The Budj Bim landscape is a volcanic lava flow in the far southwest of Victoria with Lake Condah at its heart. Gunditjmara people have engineered Lake Condah and the waterways along the Budj Bim landscape to build the world’s oldest freshwater aquaculture systems that covers around 100 square kilometres.

Lake Condah is around 8,000 water bodies and was drained by government authorities in the 1950s. Lake Condah was restored in 2010 by an extensive engagement project lead by the Gunditjmara traditional owners of the site. 

The Lake Condah Budj Bim is part of Gunditjmara Country.

Gunditjmara have used the Lake Condah Budj Bim to farm eels and other fish for the past 8,000 years. This was done through traditional Gunditjmara methods of stone channels, wooden baskets and wood traps.

The Gunditjmara are represented by the Gunditj Mirring Traditional Owners Aboriginal Corporation; a Native Title prescribed body corporate and a Registered Aboriginal Party under the Aboriginal Heritage Act 2006 VIC.

Measuring approximately 2000 ha, the Doodle Cooma Swamp forms the southern boundary between the Murray and Murrumbidgee CMAs; and the northern boundary with Henty-Lockhart Road.

Of great geographical importance regharding prior occupation, the Doodle Cooma Swamp sits adjacent to Kengal Aboriginal Place and Livingstone National Park which contains Wiradjuri burial sites.

At its deepest, the Doodle Cooma Swamp reaches 2.2 metres.

Many of the original River Red Gums were removed to be used as railway sleepers for the nearby railway. However, much regenration has occurred over the last fifty years.

The Doodle Cooma Swamp is home to a range of flora, fauna and important sites including:

• a range of fish species
• yabbies
• lobsters
• turtles
• frogs
• thousand of scarred trees and OCHRE sites.
• many species of eucalyptus trees,
• acacias,
• casuarinas
• alloccasuarinas kurrajongs
• native grasses
• orchids
• wooly ragwort
• carpet snakes
• red-belly black snakes
• brown snakes
• goannas
• blue tougue lizards
• barking owls
• egrets
• superb parrots 
• pelicans
• cockatoos

The wetland are on the Country of the Walla Walla, Yerong and Waagan Waagan Clans, and the Wiradjuri Nation; of whom are represented by the Waagan Waagan Project Group.

Located north-east of Leeton, the Fivebough Wetlands is 400 ha site. The Fivebough Wetlands have been a designated as Ramsar wetlands since 2002 due to its international importance for water bird populations, particularly as a breeding ground for Black Swans.

Located north-west of Leeton, the Tuckerbil Wetlands is a 289 ha site that has also been designated as Ramsar wetlands since 2002 due to its international importance for water bird populations, particulalrly as a feeding ground for rare Brolgas.

Aside from birdlife, a diverse range of flora and fauna also make up the wetlands, including Cumbungi, Eastern Brown Snakes, Red Belly Black Snakes, and frogs.

These welands make up Wiradjuri Country.

The Wiradjuri Nation are represented by the Leeton and District Local Aboriginal Land Council, Murrumbidgee Traditional Custodians Group, and MLDRIN

Toogimbie IPA Wetlands encompasses approximately 1000ha floodplain and is situated on Nari Nari Nation Country.