians 1984 167,000 260   A   A A A A D   A
South-west Victoria
6. Mount Eccles 1960 5,470 330   DB   A D D A D    
7. Lower Glenelg 1969 27,300 400   DB AB A D A A D A A
8. Mt Richmond 1960 1,733 385         AB A A      
9. Port Campbell 1964 1,750 250   DB   A A D A D A  
10. Otway 1981 12,750 200   AB   A D A     A  
Around Melbourne
11. Brisbane Ranges 1973 7,517 80   AB     A A A      
12. Organ Pipes 1972 85 25         D A A D    
13. Kinglake 1928 11,430 65 A DB   A D A D D    
14. Dandenong Ranges 1987 1,920 36 A       D A D      
15. Churchill 1941 193 32         A A        
16. Mornington Peninsula 1988 2,450 100 A       D D D D A  
17. Yarra Ranges 1995 76,000 80         D A        
North-east Victoria
18. Lake Eildon 1958 3750 150 A AB DB A D D A   A A
19. Mt Buffalo 1898 51,00 330 A AB   A D A A D   AX
20. Burrowa-Pine Mountain 1978 18,400 430   A     A A A      
21. Alpine 1989 646,000 350   A     A A       AX
Gippsland
22. Baw Baw 1979 13,300 200   A     D A A     AX
23. Morwell 1967 396 170         A A A      
24. Tarra-Bulga 1986 1,522 220         D D D D    
25. Wilsons Promontory 1905 49,000 250 A DB DB A D A D D A A
26. Mitchell River 1986 11,900 300   A     A A A     AX
27. The Lakes 1956 2,390 330   AB   A A A A   A A
28. Snowy River 1980 98,700 450   A     A A     A AX
29. Errinundra 1988 25,600 460   A     A A D      
30. Lind 1926 1,365 430         D   A      
31. Alfred 1925 3,050 470                    
32. Coopracambra 1988 38,800 500   A                
33. Croajingolong 1979 87,500 550   AB     D A A D A A
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A Activity or facility is available or permitted
D In these parks, some of the indicated facilities are also accessible for people with disabilities
X Non-power boats only
B Bookings necessary
 
Some parks (eg. Alpine National Park) were first declared as individual units, then later joined into one larger park.

 

 

 


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