Explorers: National Parks

With more than 9,700 national parks and conservation reserves, and 200 marine protected areas, Australia has one of the worlds best systems to protect our wild heritage. Sheltering endangered plants, animals, ecosystems and Aboriginal cultural items, our parks and World Heritage Areas are great fun to explore. Come with us as we visit some of the countrys finest national parks, explore some of the issues involved in managing them, and meet some of the people who work there.