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THE SITE

SITE DESCRIPTION k

The Noosa North Shore Eco-Tourism Portal site has an area of 71.17 hectares
and is described as Lot 7 on RP844337 Parish of Laguna, County of March (see
Figure 3.1A: Title Plan and Figure 3.1B: Contour Plan on following pages). It is
located approximately 2.5km north of Noosa River at the intersection of
Maximillian Road and Beach Road and is situated directly south of the Noosa
North Shore Retreat. The site is bounded by Maximillian Road to the west,
Beach Road to the north, the Great Sandy National Park to the east and to the
south by unconstructed and unnamed road reserve as well as unallocated
State land under Noosa Council control. There is. vehicular access to the site
from Beach Road and Maximillian Road.

LAND USES

Historic aerial photographs indicate that the site was cleared and used as a
dairy farm and for cattle grazing. In more recent times, horses and camels
have grazed the site, however regrowth of vegetation has occurred over
substantial areas.

The site is in the same ownership as the Noosa North Shore Retreat, a visitor
complex located opposite on the northern side of Beach Read, which
comprises a hotel, accommodation, shop, caravan park and campground and
offers a range of tourist services. The site of the Noosa North Shore Eco-
Tourism Portal is currently used in conjunction with the Noosa North Shore
Retreat for tourist activities including camel safaris, horse riding and bush
walking, Itis also used for grazing of horses, cattle and camels.

Petrac has entered into a contract to purchase the Noosa North Shore Retreat
with the intent of developing both sites in a complementary manner. Petrac
currently intends to refurbish and upgrade the Noosa North Shore Retreat
over time in parallel with the development of the Noosa North Shore Eco-
Tourism Portal. :

TOPOGRAPHY, GEOLOGY AND SOILS

The topography of the site is undulating, varying between 2 and 28m above
sea level. There is a fall of between 9 and 13 metres from the western
(Maximillian Road) boundary to the heathland /sedgeland areas located to the
north of the centre of the site. A ridge line runs from the southern central area
of the site in a north east direction to the site boundary.

 

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