Big Desert Wilderness Park

This article is about the protected area in Victoria (Australia). For the associated locality, see Big Desert, Victoria.

Protected area in Victoria, Australia

Big Desert Wilderness Park
Victoria

IUCN category Ib (wilderness area)

Big Desert Wilderness Park

Coordinates| 35°39′30″S 141°07′57″E﻿ / ﻿35.6582°S 141.1326°E﻿ / -35.6582; 141.1326
Established| 26 April 1979 (1979-04-26)[1]
Area| 1,417.49 km2 (547.3 sq mi)[1]
Managing authorities| Parks Victoria
See also| Protected areas of Victoria

The Big Desert Wilderness Park is a protected area in the Australian state of Victoria, Australia located in the state's west adjoining the border with South Australia. It is the oldest of Victoria's three wilderness parks.

The wilderness park consists of an area of 1,417.49 square kilometres (547 sq mi),[1] with no vehicular access, and no defined walking tracks. It includes part of the Big Desert and also adjoins Ninety Mile Desert across the border in South Australia. As it is a dedicated wilderness area, there are no facilities of any kind, including toilets or campsites. However, hiking and small fuel stoves are permitted. The wilderness park is overlapped by the Wyperfeld, Big Desert and Ngarkat Important Bird Area which identified as such by BirdLife International because of its importance for the conservation of malleefowl and other species of mallee birds.[2]

A large bushfire was ignited by lightning in the park in 2002 then spread rapidly due to strong winds and dry fuel. The fire soon joined another in the adjoining Wyperfield National Park and an area of 1,814 square kilometres (700 sq mi) was burned out. The fire burned for two weeks resulting in the loss of an abandoned house and 400 hectares (988 acres) of private property.[3]

## See also

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* Protected areas of Victoria (Australia)

## External links

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* [1], Parks Victoria

## References

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1. ^ a b c "Terrestrial Protected Areas in Victoria (2014)". Department of the Environment. 2014. Retrieved 29 June 2015.
2. ^ BirdLife International. (2011). Important Bird Areas factsheet: Wyperfeld, Big Desert and Ngarkat. Downloaded from "BirdLife International - conserving the world's birds". Archived from the original on 10 July 2007. Retrieved 29 September 2012. on 6 December 2011.
3. ^ "Bushfire history". Victoria State Government. Retrieved 12 September 2015.

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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

| Wilderness parks|

* 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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