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Coastal Wetlands

Victoria has a diverse range of wetlands including saltmarshes, mangroves, and floodplain billabongs. Often referred to as swamps, coastal wetlands have historically suffered from inappropriate...

Sand Habitats

Victoria is surrounded by a magnificent stretch of beaches and coastal sand flats, and sandy plains are a common feature beneath the surface of Victoria’s coastal waters. These undulating...

Seagrass beds and estuary grass

A healthy bed of dense, green seagrass, busy with animals and fish swimming above, is an incredible sight. Seagrasses are flowering plants that grow underwater in coastal marine and estuarine...

Otway Marine Bioregion

The Otway Marine Bioregion extends from Cape Jaffa in South Australia to Apollo Bay in Victoria and includes the western islands of Bass Strait, such as King Island. Marine […]...

Victorian Bays and Inlets Marine Bioregion

This bioregion encompasses Victoria’s bays, inlets and estuaries including Port Phillip Bay, Westernport Bay, Corner Inlet/Nooramunga, Shallow Inlet and Mallacoota Inlet. There are 123 bays and...

Central Victorian Marine Bioregion

This bioregion extends from Apollo Bay to Cape Liptrap (west of Wilsons Promontory). Marine Protected Areas Eagle Rock Mariney Point Addis Mariney Point Danger Marine...

Flinders Marine Bioregion

The Flinders Marine Bioregion encompasses the eastern entrance to Bass Strait including Wilsons Promontory, Flinders Island and other Bass Strait islands (excluding the Kent Group of Islands). ...

Twofold Shelf Marine Bioregion

The Twofold Shelf Marine Bioregion encompasses the area east of Wilsons Promontory, into New South Wales as far north as Tathra. It extends south to the Kent Group of islands […]...

Central Bass Strait Marine Bioregion

The Central Bass Strait Marine Bioregion is about 60,000 km² in size in the central area of Bass Strait. Marine Protected Areas There are currently no marine protected areas within […]...

Explore Underwater Victoria

Our world beneath the waves Over 85 per cent of the marine plants and animals that live in the waters of southern Australia are found nowhere else on Earth. Within […]...