NOTE: Embargoed until 1pm EST 15 June pending an announcement at the Australian Tourism Exchange in Perth on 15 June at 10.10 am WST.

Attention: News editors, Chiefs of staff, environment reporters

“It’s great to see that all the hard work over the last 12 months or so has paid off for the benefit of everyone in the Australian Alps Region”. This was the reaction of Peter Jacobs to the announcement that the Australian Alps Region has been recognised as a National Landscape and will be marketed to potential tourists from overseas as a unique Australian destination.

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Attention: News editors, Chiefs of staff, environment reporters

The Australian Alps national parks (Aanp), in conjunction with the World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA), is holding a 3 day workshop on Visitor Experiences and Monitoring from Monday 12th to Wednesday 14th May in the heart of the Australian Alps at Thredbo.

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A tradition that has been in place for thousands of years continued this week in Namadgi National Park in the ACT. Ten Aboriginal people whose traditional country covers the Australian Alps region came together for the first time as the Australian Alps Indigenous Reference Group to help guide co-operative projects right across the Australian Alps national parks.

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Immediate Release

Parks Victoria is pleased to announce that the sections of the Australian Alps Walking Track that were closed as a result of the 2006-2007 bushfires in the Alpine National Park have been re-opened to walkers.

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