Warin wrote:But not conservation of weeds, feral animals?
Would it not be better to conserve what was here when the white man first arrived? Maintaining the Aborigines maintenance of the bush?
Absolutely, and that is supposed to the goal apart from some heritage items.
However, successive governments have ducked the problem of feral horses, and limited funding for weed and feral animal control. Instead, they preferred the limited funding provided to NPWS to be spent on recreational items like polished wood and stainless steel bridges across Polblue Swamp, to replace a perfectly functional bridge made from a fallen tree. This bridge would have cost maybe $100,000 while the place is swimming in so much Scotch Broom that you cannot get off the tracks.