A day in the life of a ranger

Australia has more than 500 national parks covering 28 million hectares - almost 4% of the country.
Protecting and maintaining these treasures falls to our park rangers, who undertake a multifaceted role that includes protecting biodiversity, managing visitors and maintaining facilities and paths.
Guardian Australia heads to Victoria's Grampians national park to follow ranger Connor Smith around for a day and where we learn there's more to being a park ranger than meets the eye
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