Brisbane Ranges National Park
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| Brisbane Ranges National Park | |
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| IUCN Category II (National Park) | |
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| Nearest town/city: | Meredith |
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| Area: | 77.18 km² |
| Managing authorities: | Parks Victoria |
| Official site: | Brisbane Ranges National Park |
The Brisbane Ranges National Park is a national park in Anakie, Victoria, Australia, 59 km west of Melbourne. The park covers part of the Brisbane Ranges, an area of hills of moderate elevation. The park features a number of walking tracks, of which the walk through Anakie Gorge is the most popular.
Relatively flat and suitable for the young and the reasonably healthy elderly, the walk features views of the Gorge itself and the presence of koalas and wallabies in their wild state (at least some of the resident wallabies are relatively unafraid of tourists and will often study the passing parade of visitors as keenly as the visitors study them).
On the 22nd of January 2006, Bushfires were sparked throughout the Brisbane Ranges, destroying a few houses and many trees. Though the fire was kept well-controlled at the end of the day, it was the cause of much concern about the high fire risk of these areas.
[edit] See also
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Alfred | Alpine | Baw Baw | Brisbane Ranges | Burrowa-Pine Mountain | Chiltern-Mt Pilot | Churchill | Coopracambra | Croajingolong | Dandenong Ranges | Errinundra | French Island | Grampians | Hattah-Kulkyne | Heathcote-Greytown | Kinglake | Lake Eildon | Lind | Little Desert | Lower Glenelg | Mitchell River | Mornington Peninsula | Morwell | Mount Buffalo | Mount Eccles | Mount Richmond | Murray-Sunset | Organ Pipes | Otway | Port Campbell | Snowy River | Tarra-Bulga | Terrick Terrick | The Lakes | Wilsons Promontory | Wyperfeld | Yarra Ranges |
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