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        3.7.        STATE GOVERNMENT PLANNING AND ENVIRONMENTAL VALUES
                    State government planning and environmental values were reviewed as part of the datasets presented in
                    Appendices D and E (Matters of State Environmental Significance). One area of regulated vegetation
                    (Category R – GBR riverine regrowth) is present over the north of the site as shown on Figure 6 below.




                    Figure 6 MSES Map


        3.8.        CLIMATE
                    There is no Australian Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) weather station for Cooroy, with Wikipedia
                    (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunshine_Coast,_Queensland#Climate) noting the broader climate of the
                    Sunshine Coast being a humid subtropical climate typical of South Queensland. Summers are generally
                    hot (low 40so C) but moderated compared to areas on similar latitudes elsewhere, although Cooroy may
                    be expected to be slightly hotter on average due to the inland location. Winters retain warm days but have
                    cooler nights, with Cooroy expected to have an increased, although rare, chance of overnight freezing
                    temperatures and frosts when compared to the coastal strip.
                    The annual average rainfall is around 1,500mm with a distinct wet season during the months of
                    December through April with monthly rainfall averages greater than 100 mm, and a distinct dry season
                    between the months May through November with less than 100 mm mean monthly rainfall between these
                    months.


        3.9.        ACID SULFATE SOILS
                    Based on mapping from the Queensland Department of Natural Resources, Mines and Energy (as shown
                    on Figure 7 over page and Appendix D (pages 40 and 41) the site is classified as having an extremely
                    low (1-5%) probability of having Acid Sulfate Soils (ASS). Approximately 700m to the east there is an
                    area of lower topography that has an increased (6-70%) chance of ASS occurring.


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