What we manage
Parks Victoria is responsible for managing an expanding estate covering more than 4 million hectares, or about 17 per cent, of Victoria.
We manage a representative system of marine national parks and marine sanctuaries.
We are also the local port manager for Port Phillip Bay, Western Port and Port Campbell and the waterway manager for the Yarra and Maribyrnong rivers.
The area we manage includes:
- 45 national parks
- 25 state parks
- 13 marine national parks
- 11 marine sanctuaries
- 3 wilderness parks
- 30 metropolitan parks
- 60 other parks (including regional and reservoir parks)
- More than 2,700 natural features and conservation reserves
- More than 11,000 formally registered Aboriginal cultural heritage places
- More than 2,500 non-Indigenous historic places
Parks Victoria manages more than 25,000 assets. Our assets include:
- 47 visitor centre buildings
- 671 shelters
- 852 toilets
- 515 viewing lookouts
- 55 playgrounds
- 14,000 kilometres of roads
- 1,109 pedestrian and vehicular bridges
- 3,700km of walking tracks
- 89 sporting facilities, e.g. golf courses, ovals and wickets
- 246 piers and jetties
- 92 water access points, e.g. boat ramps, rowing launches and slippings
- 999 navigation aids.
Our parks and waterways attract 85.9 million visits each year. Of these visits, 46.4 million are to parks and 39.5 million are to piers and jetties around the bays.
Japanese Ikebana comes to Coolart
23 Apr 2012
The ancient art of Japanese flower arrangement will be on display at the historic Coolart Homestead from next weekend. Ikebana is more than simply putting flowers in a vase. It is a disciplined art form based on the linear perfection, colour harmony, space and form. In Japan, flower arrangements are …
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