Environment

Water set aside for the environment has real benefits in north-western Victoria.

The parks that play host to Victoria’s iconic River Red Gums are being visited by more and more campers, hikers and tourists every year. A new plan balances the tension between visitors enjoying the forests and the need to preserve these majestic trees.

Victoria’s first wind turbine was built in 1988. Thirty years on and Victoria’s renewable energy remains a small proportion of the state’s electricity generation.