Alfred National Park Alfred National Park The Alfred National Park is a national park located in the East Gippsland region of the Australian state of Victoria. The national park is situated approximately east of Melbourne and was declared in 1925. The park is dissected by the Princes Highway, between and . The park reserves examples of warm temperate rainforest, particularly the jungle of Mount Drummer. Compared to the tropical rainforests of Queensland and New South Wales, this is a floristically depauperate forest, representing as it does the southern limit of this flora. This region is biogeographically interesting as the meeting point between the
Great Forest National Park Park and existing state forests such as the Cathedral Range State Park and Toolangi State Forest. An opinion poll conducted in 2014 showed that 89% of Victorians support a national park in the proposed area. The proposal is also supported by 30 environmental and scientific groups, including the Royal Society of Victoria, Australian Conservation Foundation and The Wilderness Society. Prominent environmentalists supporting the park include David Attenborough, Jane Goodall, Tim Flannery and Bob Brown. Opponents of the park include the Victorian Association of Forest Industries, that opposes any extension to the state's national park system. The proposal was a key