The Great Eastern Ranges stretch from the Australian Alps in New South Wales and Victoria to the Atherton Tablelands in Queensland, and beyond.
They are the mountainous ranges and escarpments of eastern Australia – including the Great Dividing Range and the Great Escarpment – separating Australia's eastern coastal fringe from the plains and the interior. They are the backyard to our cities; places we visit for recreation and to restore our spirits.
They are home to many of Australia’s treasured areas of World Heritage, National Parks, alpine areas, forests, woodlands and rainforests. They store carbon in their vast forests, breathing out oxygen we breathe in. They contribute to our prosperity by sustaining agriculture, tourism and industry. They are a refuge for our richest biodiversity, containing 66% of the threatened species in New South Wales. They are the source of our clean water, catching and filtering the rain that feeds into our rivers and dams, providing drinking water for our cities.
They are part of us.
One of Australia’s largest conservation corridors is being established along the great eastern ranges through the Great Eastern Ranges Initiative.
Latest News
- Landmark Report Released on Connectivity Conservation and the Great Eastern Ranges
- 16 July 2010
- A landmark “proof of concept” report that reviews the scientific basis for establishing a conservation corridor along the Great Eastern Ranges from the Australian Alps to Atherton and beyond, has been released this week.
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- Making Connections at the Launch of New Regional Partnership
- 22 June 2010
- Breaking with tradition, the launch of the Slopes to Summit regional partnership of the Great Eastern Ranges Initiative was marked with the tying of a ribbon rather than the cutting of one.
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- Making a 'green road'
- 28 May 2010
- Landowners are being asked to take part in a new project to establish 'green roads' on their properties with a view to creating one of the largest wildlife corridors in Australia.
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- Regional Farmers Provide Inspiration
- 18 May 2010
- Farmers, landholders and interested members of the public will get the opportunity to be inspired at the launch of a new regional conservation partnership, Slopes to Summit, on Sunday 23 May, in an action-packed Farm and Environmental Open Day at Woomargama.
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- Winners of the Great Eastern Ranges Photo Competition Announced
- 7 April 2010
- Australian Traveller magazine, together with the Great Eastern Ranges Initiative, has announced the winners of the Great Eastern Ranges photo competition which ran from November 2009 to March 2010. The winners share $22,000 worth of prizes.
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