Bushfire Hazard Statement

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       The Noosa Plan also maps this area as an Environmental Protection Area under the Biodiversity
        overlay.




Figure 3 – Noosa Plan - Bushfire Overlay Map

Bushfire Hazard Assessment

Methodology

       An assessment of the bushfire hazard was undertaken using a desktop review. Resources such as
        historic and current aerial photography, Google street view images, the Noosa Plan (2013) and the
        State Planning Policy (April 2016) Natural Hazards, Risks and Resilience Bushfire Hazard Mapping
        were used as part of the desktop analysis.
       A site inspection was undertaken to identify the status of vegetation within and around the site and to
        determine the likelihood of a bushfire on the site presenting risk to life and property.

Findings

       With respect to the existing vegetation on the subject site and to the east of the subject site, we
        observed the following: -
         Melaleuca quinquenervia, Eucalyptus microcorys, Eucalyptus robusta, Syncarpia glomulifera,
            Cinnamomum camphora (w), Lophostemon suaveolens, Livistona australis, Syzygium smithii,
            Endiandra sieberi, Acacia maidenii, Macaranga tanarius, Alphitonia excelsa, Allocasuarina littoralis,
            Elaeocarpus reticulatus, Melaleuca linariifolia, Syagrus romanzoffiana (w), Glochidion ferdinandi,
            Cryptocarya longifolia, Schefflera actinophylla (w), Senna pendula var. glabrata (w), Breynia
            oblongifolia, Hovea longifolia, Lantana camara (w), Cordyline rubra, Lophostemon polygalifolia,
            Nephrolepis cordifolia (w), Gleichenia dicarpa, Stephania japonica, Zieria sp. Smilax australis,
            Gahnia sieberiana, Blechnum indicum, and Sphagneticola trilobata (w).
         The eastern portion of the waterway corridor is entirely invaded by Sphagneticola trilobata across
            the width of the waterway (see Photographic Plate 7). This will have a significant effect on the
            ability of any fire commencing within the waterway corridor/Reserve