In 2009, the Victorian government gave the go-ahead to create a series of national parks along the Murray, Goulburn and Ovens rivers to protect the area’s river red gum wetlands and forests, including Ramsar wetlands – the largest river red gum forest in the world.

Here ancient red gum trees tower over winding riverbanks, providing refuge to a diverse range of birdlife and native wildlife, some of which would otherwise be threatened.

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