Slope Stability Report · EXE22/0013

4.0 Overview
4.1      Regional Setting and Site Description
The site under review is identified as being an established residential type allotment 556 square
metres in overall area, regionally located approximately 9.5 kilometres North of Mount Coolum and
approximately 0.5 kilometres West of the coast. The property is positioned within an established
suburb and is bounded by similar, established residential type properties. Vegetation consists of
grass, gardens and trees. The natural unaltered slope is assessed as being moderate with a general
cross fall sloping roughly from South to North

The general topography comprises of the undulating, rounded sand hills and ridges bounded by low
lying coastal swamps and flats.




                Fig. 1 – Topography Map, Qld Globe – Queensland State Government.

4.2      Regional Geology
Reference to the Department of Natural Resources, Mines and Energy electronic series indicates
that the site is located near the geological boundary between the following units :

      1. Qhd/2‐SEQ of the Holocene age comprising of quartz sand; Holocene blowout dunes.
      2. Qpt‐QLD of the Pleistocene age comprising of sandy mud, muddy sand, minor gravel;
         estuarine deposits.
      3. Qhb‐SEQ of the Holocene age comprising of quartz sand; Holocene beach deposits.




         Fig. 2 ‐ Regional Geology ‐ Department of Natural Resources, Mines and Energy, QLD State Government.