VISIONS for our Elliot River Skenes Creek Carisbrook Creek Kennett River Thompson Creek Removal of stock access and The Thompson Creek will be The Aire River will reach good The Elliot River will continue Carisbrook Creek will be The Kennett River will remain in Wye River will be protected to potential water quality threats retained in moderate condition JOURNEY to environmental condition by 2024. to be ecologically healthy in appreciated for its high natural excellent environmental condition ensure that it stays in excellent from town and agricultural runoff by 2024 ensuring the survival of The floodplain wetlands will be 2024, with excellent values and will retain its by 2024, with Australian Grayling environmental condition by will be managed to ensure that the Yarra Pygmy Perch in the mid protected and will inundate environmental condition and Ecologically Healthy status, frequently using the estuary for 2024. Native fish, such as the Skenes Creek remains in excellent and upper reaches of the GREAT seasonally with the closing and its natural features and whilst maintaining excellent its seasonal migrations. Visitors to Australian Grayling and environmental condition in 2024. catchment. Catchment managers opening of the estuary mouth. ecological processes intact. environmental condition by 2024. the region will enjoy the natural Tasmanian Mudfish, will Tourists will continue to visit and will understand the importance cean oad s The endangered Estuarine Tourists will visit the estuary Visitors to the Great Otway environment through non continue to use the estuary on O R enjoy the estuary and creek and of the deep pools and protect Wetland vegetation will remain and enjoy its outstanding National Park will appreciate the intrusive activities and continue a seasonal basis as part of their this will continue to benefit the them for the survival of the Yarra along with the endangered coastal scenery. continuous and intact streamside to generate economic benefits annual migrations. Birds, such local economy. The threatened Pygmy Perch. The estuary mouth ESTUARIES Swamp Scrub vegetation. The vegetation along 80 per cent of for the local community. as the threatened Rufous Australian Grayling will continue will open and close seasonally Great Egret, Australian Grayling this very natural river and estuary. Bristlebird, and animals will Taking time out to enjoy to use the estuary for its seasonal allowing inundation of important and Tasmanian Mudfish will Rufous Bristlebird will have a continue to enjoy the Painkalac Creek Estuary David sharing his knowledge migrations and enjoy the saltmarsh habitats. frequent the estuary and their viable area of protected habitat streamside vegetation that is of the cultural values of estuaries The Barham River will reach good excellent environment in the habitat requirements will be met. within the stream side coastal continuous over at least 95 per environmental condition by 2024, upper reaches. Recreational fisherman, canoeists health vegetation and the cent of the stream length. with the endangered Swamp and other boating enthusiasts threatened Australian Grayling Water quality will remain above The Erskine River will be Scrub vegetation protected for Smythes Creek will enjoy the estuary and a will use the estuary for its the Victorian standards. Visitors maintained in good the long term. The Great Egret will enjoy the natural environmental condition by 2024. sustainable Black Bream catch Smythes Creek will be seasonal migrations. and Australian Grayling will environment and landscape of Australian Grayling will move will be taken. Regional visitors appreciated for its high natural continue to visit the estuary and the Wye River catchment. through the estuary for their and tourists from further afield values and will retain its their habitat requirements will be seasonal migrations and the will enjoy camping, swimming ecologically healthy status, whilst met. Tourists will visit the estuary popular fishing species Black and site seeing at the estuary. maintaining its excellent and enjoy its significant coastal Landcare Group Bream will live in the estuary. environmental condition in 2024. scenery and geological features. Visitors from the region, national Royal Spoonbill Visitors to the Great Otway The Grey River will be and international, will visit the National Park will appreciate the appreciated for its high natural estuary and enjoy camping and near continuous and intact The Parker River will continue to values and will retain its site seeing. Water quality will streamside vegetation along this Cumberland River St George River be ecologically healthy in 2024, ecologically healthy status, be improved to ensure that Painkalac Creek very natural river and estuary. with excellent environmental whilst maintaining excellent The St George River will improve visitors and locals can The Cumberland River will reach The Painkalac Creek will reach The Anglesea River will be condition and natural features environmental condition until to good environmental condition enjoy the estuary. excellent environmental condition good environmental condition maintained in excellent and ecological processes intact. 2024. Visitors to the Great by 2024. Water quality will by 2024 and it will be considered by 2024. The estuary mouth will environmental condition by 2024. The fish community within the Otway National Park will continue to be above the an ecologically healthy river open and close seasonally, The community and visitors will system will continue to thrive appreciate the continuous and Victorian standards, allowing following the restoration of allowing the inundation of the continue to enjoy fishing, with a diverse representation of intact streamside vegetation swimmers, anglers and walkers native fish migration. Australian important salt marsh and wetland particularly for Black Bream,

Swamp Harrier Swamp the Galaxias species and the along the full length of this very Grayling will visit the river and its to enjoy the water. Healthy absence of any introduced habitats, whilst protecting swimming, canoeing, and natural river and estuary. estuary on a seasonal basis, as streamside vegetation will be species. The streamside important infrastructure, and camping along the Anglesea will the Rufous Bristlebird, and protected and enjoyed by visitors vegetation of the river will importantly connecting the estuary. Facilities will be provided the habitat requirements of these and locals. continue to provide habitat for nursery habitats of the estuary to ensure these activities are The Curdies River will be retained The environmental condition of threatened species will be met. the threatened Spot-tailed with the Eagle Rock Marine undertaken in a sustainable way, in moderate environmental the Gellibrand River estuary will The streamside vegetation will Quoll, Smoky Mouse, Swamp Sanctuary. The community and ensuring they can continue for condition by 2024. Regional continue to improve from poor remain intact providing a Antechinus and Broad-toothed visitors will continue to enjoy the long term. The estuary mouth visitors and tourists will enjoy the condition in 1999, moderate continuous corridor of habitat for Rat. Tourists will visit the estuary fishing for Bream and other will open and close seasonally, scenery of the estuary and will be condition in 2004 and reaching the native animals, fish and frogs. and enjoy its outstanding species, as well as canoeing, allowing inundation of important able to participate in activities good condition by 2024. The coastal scenery. walking, site seeing and bird habitats, whilst protecting such as fishing and boating. Princetown Wetlands will be watching, along the estuary. important infrastructure, and Fisherman will enjoy a protected and inundated Tourists will appreciate the creek importantly connecting the sustainable catch of Black Bream. seasonally with the opening Boating in the and estuary and this will nursery habitats of the estuary The water quality within the and closing of the river mouth. Wild Dog Creek Anglesea River Estuary continue to support the local with the Pt Addis Marine estuary will improve, encouraging The threatened Australian A beautiful day down economy through regular visits. National Park. visitors and local landholders to Grayling will pass through the The Ford River will retain its good The Wild Dog Creek will be at the Erskine River Estuary enjoy the estuary and increase estuary regularly and Black environmental condition by 2024. retained in good environmental aspirations for improved Bream numbers will be The endangered Swamp Scrub condition by 2024. Australian Scale of Map environmental condition. sustainable allowing enjoyment vegetation will be protected and Grayling will continue to use the for fisherman. Visitors will enjoy the water quality will continue to creek and estuary to complete its camping and the scenery and meet the standards for a healthy lifecycle and Rufous Bristlebird the local community will benefit environment. Lake Horden will be will continue to live in the intact from the national and protected and the floodplain will coastal heath vegetation along international tourists that visit retain its geologically significant the estuary streamside. and enjoy the area. features.