Holey_Plains_State_Park

Holey Plains State Park

Holey Plains State Park

Protected area in Victoria, Australia

Holey Plains State Park is a 10,638-hectare (26,290-acre) state park in East Gippsland, Victoria in south-eastern Australia. It is known for its exceptionally diverse flora, with about one in five plant species known in Victoria present in the park. The park is situated between Rosedale and Sale.

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Prompted by lobbying from the Latrobe Valley Field Naturalists Club, and a professional assessment by botanist James Hamlyn Willis, the park was identified in 1973, officially opening in 1977.[1][2][3]

The terrain is mostly Banksia and Eucalyptus with open forest and woodlands growing on sandy ridges.

References

  1. [1]
    Rayment, Philip; Thompson, Bon; Long, Lorna; Roberts, Beatrice; Latrobe Valley Field Naturalists' Club (2010), To protect and enjoy : the first fifty years of the Latrobe Valley Field Naturalists Club : 1960-2010 / [authored and edited by Philip Rayment ; with contributions from Bon Thompson and Lorna Long ; drawings by Beatrice Roberts], Latrobe Valley Field Naturalists' Club, ISBN 9780980419719
  2. [2]
    Holey Plains State Park, Parks Victoria, retrieved 29 December 2021
  3. [3]
    "Holey Plains State Park visitor guide" (PDF), Park Notes, Parks Victoria, November 2017, retrieved 29 December 2021
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