Appendix G- Environmental Noise Assessment · MCU23/0078

6.5          Outdoor Entertainment Area Noise Emissions
The proposed outdoor entertainment area is intended to operate on an infrequent basis and therefore has
been assessed separately to the noise sources associated with daily operation. The events will likely be
events associated with the onsite retail, dining and entertainment, and are not going to be loud rock
concerts or dance music DJs etc.

The entertainment area may include noise emissions from patrons and amplified sound/music. A noise
assessment in SoundPLAN v9.0 was conducted for a typical event based on the following parameters:

•    For Day and Evening operation (7am – 10pm), 2 speakers both operating at a maximum Sound Pressure
     Level of 100dB(A) @1m.

•    For Night Time operation (10pm – 2am), 2 speakers both operating at a maximum Sound Pressure Level
     of 90dB(A) @1m.

•    Four crowds of 75 patrons per crowd (300 patrons total).

     -    Outdoor crowd noise level predictions was calculated with the Hayne et al 2011 Crowd Prediction
          Noise method.

•    Assumed crowd and speaker source heights of 1.5m

•    Noise source locations are shown in Figure 7

     -    1: Speaker

     -    2: Crowd of 75 people.
Figure 7: Noise Source Locations – Outdoor Entertainment Area




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Site: Eenie Creek Road, Noosaville                                                                      26
Reference: 22BRA0078 R01_2