National parks & reserves
Victoria has more than 100 parks and reserves throughout the state, which cover more than 4.1 million hectares, or approximately 17 per cent of the state.
Victoria's parks and reserves provide an ideal setting for any outdoor pursuit, from adventure activities, to birdwatching, bushwalking and photography. Explore alpine, desert, forest, coastal, outback, bushland and urban landscapes.
The Department of Sustainability and Environment manages state forests and other public lands. Parks Victoria looks after heritage, national, marine, regional, state and wilderness parks.
Victoria's Wilderness
Victoria has two cave systems that are open for the public. Go underground into limestone and lava caverns decorated with stalactites and stalagmites.
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Discover the diverse natural beauty of Victoria's national parks.
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Discover Victoria's vast, ancient and protected rainforests on forest drives and climb to a tall trees boardwalk.
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Explore by region
Become part of nature in Mornington Peninsula's magical parks - dive, swim, explore and meet native animals in tranquil bushland and deep underwater.
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Gain perspective in the Yarra Valley and Dandenong Ranges' national and state parks, with their spellbinding fern glades and majestic trees.
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Witness wonders like nothing you've seen before in Daylesford and the Macedon Ranges from national parks with rugged river gorges to scenic vistas.
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Observe spectacular coastlines and sand dunes to ancient rainforests and old volcanoes in national parks and reserves in the Great Ocean Road region.
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National parks and reserves in the Goldfields are home to historic gold fields, box-ironbark forests, spring wildflowers, kangaroos and bird life.
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Be spellbound by the stunning beauty of the Grampians region's parks, renowned for their rugged mountains, wildlife and colourful wildflower displays.
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Escape to the Murray region's unique and diverse national parks. Explore desert landscapes, Aboriginal heritage, lake systems and red gum forests.
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Experience for yourself the forests, wildflowers, high country plains and rocky escarpments of the famous Alpine National Park and Mount Buffalo.
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Gippsland is home to some of the most stunning national parks and reserves in Victoria, most notably Wilsons Promontory and Croajingolong National Park.
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