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3) Site characteristics

3.1 Site location

The proposed development site is tocated
at 314 Cooroy Mountain Road, Mt. Cooroy,
Queensland. The site is properly described
as Lot 2 on SP143409, Parish of Tewantin,

3.2 Geology

A review of the Queensland Department of
Mines and Energy 1:100,000 Gympie Special
Sheet? geology map indicates that the
elevated sections of the site are underlain
by Tertiary Rhyolite formations while the
lower portions of the site surrounding
waterways are located over early to middle
Triassic Arenite, Argillite and Phyllite of the
Kin Kin Beds formation.

3.3 Soil classification

While no on-site soil studies have been
undertaken by Gilbert & Sutherland as part
of this assessment, the above geology is
known to give rise to a number of soil
types?

Soils based ‘on Tertiary Rhyolite formations
are generally acidic in nature ane produce
Tenosols, Sodosols and Kurosols.

Kin Kin bed derived soils tend not to be as
acidic and have been found to produce red
and yellow Chromosols and Tenosols.

A detailed soil survey and permeability
testing would be undertaken as part of the
detailed assessment at Operational Works
application stage.

3.4 Topography and drainage

Elevation at the site ranges from
approximately RL105 metres along the
central waterway to greater than RL140
metres in the steeper south-eastern and
eastern portion of the site. The slopes are

2 Queensland Department of Mines and Energy, 1999,
Gympie Special Sheet, 1:100,000 geology map,
Queensland Government, Brisbane,

4 Shields, P., 1995, Geology and Seils‘af Noosa Shire,
Noosa Shire Planning Scheme Review, Noosa Shire
Council, Tewantin, Queensland.

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GILBERT+SUTHERLAND,

typically ‘very gently inclined’ (<3%} to
‘moderately inclined’ (>20%).*

Runoff from the site flows towards a small
un-named waterway flowing across the
site. This waterway flows from the south-
west corner of the site toward the narth-
east and eventually onto Lake McDonald.

A number of small dams are located on-site
which serve to provide water for grazing
stock and capture site run-off for irrigation
of landscaped areas.

3.5 Vegetation

With the exception of the relatively smali
The majarity of the site is cleared and
covered by pasture grasses for cattle
grazing purposes. The bottling facility site
was also previously cleared and planted to
pasture for this purpose. .

A significant area of mature trees and other
planted vegetation is located to the east of
the bottling facility and incorporates the
eastern drainage line, with scattered
riparian vegetation (both pre-existing and
planted) occupying the banks of the main
tributary to the west of the bottling facility
and towards the northern boundary. This
vegetation is currently mapped as regrowth
area under the Queensland Regional
Ecosystem (RE) classification,

Further dense vegetation exists on the
eastern boundary which is mapped as
dominant "Of Concern” and remnant “Not
of Concern” under the Queensland
Regional Ecosystem (RE) classification.

* McDonald, RC, Isbell, RF, Speight, JG, Walker, J and
Hopkins, MS 1990, Austratian Soff and Land Survey
Field Handbook, Australian Soil and Land Survey
Handbooks, 2nd edn, vol 1, Inkata Press, Melbourne.

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