World Wide Flora & Fauna - Australia
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  • 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
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      • Qualifying VK4 Parks
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      • VK5 qualifying parks
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      • VK6 QUALIFYING PARKS
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      • VK7 Qualifying Parks
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      • Qualifying VK8 parks
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    • VKFF Hunter & Activator Honour Roll
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  • VKFF AWARD RECIPIENTS
    • VKFF Activator recipients
    • VKFF Activator Honour Roll
    • VKFF Hunter - Australian recipients
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    • VKFF Hunter Honour Roll - Australian recipients
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    • 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
  • UPCOMING SPECIAL EVENT DAYS/AWARDS
  • VKFF 10 year anniversary
    • VI10VKFF activations
    • QSL cards received
    • eQSL cards received
  • PREVIOUS SPECIAL EVENT AWARDS
    • 2023 - National Bird Week
    • 2023 NATIONAL TREE DAY
    • 2023 WORLD RANGER DAY
    • 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
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World Wide Flora & Fauna - Australia
VICTORIA (VK3)
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Above:- Image c/o Wikimedia Commons.
Victoria (abbreviated as Vic.) is a state  in the south-east of Australia. Geographically the smallest mainland state, Victoria is bordered by New South Wales to the north, the Tasman Sea  to the east, the Bass Strait and Tasmania  to the south, and South Australia to the west. 

Australia's most densely-populated state, most of Victoria's population is concentrated in the area surrounding Port Phillip including the capital and largest city, Melbourne, which is also Australia's second largest city overall.

VICTORIA FAUNA EMBLEM.
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Leadbeaters possum
Above:- Image c/o Tirin (www.takver.com) Wikipedia.

VICTORIA FLORA EMBLEM.
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Above:- Image c/o JJ Harrison (https://www.jjharrison.com.au/), Wikipedia
Pink (common) heath

VICTORIA STATE FLAG.
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VICTORIA COAT OF ARMS.
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Above:- Image c/o Squiresy92, Wikipedia.

PARKS VICTORIA.
Parks Victoria is the statutory authority, created by the Parks Victoria Act 1988, responsible for managing about 3,000 land and marine parks and reserves in Victoria which cover more than 4 million hectares, or approximately 18 % of the State of Victoria.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND PRIMARY INDUSTRIES
Victoria's diverse forests are beautiful places to visit, as well as being sources of clean water, timber and havens for plants and animals. While many forests are parks and reserves, including National Parks, some 3.14 million hectares are State forests managed by the Department of Environment and Primary Industries.
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  • State Forests
    • conserve flora and fauna, protect water catchments and supplies, preserve landscapes and provide recreational areas.
TYPES OF PARKS IN VICTORIA.
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Above:- Image c/o 2022 CAPAD.
The majority of parks in Victoria are accessible to the public, however some are not accessible to the general public.

Please note Rule 4.2 of the VKFF Rules and Guidelines which states:-

"It is the responsibility of the activator to ensure that access to the reference area is permitted...."

QUALIFYING PARKS IN VICTORIA.
There are currently 955 parks in Victoria which qualify for the WWFF program.

​They consist of:-

  • 258 Streamside Reserves
  • 219 Nature Conservation Reserves
  • 112 Flora Reserves
  • 74 Flora & Fauna Reserves
  • 60 Wildlife Reserves
  • 45 National Parks
  • 50 Scenic Reserves
  • 29 Regional Parks
  • 26 State Parks
  • 25 Natural Features & Scenic Reserves
  • 15 Geological Reserves
  • 13 Marine National Parks
  • 9 Cave Reserves
  • 6 Coastal Parks
  • 3 Wildlife Parks
  • 3 Marine & Coastal Parks
  • 8 Other
For a full list of qualifying VK3 VKFF parks, please see the Qualifying VK3 parks page.
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Above:- Graph showing the types of VKFF parks in Victoria. 
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Above:- Map showing the location of the VK3 VKFF qualifying parks.

WHICH PARKS DO NOT QUALIFY FOR VKFF IN VK3?
Victorian State Forests are not included in the WWFF/VKFF program as they are not allocated an IUCN category.  They are subject to logging activities.
The VKFF Team are slowly adding more parks in Victoria from CAPAD 2022.  This includes:-
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  • 7 Conservation Reserves
  • 18 Heritage Rivers
  • 5 Indigenous Protected Areas
  • 25 Natural Catchment Areas
  • 215 Wildlife Reserves
  • 1,595 Bushland Reserves
  • 43 Nature Conservation Reserves
  • 48 Natural Features Reserves
  • 38 Gippsland Lakes Reserves
  • 2 Streamside Reserves
  • 4 Other
  • 3 Fauna Reserves
  • 1 Nature Park
  • 144 Reference Areas
  • 22 Remote and Natural Areas
  • 19 Wilderness Zones

HOW TO FIND WHERE THE QUALIFYING PARKS ARE IN VICTORIA?
KML file.
You can use the KML file below to upload to either Google Earth or My Google Maps, to show you the location of the VK4 VKFF qualifying parks (current as of 25th June 2023).

Please note that the latitude and longitude are a guide only.  Please notify the VKFF National Co-Ordinator should you find an error with the latitude and longitude of a park.  Send an email to vkffaustralia@gmail.com

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vk3_vkff_parks_as_of_25062023.kml
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Google Earth - parks shapefile.
You can download the CAPAD 2022 parks shapefile via the link below.....

​www.environment.gov.au/fed/catalog/search/resource/details.page?uuid=%7B4448CACD-9DA8-43D1-A48F-48149FD5FCFD%7D
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Be aware that the .shp file is very large.

​By importing the .shp file into Google Earth, you will be able to view all protected areas in Australia.
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Above:- CAPAD shapefile.
MapshareVic.
https://mapshare.vic.gov.au/mapsharevic/
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Above:- An example from MapshareVic showing Bunyip State Park.
Protected Planet.
ProtectedPlanet.net is the online interface for the World Database on Protected Areas (WDPA), a joint project of IUCN and UNEP, and the most comprehensive global database on terrestrial and marine protected areas. 
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Above:- An example from Protected Planet showing the Grampians National Park.
Mapcarta.
​mapcarta.com/
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Above:- An example from Mapcarta showing the Yarra Ranges National Park.
GMA Map.
https://www.cqgma.org/mvs/
WWFF is working very hard to complete and update the map.  Alena OK2APY is the WWFF Map Manager.  If you have remarks, adds or whatever please drop her a mail : ok2apy@gmail.com 
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Above:- Victoria (VK3) on the GMA Mapping site.

NO ACCESS.
  • Pomborneit North Nature Conservation Reserve VKFF-2177 - this reserve has no public access except via Lake Corangamite.  Parks Victoria have been granted limited access via private property for the purposes of undertaking park management, but this access is not extended to the public at the request of the landowner.
EXTRA INFORMATION.
  • Kara Kara National Park VKFF-0629 - in 2012, the St Arnaud Range National Park became known as the Kara Kara National Park.​  The name of the range commemorates the French Marshal Jacques Leroy de Saint-Arnaud (1798-1854).
  • Mount Eccles National Park VKFF-0345 - in April 2017 the Mount Eccles National Park became known as the Budj Bim National Park.  In 1836 Major Mitchell named it Mount Eeles after William Eeles of the 95th Regiment of Foot who fought with Mitchell in the Peninsula War.  It was a draftsman's error and a misprint which gave us the present name.
  • Woowookarung Regional Park VKFF-1879 - formerly known as the Canadian Regional Park.

WWFF HISTORY IN VK3.
3rd November 2023:

A total of 110 parks were added to the WWFF Directory.  They being Panitya Bushland Reserve VKFF-4148 to Yarto Natural Features Reserve VKFF-4257. 
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16th October 2023:

A total of 29 parks were added to the WWFF Directory.  They being Morkala Bushland Reserve VKFF-4119 to River Murray Reserve VKFF-4147.
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2nd June 2023:

A total of 118 parks were added to the WWFF Directory.  They being Coolebarchurk Streamside Reserve VKFF-3813 - Yowang Hill Geological Reserve VKFF-3930.
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Below is a PDF document listing the new parks and their latitude & longitude.
vkff-3813_-_vkff-3930.pdf
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30th April 2023:

A total of 150 parks were added to the WWFF Directory.  They being Dargalong Streamside Reserve VKFF-3661 - Narracan Falls Streamside Reserve VKFF-3810.

​Below is a PDF document listing the new parks and their latitude & longitude.
vk3_new_vkff3661-vkff3810.pdf
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21st April 2023

A total of 97 parks were added to the WWFF Directory.  They being Bald Hill Nature Conservation Reserve VKFF-3563 - Cudgewa Creek Streamside Reserve 3660.

​Below is a PDF document listing the new parks. 
vkff-3563_-_vkff-3660.pdf
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7th June 2018
A total of 249 parks were added to the WWFF Directory.  They being VKFF-2253 through to VKFF-2502.
7th August 2017:

A total of 214 parks were added to the WWFF Directory.  They being VKFF-2031 through to VKFF-2245.  The majority of these being Nature Conservation Reserves.
18th July 2017:

The following parks were added to the WWFF Directory:

  1. Point Cook Coastal Park VKFF-1875
  2. Mirboo North Regional Park VKFF-1876
  3. Glenmaggie Regional Park VKFF-1877
  4. Maryborough Regional Park VKFF-1878
  5. Canadian Regional Park VKFF-1879
22nd August 2015

The following 41 parks (comprising 3 Wilderness Parks, 13 Marine Parks, and 25 Regional Parks) were added to the WWFF Directory:

  1. Avon Wilderness Park VKFF-942
  2. Big Desert Wilderness Park VKFF-943
  3. Wabba Wilderness Park VKFF-944
  4. Bunurong Marine National Park VKFF-945
  5. Cape Howe Marine National Park VKFF-946
  6. Churchill Island Marine National Park VKFF-947
  7. Corner Inlet Marine National Park VKFF-948
  8. Discovery Bay Marine National Park VKFF-949
  9. French Island Marine National Park VKFF-950
  10. Ninety Mile Beach Marine National Park VKFF-951
  11. Point Addis Marine National Park VKFF-952
  12. Point Hicks Marine National Park VKFF-953
  13. Port Phillip Heads Marine National Park VKFF-954
  14. Twelve Apostles Marine National Park VKFF-955
  15. Wilsons Promontory Marine National Park VKFF-956
  16. Yaringa Marine National Park VKFF-957
  17. Ararat Hills Regional Park VKFF-958
  18. Baranduda Regional Park VKFF-959
  19. Bendigo Regional Park VKFF-960
  20. Cobram Regional Park VKFF-961
  21. Colquhoun Regional Park VKFF-962
  22. Crawford River Regional Park VKFF-963
  23. Creswick Regional Park VKFF-964
  24. Crossover Regional Park VKFF-965
  25. Echuca Regional Park VKFF-966
  26. Green Lake Regional Park VKFF-967
  27. Hepburn Regional Park VKFF-968
  28. Jarvis Creek Plateau Regional Park VKFF-969
  29. Kerang Regional Park VKFF-970
  30. Kurth Kiln Regional Park VKFF-971
  31. Macedon Regional Park VKFF-972
  32. Mount Alexander Regional Park VKFF-973
  33. Mount Mitta Mitta Regional Park VKFF-974
  34. Mount Raymond Regional Park VKFF-975
  35. Shepparton Regional Park VKFF-976
  36. St Arnaud Regional Park VKFF-977
  37. Tocumwal Regional Park VKFF-978
  38. Wandong Regional Park VKFF-979
  39. Wodonga Regional Park VKFF-980
  40. Yarrawonga Regional Park VKFF-981
  41. You Yangs Regional Park VKFF-982
9th March 2015:

A total of 7 Victorian Coastal Parks were added to the WWFF Directory.  They being:

  1. Bay of Islands Coastal Park  VKFF-743  
  2. Cape Conran Coastal Park VKFF-744     
  3. Cape Liptrap Coastal Park VKFF-745
  4. Discovery Bay Coastal Park VKFF-746
  5. Gippsland Lakes Coastal Park VKFF-747
  6. Nooramunga Coastal Park VKFF-748
  7. Shallow Inlet Coastal Park VKFF-749
9th March 2015:

A total of 26 Victorian State Parks were added to the WWFF Directory.  They being:

  1. Arthurs Seat State Park VKFF-750
  2. Black Range State Park VKFF-751
  3. Broken-Boosey State Park VKFF-752 
  4. Bunyip State Park VKFF-753
  5. Cape Nelson State Park VKFF-754
  6. Cathedral Range State Park VKFF-755
  7. Dergholm State Park VKFF-756
  8. Enfield State Park VKFF-757
  9. Holey Plains State Park VKFF-758
  10. Kooyoora State Park VKFF-759
  11. Lang Ghiran State Park VKFF-760
  12. Lake Tyers State Park VKFF-761
  13. Leaghur State Park VKFF-762
  14. Lerderderg State Park VKFF-763
  15. Moondarra State Park VKFF-764
  16. Mount Arapiles-Tooan State Park VKFF-765
  17. Mount Bunagor State Park VKFF-766
  18. Mount Granya State Park VKFF-767
  19. Mount Lawson State Park VKFF-768
  20. Mount Napier State Park VKFF-769
  21. Mount Samaria State Park VKFF-770
  22. Mount Worth State Park VKFF-771
  23. Paddys Ranges State Park VKFF-772
  24. Reef Hills State Park VKFF-773
  25. Warrandyte State Park VKFF-774
  26. Werribee Gorge State Park VKFF-775
11th February 2015:

The following 4 parks were added to the WWFF Directory.  They being:

  1. Barmah National Park VKFF-0739
  2. Gunbower National Park VKFF-0740
  3. Lower Goulburn National Park VKFF-0741
  4. Warby Ovens National Park VKFF-0742

VIDEOS.
Info courtesy of :-
  1. Aussie Towns, 2023, <www.aussietowns.com.au/town/macarthur-vic>, viewed 26th June 2023.
  2. NITV, 2023, <www.sbs.com.au/nitv/article/worlds-first-engineering-project-offically-gets-its-traditional-name-back/66bqh2gj5>, viewed 26th June 2023.
  3. Parks Victoria, www.parkweb.vic.gov.au
  4. Wikipedia, 2023, <en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victoria_(state)>, viewed 25th June 2023.
  5. Wikipedia, 2023, <en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Arnaud_Range>, viewed 26th June 2023.
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