South-east > Huon
Huon Marine Park lies on the continental shelf, slope and abyssal plain. The park wholly includes the Tasman Seamounts Marine Reserve, proclaimed in 1999, which contains a cluster of seamounts rising from abyssal depths to between 2000 and 1000 metres below the sea surface. This network of seamounts is amongst Australia’s largest cluster of these […]
South-east > Macquarie Island
The Macquarie Island Marine Park features distinctive sub-Antarctic organisms and protects tracts of the wild Southern Ocean to provide migration, feeding and breeding sites for seals, whales, penguins and seabirds. The remoteness and rare geomorphological formations within the marine park have resulted in valuable and globally significant marine and terrestrial features, habitats and species. The […]
South-east > Murray
The Murray Marine Park connects the Murray River, running from New South Wales through Victoria and South Australia, to the deep ocean. The Murray River carries sediments rich with nutrients which are eventually deposited on the seafloor. With seasonal changes in water currents, the nutrients are brought to the surface, boosting marine life. Murray Marine […]
South-east > Nelson
Nelson Marine Park is deep and remote. It lies 200 kilometres south of South Australia, beyond the edge of the continental shelf. The park encloses important habitats representative of the West Tasmanian Transition, and includes geological features such as plateaus, knolls and canyons. These features provide important hard substrate for benthic biota to attach, creating […]
South-east > South Tasman Rise
Deep below the surface in the South Tasman Rise Marine Park lies a rugged seafloor with an epic history. Around 100 million years ago, the seafloor was deformed by massive rifting when the Australian continental block moved northwards. The park encloses a submerged plateau of continental rock that is believed to be the last remnant […]
South-east > Tasman Fracture
Tasman Fracture Marine Park lies off the south-west corner of Tasmania, complementing the Port Davey Marine Reserve which was proclaimed in 2005 by the Tasmanian Government. The park is scored by steep canyons, and encloses other geological features including steep escarpments, troughs, saddles, basins, seamounts and part of a plateau that is over 400 kilometres […]
South-east > Zeehan
The Zeehan Marine Park park includes a variety of seabed habitats, including exposed limestone reefs that support rich animal communities of large sponges, lace corals and many other sessile species. A series of four submarine canyons incise the continental shelf within the marine park and interact with the south-flowing Zeehan Current, enhancing productivity and supporting […]
South-west > Abrolhos
Abrolhos Marine Park surrounds the Houtman Abrolhos Islands, which contain the largest seabird breeding area in the eastern Indian Ocean at over one million known breeding pairs. The marine park is host to a unique community of tropical and temperate species owing to the mixing of the warm tropical waters of the Leeuwin Current and […]
South-west > Bremer
The Bremer Marine Park includes habitats that are representative of the Albany Canyon Group, a feature consisting of 32 canyons that cut deeply into the continental slope. These canyons are believed to be associated with small periodic upwellings that enhance productivity and attract aggregations of marine life. Sea lions, orcas and humpback whales are regular […]
South-west > Eastern Recherche
Eastern Recherche Marine Park protects waters around islands of the Recherche Archipelago, which were once joined to the mainland. Surrounding a representative sample of the Archipelago’s 150 islands, Eastern Recherche Marine Park protects a mosaic of macroalgae-dominated rocky reef, seagrass, sand and rhodolith habitats. The unusually clear water in the region, attributed to lower levels […]
