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Tamborine Guanaba Conservation Reserves Management Plan November 2011 Tamborine Guanaba Conservation Reserves Management Plan Gold Coast City Council Natural Areas Management Unit November 2011 © Gold Coast City Council, November 2011 Copyright protects this publication. Except for purposes permitted by the Copyright Act 1968, no part may be reproduced by any means without the prior written permission of the Gold Coast City Council. 1 Acknowledgements This plan has been developed with the support and assistance of staff in Council’s Natural Areas Management Unit. Council officers from the following departments also provided help: Environmental Planning and Conservation Unit, Parks and Recreational Services, Catchment Management, Pest Management, Animal Management, City Property, Engineering Services, the Office of City Architect and Heritage, and Legal Services. The Queensland Fire and Rescue Service has also provided valuable input. 2 Table of contents 1 Introduction .......................................................................................................................10 1.1 Management vision ....................................................................................................10 1.2 Plan development and implementation ....................................................................10 1.2.1 Methodology and overview................................................................................10 1.2.2 Implementation ..................................................................................................11 2 Background .......................................................................................................................12 2.1 Location of the management cluster and planning area ........................................12 2.2 Regional context.........................................................................................................18 2.3 Significance of the planning area .............................................................................18 2.3.1 Natural values....................................................................................................18 2.3.1.1 Geology ....................................................................................................18 2.3.1.2 Catchment ................................................................................................19 2.3.1.3 Flora..........................................................................................................20 2.3.1.4 Fauna........................................................................................................26 2.3.2 Landscape values..............................................................................................30 2.3.3 Cultural heritage values.....................................................................................31 2.3.3.1 Aboriginal..................................................................................................31 2.3.3.2 European ..................................................................................................32 2.3.4 Recreation values..............................................................................................32 2.3.5 Scientific and education values .........................................................................33 2.3.6 Social and economic values ..............................................................................33 2.4 Climate change ...........................................................................................................33 3 Management framework ...................................................................................................36 3.1 Legislative and policy framework .............................................................................36 3.1.1 Bold Future Vision and GCCC Corporate Plan 2009 - 2014 .............................36 3.1.2 Gold Coast Open Space Preservation Levy Acquisition Program.....................36 3.1.3 Gold Coast Planning Scheme and other GCCC policies and guidelines ..........37 3.1.3.1 Domains and Local Area Plans ................................................................37 3.1.3.2 Planning Strategy .....................................................................................37 3.1.3.3 Priority Infrastructure Plan ........................................................................38 3.1.3.4 The Gold Coast City Nature Conservation Strategy 2009-2019...............39 3.1.3.5 Other GCCC policies and guidelines........................................................40 3.1.4 Strategies for South East Queensland ..............................................................40 3.1.4.1 The South East Queensland Regional Plan 2009 - 2031.........................40 3.1.4.2 The Nature Conservation (Koala) Conservation Plan 2006 and Management Program 2006 – 2016 and State Planning Policy 2/10 May 2010 ..41 3.1.4.3 The South East Queensland Natural Resource Management Plan 2009 - 2031......................................................................................................................41 3.1.4.4 Regional Nature Conservation Strategy for South East Queensland 2003 – 2008 and other SEQ Strategies and Plans........................................................42 3.1.5 State land held under trusteeship......................................................................42 3.1.6 Building Nature’s Resilience – A Draft Biodiversity Strategy for Queensland ...43 3.1.7 Other relevant legislation...................................................................................43 3 4 Management strategies for Tamborine Guanaba Conservation Reserves..................46 4.1 Landscape protection ................................................................................................46 4.1.1 Current management situation ..........................................................................46 4.1.2 Desired outcomes..............................................................................................47 4.1.3 Management strategy........................................................................................47 4.1.3.1 Guidelines.................................................................................................47 4.1.3.2 Actions......................................................................................................48 4.1.4 Key monitoring priorities ....................................................................................48 4.2 Catchment management ............................................................................................48 4.2.1 Current management situation ..........................................................................48 4.2.2 Desired outcomes..............................................................................................50 4.2.3 Management strategy........................................................................................50 4.2.3.1 Guidelines.................................................................................................50 4.2.3.2 Actions......................................................................................................51 4.2.4 Key monitoring priorities ....................................................................................52 4.3 Native flora ..................................................................................................................52 4.3.1 Current management situation ..........................................................................52 4.3.2 Desired outcomes..............................................................................................53 4.3.3 Management strategy........................................................................................54 4.3.3.1 Guidelines.................................................................................................54 4.3.3.2 Actions......................................................................................................55 4.3.4 Key monitoring priorities ....................................................................................55 4.4 Native fauna ................................................................................................................55 4.4.1 Current management situation ..........................................................................55 4.4.2 Desired outcomes..............................................................................................56 4.4.3 Management strategy........................................................................................56 4.4.3.1 Guidelines.................................................................................................56 4.4.3.2 Actions......................................................................................................57 4.4.4 Key monitoring priorities ....................................................................................58 4.5 Bushfire .......................................................................................................................58 4.5.1 Current management situation ..........................................................................58 4.5.2 Desired outcomes..............................................................................................60 4.5.3 Management strategy........................................................................................60 4.5.3.1 Guidelines.................................................................................................60