Sealed Judgement

swales and sandy coastal creek levees.
(BVG1M: 22a).

The Qld Fire and Emergency Service
(QFES) - Redi-Portal, Vegetation Hazard
Class mapping maps the Vegetation Hazard
Class (VHC) over the development area as
VHC 22.1 - Melaleuca open forests on
seasonally inundated lowland coastal
swamps.

VHC 22.1 is attributed with a surface fuel
load of 23.4t/ha and a total fuel load of
28.4t/ha.

It is noted that while the vegetation is
mapped as remnant vegetation the
understorey within this patch has been
significantly disturbed and is now dominated
by a range of pest plant and environmental
weed species significantly altering the
potential flammability of the groundcover
and understorey vegetation and potentially
removing it from being effectively described
as the Vegetation Hazard Class 22.1.

It is noted the Regulated Vegetation
Management Area mapping maps the
vegetation to the north of the development
site mostly as non-remnant vegetation.

This area is a mix of wetland dominated by
Typha orientalis and other areas dominated
by Gahnia sieberiana, ferns and sedges
which are consistent with the Regional
Ecosystem 12.2.15 - Closed sedgeland in
coastal swamps and associated water
bodies. Characteristic species include
Gahnia sieberiana, Empodisma minus,
Gleichenia spp., Blechnum indicum,
Lepironia articulata, Baumea spp., Juncus
spp., and Eleocharis spp. Occurs on
Quaternary coastal dunes and beaches.
Low part of coastal landscape where water
collects from both overland flow and
infiltration from adjoining sand dunes.
(BVG1M: 34c).

Small to very small patches of regrowth
Melaleuca quinquenervia and Eucalyptus
robusta, with Macaranga tanarius and
Acacia spp. also exist in this area but do not
form patches large enough that they would
have a significant on bushfire behaviour in
terms of fireline intensity or rate of spread.

Bushfire Hazard Mapping

State Planning Policy Natural
Hazards, Risk and Resilience

The State Planning Policy Natural Hazards,
Risk and Resilience, Bushfire hazard
mapping maps a polygon of High Potential
bushfire hazard class over the site, adjacent
vegetation within the Weyba Creek
waterway corridor and a patch of vegetation
to the south of Noosa Drive.

A review of the Noosa Plan Bushfire Hazard
Overlay Map indicates that this mapping is
the same as the SPP bushfire hazard
mapping and as such any comment made
below about the mapping can be taken to
apply to both the Noosa Plan and the State
Planning Policy in terms of ground truthing
and compliance with State’s Assessment
benchmarks and the Noosa Plan’s Bushfire
Hazard Overlay Code.

It is noted that much of the area to the north
within the Reserve areas and immediately
adjacent to the Resort area is not mapped
as a bushfire hazard area with the
exception of a polygon covering an area of
approximately 0.64 hectares.

Findings from site
investigations

Based on the site inspection and desktop
analysis the following findings were made: -

The patch of vegetation to the south of
Noosa Drive -

 

RFA18-048 — 22 - RACV Noosa Resort — Eco-Cabins - Bushfire Hazard Assessment and Mitigation Plan

Rob Friend & Associates Pty Ltd

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