Park Champions

Conservation Volunteers and Parks Victoria invite you to explore and enjoy Victoria’s National Parks while you help preserve these natural treasures.

 

As a Park Champion you can volunteer one day a week in and around Melbourne or you can spend a week with a team of volunteers in some of

Victoria’s most famous National Parks.

 

Park Champions is a partnership between Conservation Volunteers and Parks Victoria which offers you the opportunity to volunteer in some of Victoria’s most

beautiful places.

 

One day a week

Volunteer and feel alive as you contribute to the health of these parks in and around Melbourne:

  • Cheetham Wetlands.
  • Yarra Bend Park.
  • Woodlands Historic Park.

 

Week-long projects

Explore and enjoy these parks when you go away with a team of volunteers to one of these famous National Parks:

  • Great Otway National Park.
  • Grampians National Park.
  • Alpine National Park.
  • Cape Otway Lightstation.
  • Great Dividing Trail.
  • Great Ocean Walk – which starts in the Great Otway National Park and goes to Port Campbell National Park while overlooking the 12 Apostles Marine National Park

 

It’s easy to get involved, simply:

 

Inaugural International Healthy Parks Healthy People Congress 2010

With the increasing recognition of the value of nature to human health and wellbeing worldwide, Parks Victoria will host the first International Healthy Parks Healthy People Congress in 2010. 

This will be a unique opportunity to bring together 1000 delegates from all relevant sectors (i.e. planning, community development, physical and mental health, tourism, climate change, education, recreation, ecology and park management) to explore how we can take better advantage of the way nature significantly contributes to our wellbeing and broader societal benefits.

The Congress will be staged at the new Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre (Australia), 11-16 April 2010.

The aim of the congress is to raise awareness of recent research, highlight case studies and facilitate discussion regarding the advantages of, and opportunities for, future collaboration across sectors at local through to global levels.  This multidisciplinary event will be memorable in all senses with inspirational speakers, innovative techniques to involve delegates, creative workshop and discussion sessions and enjoyable networking opportunities.

For further details visit www.healthyparkshealthypeoplecongress.org.