Attachment 7C - Flora and Fauna Survey Assessment_Noosa Landfill - Revision 3

                                                                                                                                                              Native Foresters




  WAY       LAT        LONG       LOCATION              SURFACE WATER          VEGETATION          AQUATIC          WATER               pH    SALINITY   TANNIN-       NOTES ON
  POINT     (Decimal   (Decimal                                                                    FAUNA            QUALITY                   (ppt)      STAINING      HYDROLOGY
            degrees)   degrees)                                                                                     OBSERVATIONS                         (mg/L
                                                                                                                                                         tannic acid
                                                                                                                                                         equiv.)
     2026   -26.4403   153.0332   Remnant/regrowt       Shallow ponding        M. quinquenervia                     Water clear with    NA    NA         NA            Water possibly
                                  h vegetation east     water amidst           woodland with                        orange sludge                                      originating from
                                  of tip, at southern   sedges and             sedges and                           iron-oxidizing                                     extensive subterranean
                                  end of Impact         Parsonsia.             extensive growth                     bacteria                                           movement of surface
                                  Area; within                                 of Parsonsia.                                                                           runoff from drainage line
                                  Parsonsia                                                                                                                            on eastern boundary.
                                  infestation.                                                                                                                         Presence of iron-
                                                                                                                                                                       oxidising bacteria
                                                                                                                                                                       suggests possible
                                                                                                                                                                       elevated iron (FeII)
                                                                                                                                                                       levels in emerging
                                                                                                                                                                       groundwater and/or
                                                                                                                                                                       more anoxic ground
                                                                                                                                                                       water.

     2027   -26.4404   153.0326   Eastern boundary      Rocky drainage line    Various             Late-stage       Water clear with    7.3   NA         NA            Drainage line containing
                                  of tip, at southern   carrying runoff from   herbaceous          Cane toad        light tannin-                                      surface runoff from tip.
                                  end of Impact         tip to discharge       weeds and exotic    tadpoles.        staining
                                  Area.                 point along eastern    grasses.            Numerous
                                                        boundary.                                  recently-
                                                                                                   metamorphos
                                                                                                   ed toads on
                                                                                                   vehicle track.
     2028   -26.4421   153.0339   Remnant/regrowt       Shallow water along    Allocasuarina                        Water slightly      7.2   NA         NA            Drainage line carrying
                                  h vegetation east     narrow drainage        littoralis                           turbid with light                                  surface runoff from
                                  of tip, at far        line.                  woodland                             tannin-staining                                    further upslope.
                                  southern end of                              adjoining remnant
                                  Impact Area.                                 E. racemosa open
                                                                               forest.




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