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...

Parks Victoria is asking for your response to its Greater Gariwerd Landscape draft management plan. The draft has been jointly compiled by Parks Victoria and three Traditional Owner groups: the...

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 […]...

PARK WATCH June 2020 | This July 2020 marks ten years since the formal declaration of the last major addition to the national parks estate in Victoria. Executive Director Matt […]...

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...

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 […]...

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?...

MEDIA RELEASE Tuesday 4 June 2019 | Conservation groups are alarmed at plans for a new authority to take control of national parks along the Great Ocean Road. “A proposed […]...

PARK WATCH December 2018 | A recently announced proposal for a new Great Ocean Road authority will weaken national park protection says our Executive Director Matt Ruchel and Park Protection...

MEDIA RELEASE 16 October 2018 | New Great Ocean Road Authority will weaken national park protection. Conservationists are alarmed and furious at proposals to change the purpose of national parks...