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Parks Australia leads successful voyages to Ashmore Reef Marine Park

A group of 11 people standing on a beach with white sand, in front of a green shrub. There are dried, switsty brushy plants in the foreground and pale blue ocean in the background
Field team at Ashmore Reef on the October 2025 voyage
Monday 27 July 2026

Parks Australia has led two successful voyages in October 2025 and June 2026 to Ashmore Reef Marine Park, bringing together staff and researchers from Parks Australia, the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry’s Northern Australia Quarantine Strategy (NAQS), CSIRO, and a specialist in invasive ant management.

A view from the sky of West Island at Ashmore Reef. The island is small with no trees, and a long thin beach running around its permiter. There are a few darker coloured plants growing close to the beach.
Aerial shot of West Island, Ashmore Reef
Dozens of Brown Boody birds on the beach, with young white-feathered chicks sitting down amongst them. The ocean is visible in the background.
Brown booby colony nesting on Middle Island
4 large green greenwaste bags on a beach in front of a dozen white greenwaste bags, some of which are in a metal trolley with black wheels. The ocean is visible in the background.
Buffel grass removed from West Island, ready to be disposed of through the management burn
A top-down look at a Dugong swimming through the blue ocean at Ashmore Reef.
Dugong sighted at Ashmore Reef using a drone
A group of 11 people standing on a beach with white sand, in front of a green shrub. There are dried, switsty brushy plants in the foreground and pale blue ocean in the background.
Field team at Ashmore Reef on the October 2025 voyage