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	Mount Eccles National Park - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Mount Eccles National Park is a national park in Victoria (Australia), 270 km west of Melbourne.
		Mount Eccles is located inside the national park and is the site of the most recent active volcano in Australia.
		Mount Eccles is a fairly small hill surrounded by lush vegetation with a small hidden deep volcanic lake.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mount_Eccles_National_Park (158 words)

	Mount Eccles - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Mount Eccles National Park at Lake Surprise encompasses 61.2 square kilometres and includes many interesting geologic features such as lava flows, lava caves, scoria cones and crater lakes.
		The park has a campground and the base of the vents supports Lake Surprise, a popular swimming hole in summer.
		The dreaming of local Koori nations incorporates tales of volcanic eruptions from the past.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mt_Eccles (100 words)

	"Attractions"
		There is also another fairly easy walk to the summit of Mount Eccles from the carpark where you can look out over the western volcanic plains.
		It was declared a National Park in 1960 and the quarry was closed.
		The first European sighting of Mount Eccles was probably by Matthew Flinders in 1802 when he recorded a 'round hill' visible from the sea.
	www.wilmap.com.au /attractions/mteccles.html (287 words)

	Parks Victoria: Mount Eccles National Park page
		Mount Eccles National Park is 300 km south-west of Melbourne, 45 km south of Hamilton (Melway ref: 507 C10).
		Mount Eccles National Park, 6120 ha in size, stands at the western edge of the volcanic plains that stretch from Melbourne to Port Fairy, extending northwards to Hamilton and Ararat.
		When the remainder of the Reserve was added in 1985, Mount Eccles National Park increased to 6120 ha, its present size, which covers the majority of the lava flow from Mount Eccles.
	www.parkweb.vic.gov.au /1park_display.cfm?park=153 (715 words)

	perspectivevLII.htm
		Parks Victoria is planning to inject a small tube containing the same hormones as the contraceptive pill under the skin of around 3,000 wild female koalas in the Mount Eccles National Park, 300 km (186 miles) southwest of Melbourne.
		Sally Troy, Parks Victoria's research manager, said on Wednesday that the koala population had to be brought under control because their staple food, the manna gum in the Mount Eccles National Park, was close to depletion.
		She said the Parks Victoria operation to catch and inject the contraception tubes into the koalas would begin late next year and was likely to take two years.
	www.ekiti.com /isiak/perspectivevLII.htm (2447 words)

	Turkey Creek
		Just over 50km north of Port Fairy is Mount Eccles National Park.
		Mount Eccles (though it hardly deserves to be called a mountain) is an extinct volcano with lava caves, channels and a crater lake set in rugged, stony country; there used to be a quarry here and you can see the various layers of different lava flows where the mountain has been cut.
		Look out for a tree in the southwest corner of the park that has had an Aboriginal shield cut out of it with a sharpened stone tool.
	www.pacificislandtravel.com /australia/victoria/mountecclesnatpark.asp (228 words)

	theage.com.au - The Age
		But Parks Victoria research manager Sally Troy says the koalas' staple food, the Mount Eccles National Park's manna gum forest, is close to depletion.
		But the number of koalas at Mount Eccles now number just under 10,000, or 1.7 koalas a hectare, and more than 70 per cent of the park's trees have lost half their canopy.
		She said koalas were not the cause of trees dying at Mount Eccles and if more trees were planted there, the koalas would "naturally disperse".
	www.theage.com.au /articles/2003/07/29/1059244620027.html (478 words)

	National and state parks - Nature and wildlife - The Great Ocean Road - visitvictoria.com
		Mount Eccles National Park, 15,122 acres in size, stands at the western edge of the volcanic plains that stretch from Melbourne to Port Fairy.
		Famous for the Twelve Apostles and historic shipwrecks, Port Campbell National Park contains the most significant areas of vegetation and fauna native to south-western Victoria.
		Mount Richmond is an extinct volcano surrounded by low, flat land.
	www.visitvictoria.com /displayObject.cfm/ObjectID.000C54C5-5210-1A5D-BC6180C476A90000/vvt.vhtml (711 words)

	VSA Information about Mount Eccles National Park
		Access to Mount Eccles National Park is via the small township of Macarthur, which is about 10 km east of the park.
		The park is over 6,000 Hectares in size and covers an area of extremely rugged lava flows and forests around Mount Eccles and Lake Surprise.
		Mount Eccles is about 400 km west of Melbourne by road.
	home.pacific.net.au /~vsa/mteccles.html (468 words)

	List of volcanoes - Simple English Wikipedia
		Mount Doom, or Orodruin, a fictional volcano in Mordor, from J.
		Many on Triton, a moon of the planet Neptune, that are believed to eject liquid nitrogen, dust, or methane compounds.
	simple.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_volcanoes (148 words)

	"VicNatParks_M"
		This Reserve is situated in the South Eastern section of the Mount Cole Forest and is directly accessible from the Raglan-Elmhurst Road.
		Mount Cole Forest has become one of the most popular spots in Australia for Hang Gliding enthusiasts to practice their chosen sport.
		It is well worth a visit to the Mount Cole area in the hope of catching a glimpse of these daring people indulging in a most spectacular sport.
	www.wilmap.com.au /VICNPKSM.HTML (1126 words)

	Mount Napier, Newer Volcanics Province, Victoria, Australia
		Mount Napier, one of the youngest volcanoes in Australia, is a composite lava shield with a superimposed scoria cone.
		In the Harman Valley, lava from Mount Napier, in the background, flowed for over 9 miles (15 km) to a depth of over 100 feet (30 m).
		The main crater of Mount Napier, showing a spatter rampart 100 feet (30 m) long and 15 feet (5 m) high.
	volcano.und.nodak.edu /vwdocs/volc_images/australia/napier.html (237 words)

	Victorian Scout Caving Team at Mount Eccles National Park
		Drive straight ahead on the street through Macarthur on to the road leading to Mount Eccles National Park.
		After 9 kilometres, turn right at a house at the sign to Mt Eccles National Park.
		Park the cars and set up tents along the right (upper) side of the camping area.
	home.mira.net /~gnb/ldct/mteccles.html (425 words)

	BBC NEWS Asia-Pacific Birth control for Australian koalas
		There are now an estimated 10,000 koalas in Mount Eccles National Park in western Victoria- a huge increase in population after just 77 were introduced to the area about 25 years ago.
		Park rangers in the southern state of Victoria are worried the animals could face starvation if their population is not controlled.
		Without drastic action, park rangers fear the trees could die back altogether and then the koala population would quickly starve to death.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/asia-pacific/3137187.stm (236 words)

	Walkabout - Macarthur
		A sealed road from Macarthur heads due west for 9 km to Mount Eccles National Park (6120 ha) which is centred on the extinct volcano.
		Within the park are the Byaduk Caves, formed when the outer edge of a lava stream from Mount Napier cooled and solidified while the internal lava continued to flow.
		For further information ring Parks Victoria on 131 963, the Park office on (03) 5574 1338 or the Information Centre at Hamilton on (03) 5572 3746.
	www.walkabout.com.au /locations/VICMacarthur.shtml (987 words)

	Animal Planet :: Koalas on the Pill
		The step was decided in a bid to prevent the animals from endangering the trees in Victoria state's Mount Eccles National Park, Troy said on national radio.
		"There's up to 10,000 koalas in the park and another couple of thousand koalas around the park, so they are continuing to increase and we know that more than 70 percent of the trees at Mount Eccles have got less than half of their canopy already," she said.
		But she said other methods of controlling Mount Eccles' koala population had failed and the area is suffering from the marsupials' appetite for eucalyptus leaves.
	animal.discovery.com /news/afp/20030728/koalas.html (292 words)

	Erin McMahon - The Border Watch
		During their stay, the students will also climb Mount Schank, see koalas at Mount Eccles National Park, take the Seals by Sea tour and go horse riding, as well as engage in cultural activities with Grant High School students and various kindergartens and primary schools in the area.
		In his third visit to Mount Gambier, the students' teacher Hiroyuki Kodera said they were looking forward to meeting their host families, making new friends, studying English and learning more about Australian culture.
		TWENTY three Japanese students from the Soja-Minami High School in Okayama, Japan, have arrived in Mount Gambier to share their culture, experience Australia and tour the region for the next fortnight.
	www.users.bigpond.com /erin_mcmahon/BorderWatch/articles/jstudent.htm (247 words)

	VNPA Parks protected areas
		Together these national parks and reserves ostensibly protect around 3.6 million hectares, or about 16% of Victoria, and cover around 40% of the remaining native vegetation.
		There are currently 52 national parks, 30 state parks, three wilderness parks, ww marine sanctuaries, and other areas covering approximately 3.2 hectares under Victoria's National Parks Act (1975).
		These parks are not just pieces of land critical to conservation in Victoria, they are also great places to visit, offering experiences and adventures that are all too rare in today's busy world.
	www.vnpa.org.au /theparks/protected_areas.htm (268 words)

	EXN.ca Discovery
		In an attempt to protect koalas and trees, rangers in Australia's Mount Eccles National Park will be putting koalas, on contraceptives.
		Already, half the canopies are gone from 70 per cent of the trees at Mount Eccles.
		According to a researcher on the inside, there are about 10,000 koalas inside the park, and another 2,000 outside.
	www.exn.ca /Stories/2003/07/31/51.asp (679 words)

	Guardian Unlimited The Guardian Koalas put on birth control drug
		Rangers in western Victoria's Mount Eccles national park are beginning a programme to put contraceptive implants into 3,000 koalas that are eating themselves out of house and home in the park.
		The animals, which feed almost entirely on eucalyptus leaves, have eaten half the canopy cover in seven out of ten Mount Eccles trees and could face starvation if their breeding is not slowed.
		Park keepers will catch the koalas and insert hormone implants under the skin over the next few years.
	www.guardian.co.uk /international/story/0,3604,1009234,00.html (200 words)

	Australian Koala Foundation
		In response to the very recent radio tracking carried out at Mount Eccles “both surgical sterilisation and relocation of koalas from Mount Eccles NP have ceased.” PV also refers to the “cumulative stresses of relocation and sterilisation, and therefore the risk of mortality” that it recently sought to address on Snake Island.
		Australian Koala Foundation (AKF): The parks mentioned are offshore islands and mainland isolates into which koalas have been deliberately introduced and cannot naturally disperse out of (eg Mt Eccles was once part of a continuous habitat but is now a habitat ‘island’ surrounded by cleared land).
		At these parks, high levels of defoliation have led to the death of some Manna Gums and there is a high risk that total defoliation of the koalas food trees will occur.
	www.savethekoala.com /vickoalas.html (5180 words)

	VNPA Archives Box 4: NE and Central Victoria
		Document: "The Vascular Flora of Mount Eccles National Park", by A.C. Beauglehole and Helen I. Aston, 1960-1979, 6 pp.
		National - Parks and Gardens" Has handwritten proofreader's marks and note This is a re-hash of my letter to the Chief Secretary 10/11/59 JRG [undated].
		Collection and compilation for National Parks Authority by A. Cliff Beauglehole and Eugene W. Finck, Sept. 6-9, 1966, October 29-31, 1966.
	www.vnpa.org.au /resources/archives/box4.htm (5608 words)

	State goes greener as parks expand - Science - www.theage.com.au
		The Victorian National Parks Association said the move added 14,000 hectares to the state's national parks and another 23,000 hectares for conservation reserves.
		Charlie Sherwin from the Victorian National Parks Association applauded the additions, but said new areas must be backed with more funding for park management and better management of existing protected areas.
		Environment Minister John Thwaites told Parliament yesterday that eight national parks, five state parks and two historic parks would be expanded to include high conservation areas.
	www.theage.com.au /articles/2004/06/03/1086203564102.html (396 words)

	Caves of Australia: Harman 1
		Byaduk Caves - Mount Napier State Park - Mount Eccles National Park
		Byaduk Caves are located in a lava flow stretching out 24km from Mount Napier to Mount Eccles.
		Eccles was declared a public purposes (picnic) reserve
	www.showcaves.com /english/au/caves/Hartmans1.html (144 words)

	Conservation Land Purchase Program
		Land purchased for addition to existing National and State Parks is managed in accordance with the respective park management plans.
		The Department also purchases private land to link park and reserve areas and remove inliers in order to consolidate protected habitat and alleviate potential management problems.
		DSE Home > Parks and Reserves > About Parks & Reserves > Conservation Land Purchase
	www.nre.vic.gov.au /dse/nrenpr.nsf/childdocs/-919A17EDF537ABC24A2567BD00297263-214522B9DFBB9E80CA256C8C001E5419?open (620 words)

	VSA Links to other cybercaving sites
		There is also information on parks and reserves which contain caves, such as Buchan Caves Reserve, Mount Eccles National Park, Lower Glenelg National Park and Mount Napier State Park.
		Shortcuts to satellite images: Australia, Victoria, Melbourne, Geelong, Mornington Peninsula, South western Victoria, Mount Eccles National Park, Mount Eccles / Lake Surprise, Buchan region, Buchan Potholes area.
		Links to information about Mount Eccles National Park, Victoria.
	home.mira.net /~vsa/links.htm (364 words)

	13WHAM-TV Rochester - Too much Koala love creating a problem in Australian park
		The koala population at Mount Eccles National Park in Victoria has soared to more than 12-thousand -- and eucalyptus trees are suffering from koalas' grazing on the leaves.
		So workers at a national park are implanting thousands of the furry marsupials with a contraceptive to try to curb their enthusiastic breeding.
		Rochester - Too much Koala love creating a problem in Australian park
	www.13wham.com /news/world/story.aspx?content_id=04029903-FD29-4097-8E2F-3B926A4EB207 (280 words)

	Victoria widens koala contraception plans. 11/01/2004. ABC News Online
		It has released a draft plan based on a trial conducted at the Mount Eccles National Park near Warrnambool in the State's far west.
		The Victorian Government plans to use contraceptives to control its koala population.
	www.abc.net.au /news/newsitems/s1023657.htm (318 words)

	National Parks & Wilderness Areas
		National parks are some of the most popular tourist attractions all over the world.
		This section covers national parks and wildlife refuges throughout the world, with links to information on the companies and organizations that supply tours and other services associated with these tourist attractions.
		National Parks and Monuments of the Pacific Northwest
	www.buzzle.com /chapters/travel-and-tourism_adventure-and-specialty-travel_national-parks-and-wilderness-areas.asp (1344 words)

	www.spec.com.au : Content FrontPage
		A 7880 ha area in the Mt Eccles-Lake Condah area, including the Mount Eccles National Park, the Stones State Fauna Reserve, Muldoons Aboriginal Land, Allambie Aboriginal Land and the Condah Mission, as well as the Tyrendarra Indigenous Protected Area, have been nominated for listing, along with the Lady Julia Percy Island State Fauna Reserve.
		Land at Lake Condah, Mt Eccles and Tyrendarra has become the first in Australia to receive nomination for National Heritage Listing due to Indigenous values under new laws that came into effect this year.
		The leadership group has estimated National Heritage listing and subsequent advocacy for World Heritage listing would draw an additional 300,000 visitors to south west Victoria annually, potentially generating 100 direct jobs and 1,567 indirect jobs, adding $126 million to the local economy and attracting 3,000 new residents.
	www.spec.com.au /display.asp?Id=3646 (540 words)

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