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Eastern Mallee

The Wimmera

Limestone Coast

Volcanic Plains

Mid-west

Northern plains

Volcanic Uplands

Volcanic Plains

Frost, mist and fences

Frost, mist and fences

Camperdown district

Lake Gnarpurt

Lake Gnarpurt

Foxhow district

Laughing Kookaburra

Laughing Kookaburra

Stevensons Falls

Woolshed

Woolshed

Illabrook

Foothills

Foothills

Illabrook

Tullaroop Reservoir

Tullaroop Reservoir

Tullaroop Reservoir

Striped Marsh Frog

Striped Marsh Frog

Creswick

Serrated Tussock

Serrated Tussock

Little River

Leigh River

Leigh River

Inverleigh

Play

Play

Boonderoo

Galah

Galah

Bamganie

Little Corella

Little Corella

Bamganie

Poa

Poa

Fiskville district

Hoary-headed Grebe

Hoary-headed Grebe

Dreeite

Black-winged Stilt

Black-winged Stilt

Dreeite

Sunset over Lake Martin

Sunset over Lake Martin

Lake Martin

Brown Falcon

Brown Falcon

Gnarpurt

Jacky Winter

Jacky Winter

Illabarook

Fences

Fences

Morrisons

Fiery Creek

Fiery Creek

Streatham

Australasian Pipit

Australasian Pipit

Stockyard Hill

Tea Tree Creek

Tea Tree Creek

Morrisons

Sunset

Sunset

Dereel district

Black-shouldered Kite

Black-shouldered Kite

Rokewood

Brolga

Brolga

Rokewood

Superb Fairy-wren

Superb Fairy-wren

Lake Bullen Merri

Varied Sittella

Varied Sittella

Illabarook

Flame Robin

Flame Robin

Illabarook

Tornado

Tornado

Lale Bolac

Sacred Kingfisher

Sacred Kingfisher

Baccus Marsh

Eurasian Tree Sparrow

Eurasian Tree Sparrow

Serendip

White-faced Heron

White-faced Heron

Serendip

Grassland

Grassland

Rokewood

Black-shouldered Kite

Black-shouldered Kite

Pitfield


The Great Victorian Volcanic Plain stretches from the western suburbs of Melbourne almost to the South Australian border. It is one of only a handful of Australian regions with reasonably fertile soil. It has always been a mixture of grassland and grassy woodland with very few trees and a huge variety of native wildflowers. For this reason, the Volcanic Plain was settled by graziers very early on. They did not need to laboriously clear the land, they could simply occupy a stretch of it (illegally in most cases) and move a mob of sheep on to it. The consequences were dire: today less than 0.2% of the original cover of Plains Grassland and Plains Grassy Woodland remains.