Avon Wilderness Park

Protected area in Victoria, Australia

Avon Wilderness Park
Victoria

IUCN category Ib (wilderness area)

Avon Wilderness Park

Nearest town or city| Licola
Coordinates| 37°36′45″S 146°50′34″E﻿ / ﻿37.61250°S 146.84278°E﻿ / -37.61250; 146.84278
Established| 27 November 1987 (1987-11-27)[1]
Area| 395.58 km2 (152.7 sq mi)[1]
Managing authorities| Parks Victoria
Website| Avon Wilderness Park
See also| Protected areas of Victoria

The Avon Wilderness Park is a protected area in the southern part of the Victorian Alps, located in Australia.

## Location and features

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The reserve is contiguous with the southern border of the Alpine National Park and was declared in 1987. It protects 39,650 hectares (98,000 acres) of mountain ash and sub-alpine woodlands. Although there are no walking or vehicle tracks inside the park, hiking is possible with the use of topographic maps. The nearest point of access is via Licola. Along with Big Desert Wilderness Park and Wabba Wilderness Park, it is one of three such parks in Victoria, managed by Parks Victoria.

On 7 November 2008 the park was added to the Australian National Heritage List as one of eleven areas constituting the Australian Alps National Parks and Reserves.[2]

## References

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1. ^ a b "Terrestrial Protected Areas in Victoria (2014)". Department of the Environment. 2014. Retrieved 29 June 2015.
2. ^ "Australian Alps National Parks information". Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts. Retrieved 10 June 2010.

## External links

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* Australia portal

* Avon Wilderness Park, Parks Victoria

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Protected areas of Victoria, Australia

Marine national parks

* Bunurong
* Cape Howe
* Churchill Island
* Corner Inlet
* Discovery Bay
* French Island
* Ninety Mile Beach
* Point Addis
* Point Hicks
* Port Phillip Heads
* Twelve Apostles
* Wilsons Promontory
* Yaringa

National parks

* Alfred
* Alpine
* Barmah
* Baw Baw
* Brisbane Ranges
* Budj Bim
* Burrowa-Pine Mountain
* Chiltern-Mt Pilot
* Churchill
* Cobboboonee
* Coopracambra
* Croajingolong
* Dandenong Ranges
* Errinundra
* French Island
* Grampians
* Great Otway
* Greater Bendigo
* Gunbower
* Hattah-Kulkyne
* Heathcote-Graytown
* Kara Kara
* Kinglake
* Lake Eildon
* Lind
* Little Desert
* Lower Glenelg
* Lower Goulburn
* Mitchell River
* Mornington Peninsula
* Morwell
* Mount Buffalo
* Mount Richmond
* Murray-Sunset
* Organ Pipes
* Point Nepean
* Port Campbell
* Snowy River
* Tarra-Bulga
* Terrick Terrick
* The Lakes
* Warby-Ovens
* Wilsons Promontory
* Wyperfeld
* Yarra Ranges

Former|

* Bogong
* Bulga
* Captain James Cook
* Chiltern Box–Ironbark
* Cobberas–Tingaringy
* Dandenong
* Ferntree Gully
* Fraser
* Glenaladale
* Hattah Lakes
* Mallacoota Inlet
* Mount Eccles
* Otway
* Point Nepean (1988-1995)
* St Arnaud Range
* Tarra Valley
* Tingaringy
* Wingan Inlet
* Wonnangatta–Moroka

State parks

* Arthurs Seat
* Black Range
* Broken-Boosey
* Bunyip
* Cape Nelson
* Cathedral Range
* Dergholm
* Enfield
* Holey Plains
* Kooyoora
* Lake Tyers
* Langi Ghiran
* Leaghur
* Lerderderg
* Moondarra
* Mount Arapiles-Tooan
* Mount Buangor
* Mount Granya
* Mount Lawson
* Mount Napier
* Mount Samaria
* Mount Worth
* Paddys Ranges
* Reef Hills
* Warrandyte
* Werribee Gorge

Former|

* Angahook–Lorne
* Barmah
* Carlisle
* Chiltern
* Coopracambra
* Eildon
* French Island
* Kamarooka
* Kara Kara
* Melba Gully (Great Otway NP)
* Nepean
* Pink Lakes
* Terrick Terrick
* Wabonga Plateau
* Warby Range (Warby-Ovens NP)
* Whipstick

Marine and coastal parks

* Bay of Islands
* Bunurong
* Cape Conran
* Cape Liptrap
* Corner Inlet
* Discovery Bay
* Gippsland Lakes
* Nooramunga
* Shallow Inlet
* Wilsons Promontory

* Former Cape Schanck
* Point Cook

Marine sanctuaries

* Barwon Bluff
* Beware Reef
* Eagle Rock
* Jawbone
* Marengo Reefs
* Merri
* Mushroom Reef
* Point Cooke
* Point Danger
* Ricketts Point
* The Arches

Other parks

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* Avon
* Big Desert Wilderness Park
* Wabba Wilderness Park

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Heritage / Historic parks|

* Beechworth Historic Park
* Castlemaine Diggings National Heritage Park
* Point Gellibrand Heritage Park
* Steiglitz Historic Park
* Wimmera River Heritage Area Park
* Woodlands Historic Park

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