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3.5.3

Site Analysis

-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 landform. Low lying catchments are drained through
melaleuca woodlands into heath and sedgelands. Melaleuca woodlands occur
in four locations on the site

Vegetation to the centre of the site remains relatively intact, however
vegetation on the eastern hillside has been partially cleared and has been
damaged by horse and camel grazing. Stock grazing has also occurred on a
pocket of land on the western edge of the site.

Visibility and Character —

The subject land is largely of a natural vegetated character apari. from a small
pocket to the east alongside Beach Road where the camel riding operations are
run and grazing paddocks are located.

The visual catchment of the land is evident from a number of surrounding
locations. Views from Lake Cooroibah and Lake Cootharaba all coniain the
elevated tree canopy of the land within panoramic views of the North Shore
landscape. However due to the distance of these locations and insignificant
elevation, identification of the actual subject land is difficult to establish.
Views from elevated locations such as Noosa Hill contain the vegetated
landscape in which the subject site exists however the landform associated
with the site is less cbvious.

Limited views into the site exist at a local level along Maximillian Road to the
west and Beach Road to the north. These views are generally of a filtered
nature through existing vegetation and are most prominent where grazing has
occurred at the eastern and western frontages of the site. Defined landscape
edges in the form of dense roadside vegetation and roadside cuttings limit
views into the site at a number of locations along these vehicular corridors.

Potential Landscape and Visual Impacts of Development

Development is proposed over two main areas with a large proportion of the
site to remain untouched in a Central Conservation Precinct to regenerate or
be revegetated to its natural state.

Development of the site as proposed will see the removal of the camels and
associated infrastructure located at the north-eastern corner of the site. As this

 

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