Orbost and Cann River dingo predation management zone

Work plan 2026–27

Map of the Orbost and Cann River Dingo Predation Management Zone for 2026–2027

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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 Orbost and Cann River dingo predation management zone include:

  • Bendoc
  • Bete Bolong
  • Bete Bolong North
  • Brodribb River
  • Buldah
  • Cabbage Tree Creek
  • Cann River
  • Chandlers Creek
  • Club Terrace
  • Combienbar
  • Genoa
  • Gipsy Point
  • Jarrahmond
  • Mallacoota
  • Maramingo Creek
  • Newmerella
  • Noorinbee
  • Noorinbee North
  • Nurran
  • Orbost
  • Tamboon
  • Tonghi Creek
  • Wallagaraugh
  • Wangarabell
  • Wroxham
  • Yalmy.

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:

  • north-east and south-west of Cann River
  • west of Genoa.

The map shows within the Orbost and Cann River dingo predation management zone there is 186,160 hectares of public land, 97,139 hectares of land under the 3 km livestock protection buffer and 23,148 hectares of private land. There is one Vertebrate Species Management Officer and 26 km of targeted ground-baiting transects.

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: 30 Jul 2026