Gembrook, Noojee and Erica dingo predation management zone

Work plan 2025–26

Gembrook Noojee Erica DPMZ

Gembrook, Noojee and Erica dingo predation management zone work plan document and map [PDF File - 1.4 MB]

Legend

A polygon with an inward fading blue highlight around its border.Dingo Predation Management Zone (DPMZ)

2025-2026 Dingo Predation Management

A dark purple line with rounded ends with a dark outline.Targeted Ground Baiting. May also be trapped in response to dingo incident reports

A light pink line with rounded ends with a dark outline.May be trapped in response to dingo incident reports

A polygon with a green border and evenly separated vertical and horizontal gray lines.Off track ground baiting and trapping area

A polygon with a green border and evenly separated, x-shaped, diagonal gray lines.Off track trapping area

Community Vertebrate Species Control (CVSC)

A polygon with an inward fading brown highlight around its border.CVSP group

A black solid line with evenly recurring short lines coming off at a 90 degree angle.Dingo exclusion fence

Public Land

A polygon in light green, similar to a soft pastel shade.Park and reserve

A light yellow polygon.State forest

A polygon in a medium-tone green.Plantation

A light gray polygon.Other public land

A polygon with evenly spaced diagonal light blue and white stripes.Port and coastal facility

A polygon with light blue, similar to a soft pastel shade.Marine park or reserve

A polygon in a medium-tone blue.Water body

A polygon with evenly spaced criss-crossing diagonal orange lines.3km Livestock Protection Buffer (LPB)

Details

Localities within the Gembrook, Noojee and Erica dingo predation management zone include:

  • Aberfeldy
  • Ada
  • Amor
  • Avonsleigh
  • Badger Creek
  • Baw Baw
  • Beenak
  • Big Pats Creek
  • Boola
  • Buln Buln East
  • Cambarville
  • Caringal
  • Cockatoo
  • Coldstream
  • Coopers Creek
  • Don Valley
  • East Warburton
  • Erica
  • Fernshaw
  • Fumina
  • Fumina South
  • Garfield North
  • Gembrook
  • Gentle Annie
  • Gilderoy
  • Gladysdale
  • Glengarry
  • Glengarry North
  • Glengarry West
  • Gruyere
  • Healesville
  • Hill End
  • Hoddles Creek
  • Icy Creek
  • Jacob Creek
  • Jericho
  • Jindivick
  • Labertouche
  • Launching Place
  • Loch Valley
  • Maryknoll
  • Marysville
  • McMahons Creek
  • Millgrove
  • Moondarra
  • Mount Burnett
  • Mount Toolebewong
  • Nangana
  • Nar Nar Goon North
  • Narbethong
  • Nayook
  • Neerim
  • Neerim East
  • Neerim Junction
  • Neerim North
  • Neerim South
  • Noojee
  • Pakenham Upper
  • Piedmont
  • Powelltown
  • Rawson
  • Reefton
  • Seville
  • Seville East
  • Shady Creek
  • Tanjil
  • Tanjil Bren
  • Tanjil South
  • Thalloo
  • Thomson (Mount Baw Baw)
  • Three Bridges
  • Tonimbuk
  • Toolangi
  • Toombon
  • Toongabbie
  • Toorongo
  • Trafalgar
  • Tyers
  • Tynong North
  • Vesper
  • Walhalla
  • Warburton
  • Wesburn
  • Willow Grove
  • Woori Yallock
  • Yallourn North
  • Yarra Junction
  • Yellingbo

Trapping activities in response to dingo related incident reports can be undertaken on the majority of tracks on public land within 3 km of the private land and public land interface surrounding the above mentioned localities.

Targeted ground-baiting transects are located on public land:

  • east of Gembrook
  • north and north-east of Tonimbuk
  • east of Willow Grove
  • south-west of Erica
  • west of Toongabbie

The map shows within the Gembrook, Noojee and Erica dingo predation management zone there is 287,020 hectares of public land, 155,024 hectares of land under the 3 km livestock protection buffer and 89,717 hectares of private land. There is one Vertebrate Species Management Officer and 66 km of targeted ground-baiting transects.

The map should be read in conjunction with the accompanying Gembrook, Noojee and Erica dingo predation management zone plan.

If you would like to receive this information in an accessible format, please phone 136 186, email customer.service@deeca.vic.gov.au, or via the Access Hub.

Page last updated: 03 Dec 2025