The Prom needs a plan

PARK WATCH June 2021 | A lot of good things are flagged for Wilsons Promontory National Park, but without a current management plan there is no clear framework for decisions, […]...
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The track and the stonefly

PARK WATCH March 2021 | Campaigner Jordan Crook explains how poorly planned mountain bike tracks risk the survival of an exceptionally rare species. From the outset, it needs to be […]...
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Saving Feathertop

PARK WATCH March 2021 | Victoria’s finest wild mountain should not fall prey to development. Here’s why, from Phil Ingamells.  When Bogong National Park was proclaimed in 1981, the park...
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River Red Gum Parks – designated but dewatered?

PARK WATCH September 2020 | Following Matt Ruchel’s reflection on the tenth anniversary of the Red Gum Parks in the previous edition of Park Watch, Professor Jamie Pittock from The […]...
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The Great Obfuscation Road

PARK WATCH March 2020 | Proposed Great Ocean Road legislation is still unclear, says Phil Ingamells. Tiled boldly into the floor of Victoria’s Parliament House lobby are the words: “Where no...
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Otways Cut Up

PARK WATCH December 2019 | A proposed park takeover along the great ocean road rolls on … inexplicably, writes Phil Ingamells. The Great Otway National Park was created by the ALP […]...
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Great Ocean Road parks face a wobbly take-over bid

PARK WATCH September 2019 | There are real visitor management problems along the Great Ocean Road, but is the proposed self-funded ‘Coast and Parks Authority’ just a bizarre brainstorm fix?...
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