Appendix B - Arborist Report 22 August 2025 · OPW16/0303.02

Arboricultural Impact Assessment - Palm Lakes Resort Cooroy - Revision 1 - IAS17818 - 22 August 2025




Document Tracking & Information
 Project Name                  Arboricultural Impact Assessment

 Project Arborist              Tom Kennedy (AQF Level 5)

 Client                        Palm Lakes Resort Cooroy

 Address                       19 Trading Post Road, Cooroy QLD 4563

 IAS Reference                 IAS17818

 Prepared By                   Mick Maher (AQF Level 5)

 Checked By                    Roger Rankine (AQF Level 8)                Date        Tuesday, 16 September
                                                                                      2025

 Revision                      1

                               •    Diploma Arb. (AQF Level 5)             •     TRAQ (Qualified)
 Andrew Rankine                •    Arboriculture Australia Registered     •     ISA Certified Arborist & Municipal
 Director                           Professional Arborist                        Specialist AU-0269AM
                               •    QTRA (Qualified)                       •     QAA Qualified Member

                               •    Diploma Arb. (AQF Level 5)
                                                                           •     QTRA (Qualified)
 Roger Rankine                 •    Grad Cert Arb. (AQF Level 8)
                                                                           •     TRAQ (Qualified)
 Managing Director             •    ISA Board Certified Master Arborist
                                                                           •     QAA Qualified Member
                                    (QL-001A)

                               •    Diploma Arb. (AQF Level 5)             •     Cert III Conservation and Land
 Mick Maher                    •    TRAQ (Qualified)                             Management
 Business Manager              •    QTRA (Qualified)                       •     Cert II Horticulture (Turf Management)
                               •    Cert IV Project Management             •     QAA Qualified Member

                               •    Diploma Arb. (AQF Level 5)             •     TRAQ (Qualified)
 Stephen Catchpoole            •    Doctor of Philosophy in Forestry       •     Bachelor of Science Forestry
 Consulting Arborist                (PhD)                                  •     Bachelor of Science (Hons Botany)
                               •    QTRA (Qualified)                       •     QAA Qualified Member

 Sam Gilbey                    •    Diploma Arb. (AQF Level 5)             •     ISA Certified Arborist
 Consulting Arborist           •    TRAQ (Qualified)                       •     Bachelor of Science in Ecology and
                               •    QTRA (Qualified)                             Conservation Biology

                                                                           •     QAA Qualified Member
                               •    Diploma Arb. (AQF Level 5)
                                                                           •     QTRA (Qualified)
 Kieran Pentland               •    Grad Cert Arb. (AQF Level 8)
                                                                           •     TRAQ (Qualified)
 Consulting Arborist           •    MSc. Arb. & Urban Forestry (AQF
                                                                           •     Bachelor of Arts in Leisure Management
                                    Level 9)
                                                                           •     National Cert in Tree Management
                               •    ISA Board Certified Master Arborist
                                                                           •     National Cert in Horticulture
 Justin Darby                  •    Diploma Arb. (AQF Level 5)
                                                                           •     QTRA (Qualified)
 Consulting Arborist           •    Certificate III Arboriculture
                                                                           •     Certificate II in ESI
                               •    TRAQ (Qualified)
 Tom Kennedy
 Consulting Arborist           •    Certificate III Arboriculture          •     Diploma Arb. (AQF Level 5)

 Peter Sproule                                                             •     Bachelor of Design (Landscape
 CAD / GIS Drafting            •    Diploma Arb. (AQF Level 5)
                                                                                 Architecture)
                               •    VALID (Qualified)
 Specialist                                                                •     QAA Qualified Member

 Robert Stoop
 Trainee Consulting            •    Diploma Arb. (AQF Level 5) in
                                    progress
 Arborist



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