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Landscape and Visual Assessment Report SEPTEMBER 2003

 

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Fraser Island. The views experienced along these vehicular road corridors are
restricted and generally local comprising of densely vegetated roadside edges of
varying vegetation character.

LANDSCAPE CHARACTER

A range of different visual experience can be gained from various vantage points
within and surrounding the Noosa North Shore area which is indicative of the
variable Jandscape character elements.

Landform and waier are the dominant contrasting elements that define specific
landscape character throughout the area. When juxtaposed with the specific
vegetation communities that correspond to particular landform, and past land
clearing, quite clear delineation of landscape character types can be identified. As
built form is not commonly associated with the North Shore landscape the dominant
and most identifiable built character is the Noosa North Shore Retreat.

The dominant landscape character types can be described as:

® Riverine landscape
Elevated woodland
Regenerating landscape
Low lying heathiand
Lake edge

Melaleuca woodland
Built resort

Camping grounds

Open space,

3.0 LANDSCAPE AND VISUAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT

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SITE ANALYSIS

(Refer to Figure 3 - Site Analysis Plan)

The subject 71.17 ha site, is located on the southem side of Beach Road opposite
the Noosa North Shore Retreat some 400m from Teewah Beach to the east.

The site is defined by two ridgelines, the highest point being 28m above sea level,
forming a drainage basin to the northwest which collects in a low lying pocket of the
site that extends across Beach Road through the adjacent resort and eventually to
Lake Cooroibah. The eastern side of the ridgeline falls towards neighbouring low
lying heath and sedgeland and the neighbouring Great Sandy National Park.

The site is largely covered with eucalypt dominated forest and woodlands. However
pockets of other vegetation communities occur throughout the site, as determined by

 

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TERRAIN CONSULTANTS