ATTCH 2 - IR Response - Ecological and Bushfire IR Response (Cardno)

                                                                                          Bushfire Management Plan
                                                                              Lot 71 on MCH 2854, Castaways Beach



The Site is partially cleared and supports two existing dwellings and associated infrastructure, which have
been present on the Site since the late 1980s, a period of approximately 30 years, as is evident from the
historical aerial photography presented in Figure 3.




 Figure 3 Historical aerial photograph of the Site (Ref: QAP4912, circa 1990)

There is no physical evidence of bushfire having occurred within or immediately adjacent to the Site in recent
years. Whilst there are some indications of past fire (i.e. fire scarring on older trees) within the Site and
adjoining coastal dunes, those fires are likely to have predated the use of the Site for residential purposes in
the late 1980s and the subsequent development of adjacent land to the west for residential purposes in the
mid to late 1990s.
The Site is located approximately 100m westward from the active beach zone (i.e. Castaways Beach) and the
intervening land supports a relatively narrow (~ 100m wide) coastal dune system that supports patches of
weed dominated coastal woodland-low open forest and large areas dominated by low growing grass, vine and
herbaceous species.

WE17035 | 13 November 2017
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