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e 1992: A revised DCP was prepared and exhibited. This plan essentially
proposed that the Noosa North Shore be retained as a wilderness area
with a single significant visitor node centred.on Noosa North Shore
Retreat and the Noosa North Shore Eco-Tourism Portal site. The visitor
node was designed to cater for the needs of users on the North Shore, but
maintain the integrity of the area’s wilderness feel. The single significant
node recognised that absolute limits. were necessary due to the pressures
that were being generated;

e 1995: Noosa North Shore DCP gazetted;

e 1997: Second Strategic Plan gazetted, reinforcing the findings of the Noosa
North Shore DCP, including the retention of a visitor node over the subject
site and the Noosa North Shore Retreat.

TELLING THE NOOSA NORTH SHORE STORY

A key element of the Noosa North Shore Eco-Tourism Portal is the
establishment of an interpretive site. Currently there is little on the Noosa
North Shore for visitors explaining the history, the sensitivities and the battles
that have been fought over it. Building on the importance of the Noosa North
Shore as a cultural icon for residents and visitors, the interpretive site will
comprise a centre and a substantial area of land that is availabie for
interpretation and education of the visitors to the North Shore. Desirably, a
trail system will link to other parts of the North Shore, for instance to. Council
holdings north and south of the site, supplementing the interpretive values of
the area.

The exact nature and content of the interpretive facilities may be regarded as a
work-in-progress. Petrac is committed to engaging with the community to
collect and reflect the North Shore’s history. To this end, a working group of
community representatives with a variety of backgrounds has been
established to advance this process. The working group has indicated support
for the following preliminary ideas.

The Noosa North Shore Interpretive Site is intended to chronicle the seven
histories of the Noosa North Shore by:

® _ ...teHing the story of the forming of the Noosa North Shore, its geological
history, its relationship to the Noosa River and lake system, its
relationship to the pattern of littoral drift and its relationship to the Noosa
headland;

e  ...telling the story of the environmental vaiues and sensitivity of the
Noosa North Shore, its wilderness values, its significant flora and fauna,
its sensitivity to human impact;

2 ,..telling the story of the indigenous history and values of the Noosa
North Shore;

 

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