Brisbane Ranges National Park

Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use Australian English Template:Infobox Australian place The Brisbane Ranges National Park is a national park in the Barwon South West region of Victoria, Australia, The Template:Convert national park is situated approximately Template:Convert west of Melbourne near the town of Template:VICcity and is managed by Parks Victoria.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The park covers part of the Brisbane Ranges, an area of hills of moderate elevation.

Features

The park features a number of walking tracks, of which the walk through Anakie Gorge is the most popular.<ref>Brisbane Ranges Park Notes, Parks Victoria, September 2005</ref> Other attractions include the Ted Errey Nature Circuit and Wadawurrung walk. Relatively flat and suitable for those of moderate fitness, the walk features views of the Gorge itself and the presence of koalas and wallabies in their wild state. Some of the resident wallabies are relatively unafraid of tourists and may often study the passing visitors.

In January 2006, lightning sparked a bushfire in the Steiglitz historical area which soon spread throughout the Brisbane Ranges. Despite lengthy efforts to control the fire from Department of Sustainability and Environment, Parks Victoria and the Country Fire Authority fire fighters, the blaze incinerated Template:Convert of parkland and destroyed two houses without loss of human life.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> A subsequent bushfire one year later also threatened much of the national park.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

See also

• Protected areas of Victoria

External links

• Parks Victoria official Brisbane Ranges site
• Friends of Brisbane Ranges