World Wide Flora & Fauna - Australia
  • WELCOME
  • ABOUT AUSTRALIA's PARKS, FLORA AND FAUNA
  • VKFF TEAM
    • Treasurer and bank account
    • Donations
    • Former VKFF Team members
  • WHY GET INVOVLED?
  • VKFF RULES
  • HOW TO GET STARTED IN VKFF/WWFF
  • ALL ABOUT WWFF LOGSEARCH
  • HOW TO REGISTER WITH LOGSEARCH
  • ACTIVATOR LOGS - EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW
  • ACTIVATOR SAFETY
  • PARK ACCESS
  • SPOTTING AND ALERTING
  • QUALIFYING AUSTRALIAN PARKS
    • AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY (VK1) >
      • VK1 QUALIFYING PARKS
    • New South Wales (VK2) >
      • VK2 QUALIFYING PARKS
    • Victoria (VK3) >
      • VK3 Qualifying parks
    • Queensland (VK4) >
      • Qualifying VK4 Parks
    • South Australia (VK5) >
      • VK5 qualifying parks
    • WESTERN AUSTRALIA (VK6) >
      • VK6 QUALIFYING PARKS
    • Tasmania (VK7) >
      • VK7 Qualifying Parks
    • Northern Territory (VK8) >
      • Qualifying VK8 parks
    • Other Australian areas (VK9 & VK0)
  • LATEST WWFF DIRECTORY
  • VKFF AWARDS
    • VKFF Hunter & Activator Honour Roll
  • HOW TO APPLY FOR AWARDS
  • UPCOMING SPECIAL EVENT DAYS/AWARDS
    • 2023 NATIONAL TREE DAY
    • 2023 WORLD RANGER DAY
  • VKFF 10 year anniversary
    • VI10VKFF activations
    • eQSL cards received
  • PREVIOUS SPECIAL EVENT AWARDS
    • 2023 INTERNATIONAL DAY OF FORESTS
    • 2023 WORLD WILDLIFE DAY
    • 2023 WORLD WETLANDS DAY
    • VKFF 10 Year anniversary
    • WWFF 10th year anniversary
    • 2022 - National Bird Week
    • 2022 National Wattle Day
    • 2022 National Tree Day
    • 2021 World Amateur Radio Day
    • 2021 VKFF Ladies Award
    • 2020 Greater Blue Mountains Area
    • 2020 National Bird Week
    • 2020 National Tree Day
    • 2019 Barrington Tops National Park
    • 2019 National Bird Week
    • 2019 National Wattle Day
    • 2019 National Parks & Wildlife Service VK5
    • 2019 World Ranger Day
    • 2019 Gondwana Parks Award
    • 2018 National Bird Week
    • 2017 NSW NPWS 50 year celebrations
  • VKFF AWARD RECIPIENTS
    • VKFF Activator recipients
    • VKFF Activator Honour Roll
    • VKFF Hunter - Australian recipients
    • VKFF Hunter - Overseas recipients
    • VKFF Hunter Honour Roll - Australian recipients
    • VKFF Hunter Honour Roll - Overseas recipients
    • Boomerang Activator recipients
    • Boomerang Hunter recipients
    • Murray River Parks Hunter certificate recipients
    • Murray River Parks Activator certificate recipients
    • Activator Certificate of Excellence
    • VKFF DX Hunter
    • Australian OCCFF recipients
    • Overseas OCCFF recipients
    • VKFF Worked All Australia
  • TOP VKFF ACTIVATOR
  • TOP VKFF HUNTER
  • TOP VKFF FOUNDATION ACTIVATOR
  • TOP VKFF FOUNDATION HUNTER
  • TOP VKFF TEAM/CLUB
  • TOP WWFF ACTIVATOR
  • VKFF ACTIVATION WEEKEND
    • 2022
    • 2021
    • 2020
    • 2019
    • 2018
    • 2017
    • 2016
    • 2015
  • VKFF TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP
    • 2023
    • 2022
    • 2021
    • 2020 results
    • 2019 results
    • 2018 results
    • 2017 results
    • 2016 Results
  • VKFF ANNUAL PHOTOGRAPHIC COMPETITION
    • 2018
    • 2017
    • 2016
  • STATE/TERRITORY PARK EVENTS
    • VK2 NEW SOUTH WALES
    • VK6 WESTERN AUSTRALIA
  • FACEBOOK, YOU TUBE AND GROUPS.IO
  • WWFF MAPPING
  • HISTORY OF THE VKFF PROGRAM
  • ANNUAL VKFF NATIONAL GET TOGETHER
  • ACTIVATION VIDEOS
    • VK2 New South Wales
    • VK3 Victoria
    • VK5 South Australia
    • VK6 Western Australia
  • DX CODE OF CONDUCT
  • SILENT KEYS
    • VK3LT Vicki
    • VK5LY Larry
  • PRESENTATION VIDEOS
  • PROMOTIONAL MATERIAL
  • GOVT DEPT LIAISON
  • UPCOMING EVENTS & CALENDAR
  • LATEST NEWS
  • WWFF & VKFF LOGOS
  • FAQs
  • QUESTIONS
  • WELCOME
  • ABOUT AUSTRALIA's PARKS, FLORA AND FAUNA
  • VKFF TEAM
    • Treasurer and bank account
    • Donations
    • Former VKFF Team members
  • WHY GET INVOVLED?
  • VKFF RULES
  • HOW TO GET STARTED IN VKFF/WWFF
  • ALL ABOUT WWFF LOGSEARCH
  • HOW TO REGISTER WITH LOGSEARCH
  • ACTIVATOR LOGS - EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW
  • ACTIVATOR SAFETY
  • PARK ACCESS
  • SPOTTING AND ALERTING
  • QUALIFYING AUSTRALIAN PARKS
    • AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY (VK1) >
      • VK1 QUALIFYING PARKS
    • New South Wales (VK2) >
      • VK2 QUALIFYING PARKS
    • Victoria (VK3) >
      • VK3 Qualifying parks
    • Queensland (VK4) >
      • Qualifying VK4 Parks
    • South Australia (VK5) >
      • VK5 qualifying parks
    • WESTERN AUSTRALIA (VK6) >
      • VK6 QUALIFYING PARKS
    • Tasmania (VK7) >
      • VK7 Qualifying Parks
    • Northern Territory (VK8) >
      • Qualifying VK8 parks
    • Other Australian areas (VK9 & VK0)
  • LATEST WWFF DIRECTORY
  • VKFF AWARDS
    • VKFF Hunter & Activator Honour Roll
  • HOW TO APPLY FOR AWARDS
  • UPCOMING SPECIAL EVENT DAYS/AWARDS
    • 2023 NATIONAL TREE DAY
    • 2023 WORLD RANGER DAY
  • VKFF 10 year anniversary
    • VI10VKFF activations
    • eQSL cards received
  • PREVIOUS SPECIAL EVENT AWARDS
    • 2023 INTERNATIONAL DAY OF FORESTS
    • 2023 WORLD WILDLIFE DAY
    • 2023 WORLD WETLANDS DAY
    • VKFF 10 Year anniversary
    • WWFF 10th year anniversary
    • 2022 - National Bird Week
    • 2022 National Wattle Day
    • 2022 National Tree Day
    • 2021 World Amateur Radio Day
    • 2021 VKFF Ladies Award
    • 2020 Greater Blue Mountains Area
    • 2020 National Bird Week
    • 2020 National Tree Day
    • 2019 Barrington Tops National Park
    • 2019 National Bird Week
    • 2019 National Wattle Day
    • 2019 National Parks & Wildlife Service VK5
    • 2019 World Ranger Day
    • 2019 Gondwana Parks Award
    • 2018 National Bird Week
    • 2017 NSW NPWS 50 year celebrations
  • VKFF AWARD RECIPIENTS
    • VKFF Activator recipients
    • VKFF Activator Honour Roll
    • VKFF Hunter - Australian recipients
    • VKFF Hunter - Overseas recipients
    • VKFF Hunter Honour Roll - Australian recipients
    • VKFF Hunter Honour Roll - Overseas recipients
    • Boomerang Activator recipients
    • Boomerang Hunter recipients
    • Murray River Parks Hunter certificate recipients
    • Murray River Parks Activator certificate recipients
    • Activator Certificate of Excellence
    • VKFF DX Hunter
    • Australian OCCFF recipients
    • Overseas OCCFF recipients
    • VKFF Worked All Australia
  • TOP VKFF ACTIVATOR
  • TOP VKFF HUNTER
  • TOP VKFF FOUNDATION ACTIVATOR
  • TOP VKFF FOUNDATION HUNTER
  • TOP VKFF TEAM/CLUB
  • TOP WWFF ACTIVATOR
  • VKFF ACTIVATION WEEKEND
    • 2022
    • 2021
    • 2020
    • 2019
    • 2018
    • 2017
    • 2016
    • 2015
  • VKFF TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP
    • 2023
    • 2022
    • 2021
    • 2020 results
    • 2019 results
    • 2018 results
    • 2017 results
    • 2016 Results
  • VKFF ANNUAL PHOTOGRAPHIC COMPETITION
    • 2018
    • 2017
    • 2016
  • STATE/TERRITORY PARK EVENTS
    • VK2 NEW SOUTH WALES
    • VK6 WESTERN AUSTRALIA
  • FACEBOOK, YOU TUBE AND GROUPS.IO
  • WWFF MAPPING
  • HISTORY OF THE VKFF PROGRAM
  • ANNUAL VKFF NATIONAL GET TOGETHER
  • ACTIVATION VIDEOS
    • VK2 New South Wales
    • VK3 Victoria
    • VK5 South Australia
    • VK6 Western Australia
  • DX CODE OF CONDUCT
  • SILENT KEYS
    • VK3LT Vicki
    • VK5LY Larry
  • PRESENTATION VIDEOS
  • PROMOTIONAL MATERIAL
  • GOVT DEPT LIAISON
  • UPCOMING EVENTS & CALENDAR
  • LATEST NEWS
  • WWFF & VKFF LOGOS
  • FAQs
  • QUESTIONS
World Wide Flora & Fauna - Australia
ABOUT AUSTRALIA'S PARKS, FLORA AND FAUNA.
Australia is a land like no other, with about one million different native species. More than 80 per cent of the country’s flowering plants, mammals, reptiles and frogs are unique to Australia, along with most of its freshwater fish and almost half of its birds.
In Australia there are more than 378 species of mammals, 828 species of birds, 300 species of lizards, 140 species of snakes and two species of crocodiles. Of the mammals, almost half are marsupials. The rest are either placental mammals or monotremes.

Among Australia’s best-known animals are the kangaroo, koala, echidna, dingo, platypus, wallaby and wombat.
Australia has over 13,389 protected areas comprising 151,881,489 hectares (according to 2020 CAPAD data).  

This accounts for almost 18 % of Australia's land area. 

In all, the protected areas cover an area bigger than the State of South Australia.


Australia has six (6) separate States and 2 Territories:-

  1. Victoria
  2. New South Wales
  3. Australian Capital Territory
  4. Queensland
  5. Northern Territory
  6. Western Australia
  7. South Australia
  8. Tasmania

Each of these States and Terrtories have different types of parks, and each State or Territory has its own authority/ies which controls those parks.

National Parks are usually large areas of land that are protected because they have unspoilt landscapes and a diverse number of native plants and animals.

The majority of Australian National Parks are managed by the States and Territories of Australia.  However, the Australian Federal (Commonwealth) Government manages six National Parks and a further 13 Marine Parks.

Federal controlled parks include:-


  • Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park (Ayers Rock & The Olgas)

Info courtesy of www.australia.gov.au and CAPAD 2020.
AUSTRALIA'S FAUNA EMBLEM.
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​Red Kangaroo
AUSTRALIA'S FLORA EMBLEM.
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​Golden Wattle
MAP SHOWING AUSTRALIA'S PROTECTED AREAS.
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Image courtesy of www.dceew.gov.au
VIDEOS ON AUSTRALIA'S PARKS, FAUNA AND FLORA.
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