Victoria's Great Outdoors

Better campgrounds, walking trails, 4WD tracks and visitor facilities for Victoria.

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Investing in our great outdoors

Victoria’s Great Outdoors is investing $106.6 million in better campgrounds, walking trails, 4WD tracks and visitor facilities in Victoria’s parks and state forests.

We want to make spending time in nature and experiencing the health and wellbeing benefits of getting outdoors easier for everyone.

We’re doing this by providing more opportunities to explore our parks and forests. This includes building new and upgrading campgrounds, trails, tracks and visitor facilities, halving the cost of camping in national parks and supporting employment and volunteer initiatives to protect our environment.

These projects will create jobs, boost regional tourism and support local economies while ensuring everyone can enjoy more of our great outdoors.

How we're investing

$12m
Cutting national park camp fees in half
$44.6m
Building new and upgraded campgrounds
$4.3m
Building new and upgraded walking trails
$10.5m
Improving 4WD tracks
$7.1m
Grants for camping and caravan parks
$4.5m
Supporting conservation and volunteer programs
$1.5m
Hiring seasonal rangers
$19.6m
Creating the new Yallock-Bulluk Marine Park
$1.5m
Designing the Sea to Summit trail

Find out more about our projects

Three people bushwalking in Beauchamp Falls in the Otways

Investing in walking trails

New routes, better accessibility and safer trails to improve your walking experience.

A campground in the desert

New and upgraded campgrounds

An investment of $44.6 million in new and upgraded campgrounds across Victoria

4WD driving through Barmah State Park

Improving 4WD tracks

We’re upgrading Victoria’s extensive 4WD track network

Photograph of bass coast with green cliffs and a sandy beach

The Yallock-Bulluk Marine and Coastal Park

A spectacular new marine and coastal park spanning 40km of the Bass Coast in Gippsland

An aerial view of waterfalls running between tall green trees.

Sea to Summit experience

An iconic nature walk experience to explore scenic East Gippsland

Two caravans set up in the bush

Camping and caravan grants

Grants to fund better facilities and visitor experiences at Crown land caravan parks and campgrounds across Victoria

A ranger on top of a mountain looking out at views of Victoria

Seasonal Rangers

Helping to protect and conserve our parks and forests

Volunteers working to clear a rural path

Volunteering in nature

Funding available to innovative projects which inspire more Victorians to volunteer

Working together

Victoria’s Great Outdoors is delivered in partnership with the Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action and Planning and Parks Victoria, and working closely with Traditional Owners, local communities and stakeholders from planning through to delivery.

Supporting regional tourism

The Victorian Government is helping communities get back on their feet following the 2019/20 bushfires, coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and recent storms and flooding.

By building and upgrading visitor facilities throughout regional Victoria we’re creating jobs and supporting the recovery of local communities, small business and regional tourism.

Investing in visitor infrastructure provides a much needed boost to regional tourism by offering more opportunities for people to visit regional areas and enjoy the outdoors.

Have your say

We're encouraging Victorians to share ideas and feedback on our projects. To have your say, visit Engage Victoria.