Altona Coastal Park

Mangroves on Kororoit Creek, with Port Phillip Bay in the distance.

Altona Coastal Park, a 70 hectares intertidal and salt marsh area located 11 km from Melbourne CBD in the western suburb of Altona, is an important recreational and nature conservation area, providing habitats for a large biodiversity of flora and fauna.[1] It is part of the Cheetham and Altona Important Bird Area.[2]

  1. ^ "Conservation Reserves". Hobsons Bay City Council. Archived from the original on 29 October 2007. Retrieved 10 May 2008.
  2. ^ "IBA: Cheetham and Altona". Birdata. Birds Australia. Archived from the original on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 15 June 2011.