Yaringa Marine National Park

Yaringa Marine National Park covers 980 ha between the mainland and Quail Island Nature Conservation Reserve, about 9 km south-west of Tooradin. The area comprises saltmarsh, mangroves, sheltered intertidal mudflats, subtidal soft sediments and tidal channels. Yaringa Marine National Park is quite isolated and only directly accessible by boat or from the township of Yaringa on the western shore of Western Port. Vegetation White Mangrove (Avicennia marina) The most developed and extensive Victorian mangrove populations occur in Westernport Bay. White mangroves, Avicennia marina subsp. Australasica, are the only mangroves that grow in Victoria and also grow in most other states except Tasmania. They are often quite stunted in size in Victoria compared with their tropical relatives and many appear as growing as trees or shrubs, up to 2.4 metre tall rather than true trees.