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PARK WATCH September 2017 | VNPA marine and coastal coordinator Chris Smyth gives an update and calls on Park Watch readers to help stop our beaches becoming racetracks. Despite barely […]...

PARK WATCH September 2017 | Victoria’s recent Parliamentary Inquiry into fire season preparedness missed the mark, says VNPA’s Phil Ingamells. When Neil Comrie, tasked with monitoring the...

PROGRAM UPDATE 18 September 2017 | We have a very exciting opportunity for you to experience the underwater wonders of Port Phillip Bay – on your screen in real-time with […]...

MEDIA RELEASE 30 August 2017 | Video footage of a panicked, wild deer skittering dangerously across a Melbourne road is a clear sign the Victorian government urgently needs to tackle exploding...

UPDATE 19 August 2017 | The Andrews Government seems determined to turn the beaches of Belfast Coastal Reserve into permanent racetracks and privatise their management. Without any public...

NEWS 1 August 2017 | A video shot yesterday morning of an out-of-control horse in the Belfast Coastal Reserve again proves that horses are for courses, not beaches. Yet the […]...

PARK WATCH June 2017 | Growing at 2.5 per cent each year, Geelong is a city that now desperately needs a great park, says VNPA Marine and Coastal Coordinator Chris […]...

MEDIA RELEASE 20 June 2017 | Racehorses should be immediately removed from the Belfast Coastal Reserve following the opening of the Warrnambool Racing Club’s new sand training track. “The opening...

MEDIA RELEASE 14 June 2017 | Threatened species including the iconic red-tailed black cockatoo and some of the most vulnerable and fragmented forests left in Victoria will be at risk under […]...

PARK WATCH June 2017 | It has been a poor breeding season for threatened hooded plovers in the Belfast Coastal Reserve, reports Chris Smyth. Local community monitoring of one beach […]...