2017-06-06 - P&E Agenda Attachment 1 to Item 6 Draft Alignment Amendments Part 1 (Pages 1-907)

                       v.    flat or undulating lowlands associated with Kin Kin Creek and Lake
                             Cootharaba which dominate the eastern parts of the locality;




                                                                                                                                 Including amendments 3 July 2017
                                                                                                                The Noosa Plan
                       vi.   fertile soils of the valley floor in the west and central parts of the locality;

                   vii.      areas within and west of the Sandy Creek catchment which are generally of
                             higher fertility;

                   viii.     higher land in the south-western parts of the locality used for agriculture
                             including grazing and some tree and small cropping; and

                       ix.   land suitable for agriculture or forestry uses which have been a significant
                             part of the local economy and character.

       i)    The broad range of natural habitats are well conserved and managed, including -

                   i.        mangrove and saline communities adjacent to Cooloothin Creek and the
                             brackish waters of Lake Cootharaba and lower reaches of Kin Kin Creek;

                   ii.       paperbark communities, which were once much more extensive, indicative
                             of high water tables and sensitivity to nutrients;

                  iii.       remnants of the Kin Kin scrubs, a rainforest variant of environmental and
                             cultural significance, along the catchment of Kin Kin Creek and its tributaries;
                             and

               iv.           stands of eucalypts representative of the original forests that covered much
                             of the locality and beyond.

j)   Particular values of the landform and landscape are protected including—

              i.             the Cooloola section of Great Sandy National Park;

             ii.             Woondum and Toolara State Forests;

            iii.             Cooloothin Conservation Park;

            iv.              Ringtail State Forest;

             v.              Lake Cootharaba, Cooloothin Creek, Kin Kin Creek and its many tributaries;

            vi.              riparian vegetation, remnant areas of rainforest, melaleuca wetlands and
                             eucalypt forests; and

            vii.             vegetation linkages to Gympie Region and beyond;

h)k) The natural environmental and cultural heritage values of the locality are well conserved
      and well managed, including—

                   i         Cooloola section of Great Sandy National Park, Cooloothin Conservation
                             Park, Mill Point, Borg Park, the Kin Kin Junction Arboretum and Wahpunga
                             School Park;

             ii              the riparian zones of the Noosa River, Cooloothin Creek, Kin Kin Creek, its
                             many tributaries and other watercourses;

             iii             Lake Cootharaba and its riparian zones;

             iv              Woondum, Toolara and Ringtail State Forests;

             v               the Kin Kin Memorial School of Arts, Country Life Hotel, St Luke’s Church,
                             Kin Kin Junction Uniting Church, Kin Kin State School, Kin Kin Masonic
                             Lodge, Former Kin Kin Post Office, Kin Kin General Store, Former Kin Kin
                             Junction State School (sportsground clubhouse), Former ES & A Bank and



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