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related: melbourne flickrgroup: [|Ecotourism Oceania] slideshare: [|victoria 2.0] editing: [|Victoria]

Planeta.com is updating our guide to [|Victoria] by adding links to relevant resources focusing on responsible travel, ecotourism, parks, fair trade, indigenous peoples and sustainable practices. Suggestions are always welcome.

Victoria is teaching by example how to use the Web to connect those passionate about conservation and tourism. Highlights include indigenous tourism and slow travel.


 * TOP 10** - Australia is in the spotlight! See where the country ranks in our 2010 Top 10 List.


 * GEOGRAPHY** - The state of Victoria is located in the southeastern corner of Australia.

itbw award
[|Brambuk National Park and Cultural Centre] (2010 finalist)

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__2010 Finalist:__ [|Brambuk the National Park & Cultural Centre] - In the early 1980s Aboriginal communities from the coast to the Wimmera came together with the idea to have a place where their unique culture could be preserved and promoted, and a place that created work opportunities for their people. After years of hard work and with the assistance of the State Government, Brambuk opened its doors in 1990. Brambuk’s mission is to document, recover, conserve and present the indigenous culture of the Gariwerd region. It plays an important role in employment and training of aboriginal people, education of the community, reconciliation, advancement of aboriginal people and tourism in the region, as well as providing a greater understanding of Western Victoria’s unique Aboriginal peoples Brambuk remains proudly 100% Aboriginal owned and operated. It is a self sustainable operation of great pride to its communities, and known throughout Australia and the world. Brambuk conducts Cultural and educational activities, operates the Bushtucker Café and gift shop, as well as providing Grampians National Park Information services on behalf of Parks Victoria. All of these functions come under the banner of Brambuk the National Park & Cultural Centre, a place where we interpret the past, the present and the special place that is Gariwerd. Brambuk continues to keep alive the culture of the Djab Wurrung and Jardwidjarli; the traditional peoples of Gariwerd and the region.

Brambuk Aboriginal Cultural Centre in Halls Gap is made up of five communities in the western part of Victoria, Australia. It is the gathering place which keeps custodianship over the magnificent rock art sites in the Grampians/Gariwerd National Park. To fund its operations Brambuk operates a successful bush tucker café, gift and book shops, cultural and education program, tours and backpacker accommodation with en-suite facilities.

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[|Victoria - Tom Walter]
[|Anglesea] [|Great Ocean Road] [|Great Ocean] [|Bellarine Peninsula Gallery]

Flickr Groups
[|Cape Otway] [|Grampians National Park]

Twitter
http://twitter.com/wePlanAlpine http://twitter.com/VicFarmrsMarkts http://twitter.com/louise_rose http://twitter.com/VicVolunteers http://twitter.com/wePlanAlpine

Tourism Portals
[|www.tourism.vic.gov.au] [|www.visitvictoria.com] [|Great Southern Touring Route] [|Tourism Alliance]

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parks
http://www.parkweb.vic.gov.au http://www.parksvictoria.net http://weplan.parks.vic.gov.au - The Public Participatory Geographic Information System (PPGIS) is an exciting and interactive web-based program where you can identify and map the places you value and any impacts you may have seen. Your experiences and observations will be used by Parks Victoria in the development of the management plan content. This is the first time web-based PPGIS for protected area planning has been used in Australia and Parks Victoria is collaborating on this project with Central Washington University and the University of South Australia. [|www.vnpa.org.au] http://www.parksforum.org

The Natural Environments Discussion Paper is now available at: http://weplan.parks.vic.gov. au/wiki/view/Knowledge/ DiscussionPapers

The latest blog post refers to this discussion paper and the Monash University, Centre for Biodiversity and School of Biological Sciences report, Greater Alpine National Parks Study Area Review and Evaluation of Ecological Knowledge. The report was recently commissioned by Parks Victoria and considers key values, processes and threats for the natural ecosystems, how well the ecosystem components are understood and identifies critical knowledge gaps.

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aboriginal peoples
http://www.aboriginaltourismvictoria.com.au http://www.aboriginaltourismvictoria.com.au/experiences [|Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages]

food
http://slowfoodaustralia.com.au/2010/02/korumburra-victoria-mon-19-apr-2010-growers-and-eaters-forum/

sustainability and environment
[|Department for Sustainability and Environment]

Markets
[|Victorian Farmers' Market Association] http://www.facebook.com/pages/Victorian-Farmers-Markets-Association/120417488380?v=wall&viewas=554174024&ref=search http://twitter.com/VicFarmrsMarkts

what's in season now (august)

fruit
cumquats, grapefruit, lemons, limes, mandarins, nashi, oranges, rhubarb

vegetables
Asian greens, beetroot, broccoli, brussel sprouts, cabbages, cauliflower, carrots, celery, celeriac, fennel, Jerusalem artichoke, kale, kohlrabi (green), leek, olives,, parsnips, pumpkins, silver beet, spinach, spring onions, swedes, turnips, witlof.

herbs
bay leaf, parsley, mint, rosemary, thyme, chives, oregano, marjoram, sage, bronze fennel, dill, garlic, coriander.

tourism industry http://victoriantourismawards.com.au

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Bushfires
[|Bushfire information - Parks Victoria] [|Victoria Bushfires - The Australian] [|Bush Telegraph February 9] [|Fire Maps] [|Bushfires - ABC] http://www.cfa.vic.gov.au [|History of major bushfires] [|Fires - Department of Sustainability and Environment] [|Fires Today - Summary of incidents on Public Land] [] []

[|Twitter] has being used by emergency services organisations, broadcasting authorities and the community to report information.

The 2009 bush fires in Victoria, Australia resulted in carbon emissions equal to Australia's annual industrial emissions.

Parks
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Misc
Victoria's Heritage Stories http://www.parkweb.vic.gov.au/1process.cfm?publication=22

Alpine National Park
[|The planning area now includes over 850,000 hectares] Alpine NP 661 375 ha Errinundra NP 39 870 ha Mount Buffalo NP 31 020 ha Snowy River NP 114 600 ha Tara Range Park 7620 ha

http://www.premier.vic.gov.au/component/content/article/9031.html

More than 45,000 hectares of forest in East Gippsland – including iconic stands of old growth trees such as the famous Goolengook forest – will be protected forever under new Brumby Labor Government laws passed through Parliament last night.

Environment and Climate Change Minister Gavin Jennings said protection of the area, which is the equivalent of more than 22,000 Melbourne Cricket Grounds, exceeds the Government’s 2006 election commitment to protect an additional 41,000 hectares in East Gippsland.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alpine_National_Park http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bogong_High_Plains http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PU-ExSRY_Co http://wikiski.com/wiki/index.php/Bogong_High_Plains http://weplan.parks.vic.gov.au http://www.parkweb.vic.gov.au/1park_display.cfm?park=41 http://www.parkweb.vic.gov.au/3hch-audio.cfm

The Water and Catchmets Discussion Paper and Wilderness Discussion Paper [] Australia's alpine country and eastern highlands support biodiversity and natural processes central to the supply of water. Within the Greater Alpine National Park planning area, there is a wilderness park and eight wilderness zones.

Angelsea
http://www.youtube.com/user/angleseaonline http://www.anglesea-online.com.au

Barmah Forest, on the Murray River east of Echuca, is part of the world’s largest River Red Gum forest. The area has a rich and continuing Indigenous heritage. Descendants of the original people still live in this area and are involved in sharing their heritage and managing the natural environment. The name Barmah is said to be a corruption of the Aboriginal name for the area - Paama, meaning a meeting place for ceremonies and ritual. Park Notes / Maps 1. Barmah State Park and Barmah State Forest 2. Murray River - Camping Guide 3. Barmah State Park and Barmah State Forest - Walking Tracks
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 * [|Barmah State Park] (7,900 ha) and Barmah State Forest (21,600 ha) are on the Murray River flood plain between Echuca and Tocumwal, about 225 kilometers north of Melbourne. Together they make up the largest River Red Gum forest in Victoria. Equally, the area could be called a wetland as much of it is frequently flooded.

Management Plans & Strategies 1. Barmah State Park and Forest Plan - maps (5.54MB) 2. Barmah State Park and Forest Plan - text (282KB) 3. Barmah Forest Ramsar Site Strategic Management Plan

Recommended listening [|The Murray - The Great Red Gum Forest] ||

Ballarat
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Wendouree http://www.ballarat.com/lake.htm http://www.ballarat.com

Beaufort
http://www.visitvictoria.com/displayobject.cfm/objectid.CC64A9A3-7102-4B61-8BA76EDCF3B17F16 http://www.pyreneestourism.com.au http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vegemite

Bendigo
Bendigo Tourism http://www.bendigo.vic.gov.au http://www.bendigoadvertiser.com.au http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bendigo,_Victoria
 * Bendigo** is 131 kilometers (82 miles) from Melbourne

Budj Bim National Heritage Landscape
Sacred to the Gunditjmara people, the Budj Bim National Heritage Landscape at Lake Condah in Victoria's south-west is home to the remains of potentially one of Australia's largest aquaculture systems. Dating back thousands of years, the area shows evidence of a large, settled Aboriginal community systematically farming and smoking eels for food and trade. [|Budj Bim National Heritage Landscape, Victoria] [|Tours] [|Winda Mara Aboriginal Corporation]

Cape Otway
The [|Cape Otway Centre for Conservation Ecology] is a not-for-profit organisation dedicated to the research and rehabilitation of Australian wildlife and their ecosystems, thereby increasing understanding and enabling measures to be taken to preserve and protect our vulnerable native animals - now and in the future.

Cape Otway lies at the southern most extent of the world-famous Great Ocean Road in Victoria's Southwest.

[|Otways in Focus]

Coranderrk
http://museumvictoria.com.au/encounters/coranderrk/index.htm http://www.abc.net.au/missionvoices/coranderrk/default.htm http://www.abc.net.au/missionvoices/coranderrk/voices_of_coranderrk/default.htm http://www.ngv.vic.gov.au/barak/cor.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coranderrk

Echuca
Echuca is located on the banks of the Murray River in Victoria, Australia. Twin town Moama is on the northern side of the river in New South Wales. http://www.echucavictoria.com http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Echuca,_Victoria

Geelong
Geelong is Victoria’s second largest city with a population of 200,000 people.

Gippsland Lakes The Gippsland Lakes are the largest navigable inland waterway system in Australia. Every year they generate 200 million dollars in tourism so they are huge local and regional earners.

The Gippsland Lakes & Catchment Task Force was established in November 2001 by the Victorian Government to formulate and implement a considered response to the declining water quality and increasing algal blooms facing the Gippsland Lakes.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gippsland_Lakes http://www.gippslandtourism.com.au http://www.gippslandlakestaskforce.vic.gov.au

Grampians
Located 235 kilometers west of Melbourne, Grampians National Park receives more than 800,000 visitors each year. The local Aboriginals call this area Gariwerd. The Park was listed on the National Heritage List on 15 December 2006 for its outstanding natural beauty and being one of the richest Indigenous rock art sites in southeastern Australia. MacKenzie Falls is the largest of four falls in the MacKenzie River Gorge and one of the largest in the country. [|Grampians National Park (Gariwerd), Victoria]

[|Parks Victoria: Grampians National Park]
http://www.visitvictoria.com/displayobject.cfm/objectid.C06775C0-A86B-44F7-811DB0E8D2C057CF http://www.flickr.com/groups/70862080@N00 [|Wilsons Promontory National Park] http://www.parkweb.vic.gov.au/1park_display.cfm?park=109

Halls Gap
[|Visit Halls Gap] [|Halls Gap Calendar of Events]

Castlemaine
http://www.castlemainefestival.com.au http://www.castlemaine.org http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castlemaine,_Victoria http://www.travelvictoria.com.au/castlemaine/ http://www.theage.com.au/news/Victoria/Castlemaine/2005/02/17/1108500206304.html http://mpegmedia.abc.net.au/rn/podcast/current/audioonly/bth_20090327.mp3

Marysville
Marysville Tourism McKenzie's Tourist Services provides buses to Marysville bus route 684. ( MELBOURNE - MARYSVILLE - ALEXANDRA - EILDON ). http://acacialane.com.au media type="youtube" key="6dQXJxIQ8xA" height="344" width="425"

Mildura
http://www.visitmildura.com.au http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mildura,_Victoria http://www.mildura.com

Port Phillip
The council's Walking Strategy encourages residents to walk rather than drive, to cycle and to use public transport and to learn about the great places and people in their neighbourhoods. Walk Plan 2005-2010 http://www.portphillip.vic.gov.au http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Phillip http://home.vicnet.net.au/~hsosk/downloads/ppwalks.pdf (PDF)

Saint Andrews
http://standrewsmarket.com.au http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=19555463149 http://www.standrewspub.com http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Andrews,_Victoria

Colac
http://lakecolac.blogspot.com http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colac,_Victoria http://maps.google.com/maps?q=colac+victoria

[|Surfing 1: at the Surf Museum in Torquay]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torquay,_Victoria [|Wathaurong] [|Torquay Surf Live Saving Club] [|Great Ocean Road info]

Wathaurong
[|Wathaurong]

[|Experiences | Aboriginal Tourism Victoria]
[|Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages]

[|Worawa Aboriginal College] is Victoria’s only Independent Aboriginal school and the first of only two Aboriginal community controlled boarding schools in Australia. Worawa is a boarding school for Aboriginal adolescents in years 7 to 10 offering transitional arrangements with partner schools for years 11 & 12. Located just 60 kilometres from Melbourne Worawa is situated on 65 hectares of picturesque rural land that was once part of the Coranderrk Aboriginal Station.

Coranderrk Aboriginal Station http://www.abc.net.au/missionvoices/coranderrk/default.htm http://museumvictoria.com.au/encounters/coranderrk http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coranderrk

Tourism
[|Victoria's Nature-Based Tourism Strategy 2008-2012] (2.83mb PDF) is the first major inter-agency strategy for nature-based tourism and has been jointly funded and guided by Tourism Victoria, Parks Victoria and the Department of Sustainability and Environment (DSE). The development of the strategy was driven by the need to provide a coordinated and strategic approach to policy, planning, sustainable development and marketing of the nature-based tourism sector; and to optimise the economic, social and environmental benefits to Victoria.

[|Victoria]

Quotes
For nature-based tourism, visitors are now seeking experiences and destinations that are actively reducing their impacts on climate change and the size of their carbon footprint. Nature-based tourism, in particular, can and must play a significant role in addressing climate change. - [|Victoria's Nature-Based Tourism Strategy]

Introducing this strategic philosophy will initially confront some people, because it will require cultural change. However, this change is the single most important outcome proposed by this plan. Achieving this change will require a mix of presentations, discussions and distribution and reference of this plan over many years. It will require a mix of champions, working together and supporting each other, drawing on the Plan and case studies to demonstrate the value of changing. This is the fundamental action required. - Tourism Plan for Public Land in the Otway Hinterland, [|Department for Sustainability and Environment]

Backpacker tourism is a major economic driver for Victoria. For over a decade Tourism Victoria has recognised the growth potential of the backpacker segment. In 2007 18.0 per cent of all international visitors to Victoria were backpackers contributing close to $500 million to the local economy. Backpacker visitors tend to stay longer and spend more than the average international visitor to Victoria. Backpackers have a higher propensity to disperse into regional Victoria benefiting regional economies and are more likely to be repeat visitors to the State. Backpackers provide additional benefits to the Victorian economy by alleviating seasonal labour shortages due to visa entitlements which allow them to work in Australia during their stay. Anecdotal evidence suggests that backpackers are more environmentally sensitive visitors, with travel patterns that are more sustainable and less intrusive than other visitor segments. Backpackers are also less vulnerable to fluctuating economic conditions and are more likely to be resilient travellers in the wake of challenges such as the global financial crisis. - [|Draft Backpacker Tourism Action Plan 2009-201]

[|Anglesea community meeting for the proposed Management Plan of the Greater Otway National Park]

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If we don't all prosper together, then nothing will have been achieved. - [|Eels, Stone Houses and National Heritage]

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