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Paddys Ranges State Park Victoria
IUCN category II (national park)
Paddys Ranges State Park
Nearest town or city	Maryborough
Coordinates	37°06′44″S 143°41′52″E / 37.1122°S 143.6977°E / -37.1122; 143.6977
Established	1989
Area	20.1 km (7.8 sq mi)
Managing authorities	Parks Victoria
Website	Paddys Ranges State Park
See also	Protected areas of Victoria

Paddys Ranges State Park, near Maryborough, 170 kilometres (110 mi) northwest of Melbourne, Australia comprises 2,010 hectares (5,000 acres) of native vegetation. Gold mining and eucalyptus oil production within the park date back to the 1840s but have long been closed down. The vegetation is primarily of box-ironbark forest, with prominent golden wattle and native orchids. Swift parrots, painted honeyeaters, wedge-tailed eagles and crested bellbirds are all present.

Some of the notable features in the area are Billy Button Hills, Karri Track Camping Area and Settling Ponds Track Picnic Area. There is a network of designated walking tracks within the park.

Camping and fires are permitted in designated areas.

References

1. "Paddys Ranges State Park", Official website, Parks Victoria, retrieved 29 January 2012
2. "Paddys Ranges Park visitor guide" (PDF), Park Notes, Parks Victoria, December 2010, retrieved 29 January 2012
3. Collaborative Australian Protected Area Database CAPAD08, Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Populations and Communities, Commonwealth of Australia, 2008, retrieved 29 January 2012
4. "Paddys Ranges Maps". Cartography Community Mapping. Retrieved 21 July 2022.

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Marine national parks Bunurong Cape Howe Churchill Island Corner Inlet Discovery Bay French Island Ninety Mile Beach Point Addis Point Hicks Port Phillip Heads Twelve Apostles Wilsons Promontory Yaringa
National parks Alfred Alpine Barmah Baw Baw Brisbane Ranges Budj Bim Burrowa-Pine Mountain Chiltern-Mt Pilot Churchill Cobboboonee Coopracambra Croajingolong Dandenong Ranges Errinundra French Island Grampians Great Otway Greater Bendigo Gunbower Hattah-Kulkyne Heathcote-Graytown Kara Kara Kinglake Lake Eildon Lind Little Desert Lower Glenelg Lower Goulburn Mitchell River Mornington Peninsula Morwell Mount Buffalo Mount Richmond Murray-Sunset Organ Pipes Point Nepean Port Campbell Snowy River Tarra-Bulga Terrick Terrick The Lakes Warby-Ovens Wilsons Promontory Wyperfeld Yarra Ranges Former Bogong Bulga Captain James Cook Chiltern Box–Ironbark Cobberas–Tingaringy Dandenong Ferntree Gully Fraser Glenaladale Hattah Lakes Mallacoota Inlet Mount Eccles Otway Point Nepean (1988-1995) St Arnaud Range Tarra Valley Tingaringy Wingan Inlet Wonnangatta–Moroka
State parks Arthurs Seat Black Range Broken-Boosey Bunyip Cape Nelson Cathedral Range Dergholm Enfield Holey Plains Kooyoora Lake Tyers Langi Ghiran Leaghur Lerderderg Moondarra Mount Arapiles-Tooan Mount Buangor Mount Granya Mount Lawson Mount Napier Mount Samaria Mount Worth Paddys Ranges Reef Hills Warrandyte Werribee Gorge Former Angahook–Lorne Barmah Carlisle Chiltern Coopracambra Eildon French Island Kamarooka Kara Kara Melba Gully (Great Otway NP) Nepean Pink Lakes Terrick Terrick Wabonga Plateau Warby Range (Warby-Ovens NP) Whipstick
Marine and coastal parks Bay of Islands Bunurong Cape Conran Cape Liptrap Corner Inlet Discovery Bay Gippsland Lakes Nooramunga Shallow Inlet Wilsons Promontory Former Cape Schanck Point Cook
Marine sanctuaries Barwon Bluff Beware Reef Eagle Rock Jawbone Marengo Reefs Merri Mushroom Reef Point Cooke Point Danger Ricketts Point The Arches
Other parks Wilderness parks Avon Big Desert Wilderness Park Wabba Wilderness Park Heritage / Historic parks Beechworth Historic Park Castlemaine Diggings National Heritage Park Point Gellibrand Heritage Park Steiglitz Historic Park Wimmera River Heritage Area Park Woodlands Historic Park

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