UPDATED DA - Attachment 6 - Bushfire Management Plan

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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