Reference Document - Bushfire Management Plan - 132005.638.04

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                 There are two constructed fire trails which           A waterway also has it headwaters within the
                 are maintained which provides access from             western portion of the lot and this flows to
                 Hollett Road into the larger western portion          the north into Weyba Creek to the north of
                 of the site.                                          the Land fill property.

                 The central portion has a fire trail which is         No other significant landscape feature exists
                 accessed from the northern portion of                 within the property.
                 Tidswell Road and the central portion of this
                 part also from Tidswell Road.                         Vegetation
                 An earthen fire trail is also located in the          The State Government’s Regulated
                 central portion of the western area also with         Vegetation Management Area mapping
                 access from Tidswell Road via a locked gate           maps much of the land as Category B
                 which traverses this area to another locked           regulated vegetation or remnant vegetation
                 gate of Eumarella Road adjacent to a                  with the following Regional Ecosystem (see
                 firebreak behind the residential properties on        Figure 7);
                 Paradise Drive, Weyba Downs.
                                                                          12.3.5 –Melaleuca quinquenervia open
                 The firebreak traverses the entire length of              forest to woodland. Understorey depends
                 the interface with the residential lots off               upon duration of water logging; sedges
                 Paradise Drive, Weyba Downs.                              and ferns, especially Blechnum indicum,
                                                                           in wetter microhabitats and grasses and
                 The other infrastructure that is located within           shrubs in drier microhabitats. Ground
                 the land fill property is the Noosa RSPCA                 layer species include the grasses Leersia
                 animal refuge on the corner of Eumundi –                  hexandra and Imperata cylindrica, the
                 Noosa Road and Hollett Road.                              sedges/rushes, Machaerina rubiginosa,
                                                                           Gahnia sieberiana, Lepironia articulata,
                 While this facility is located on the land it is          Schoenus brevifolius and Schoenus
                 not managed by the Noosa land fill facility               scabripes and the fern Lygodium
                 and as such no bushfire mitigation                        microphyllum. Other tree species that
                 specifications have been made with respect                may be present as scattered individuals
                 to that facility.                                         or clumps include Lophostemon
                                                                           suaveolens, Eucalyptus robusta, E.
                 It was noted however that a 6 to 10 metres                tereticornis, E. bancroftii, E. latisinensis,
                 wide area around the security fence around                Corymbia intermedia, Melaleuca salicina,
                 the Animal Refuge is maintained.
                                                                           Livistona australis, Casuarina glauca,
                                                                           Endiandra sieberi. Melastoma
                 Landform                                                  malabathricum subsp. malabathricum,
                                                                           Glochidion sumatranum and Melicope
                 The local landscape outside of the land fill              elleryana are often in understorey.
                 area, is generally flat, that is less than 5              Occurs on Quaternary alluvium in coastal
                 degrees of slope (see Figure 5 & 6).                      areas. Palustrine. (BVG1M: 22a).

                                                                           Fire management guidelines - SEASON:
                 However, there are a series of three low rises
                                                                           Late summer to mid-winter (after rain).
                 in the north-eastern portion of the lot with
                 highest point at 20 metres AHD with two low               INTENSITY: Planned and occasional
                 ridges descending to the north-west and east              unplanned burns (typically of higher
                 from the high point. The two other high                   intensity) influence the ecology of
                 points are on the descending ridges.                      melaleuca ecosystems.
                           RFA24-059 – Noosa Land Fill and Waste Management Facility – Bushfire Management Plan

                 Rob Friend & Associates Pty Ltd                                                    10th of October 2024

Document Set ID: 23617065
Version: 1, Version Date: 05/03/2025