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Master Plan 2010 Mackay Regional Botanic Gardens Central Queensland Coast Bioregion landscape architects 2090303 June 2010 Master Plan 2010 Mackay Regional Botanic Gardens TABLE OF CONTENTS Glossary Acknowledgements pages SUMMARY 1.0.0 GENERAL ISSUES 1.1 1.1.0 Establishment Process 1.1 1.1.1 Site History 1.1 1.1.2 Site Selection Process 1.2 1.1.3 Available Data Review 1.2 1.2.0 Botanic Gardens Context 1.5 1.2.1 What is a Botanic Garden 1.5 1.2.2 Significance of the Mackay Regional Botanic Gardens 1.6 1.2.3 Development Objectives 1.7 1.2.4 Ownership, Tenure and Zoning 1.8 1.2.5 Open Space Linkages 1.8 1.2.6 Functions of a Botanic Garden 1.8 1.2.7 Benefits of a Botanic Garden 1.9 1.2.8 Network of Australian Regional Botanic Gardens 1.9 1.2.9 Visitation Statistics 1.10 1.3.0 Government Context 1.12 1.3.1 Australian Government 1.12 1.3.2 Queensland Government 1.12 1.4.0 Council Context 1.13 1.4.1 Mission Statement & Corporate Planning 1.13 1.4.2 Council Departments 1.13 1.4.3 Botanic Gardens - Initial Management & Staff 1.14 1.4.4 Botanic Gardens - Management Community Committees 1.15 1.4.5 Sister City Opportunities 1.17 1.4.6 Regional Council Logo, Coat of Arms and Floral Emblem 1.17 1.4.7 Regional Relationships 1.18 1.4.8 Mackay Tourism 1.18 1.4.9 Mackay Events 1.19 1.5.0 Academic Context 1.20 1.5.1 Tertiary Education Generally 1.20 1.5.2 Training and Special Schools 1.21 1.5.3 Education Programs at the Botanic Gardens 1.22 1.6.0 Corporate Context 1.23 1.6.1 Corporate Sponsorship 1.23 1.6.2 Corporate Research 1.24 1.7.0 Institutional Context 1.24 1.8.0 Community Context 1.25 1.8.1 Community Awareness 1.25 1.8.2 Community Information 1.25 1.8.3 Community Involvement 1.26 1.8.4 Community Benefits 1.27 1.8.5 Stakeholders 1.28 1.8.6 Relevant Community Groups 1.28 1.8.7 Mackay Botanic Gardens Friends 1.33 1.8.8 Community Consultation Process 1.35 1.8.9 Visitor Book Comments 1.41 1.9.0 Action Summary 1.42 LANDPLAN Landscape Architects page 0.1 Master Plan 2010 Mackay Regional Botanic Gardens 2.0.0 LAND USE AND INFRASTRUCTURE 2.1 2.1.0 Location and Site Description 2.1 2.1.1 Land Acquisition and Rationalization 2.1 2.2.0 Town Planning, Land Use and Tenure 2.2 2.2.1 Corporate Plan 2.2 2.2.2 Strategic Framework 2.3 2.2.3 Zoning Provisions 2.3 2.2.4 Tenure and Designation as a Botanic Garden 2.3 2.2.5 Native Title 2.3 2.3.0 Roads and Transport 2.4 2.3.1 Primary Road Network 2.4 2.3.2 Primary Site Access 2.5 2.3.3 Internal Access 2.6 2.3.4 Bikeway, Footpaths & Horse Trails 2.7 2.3.5 Public Transport 2.7 2.3.6 Railway Corridor 2.8 2.4.0 Services Availability, Suitability 2.9 2.4.1 Electricity Supply 2.9 2.4.2 Sewerage Supply 2.9 2.4.3 Water Supply 2.9 2.4.4 Stormwater and Drainage 2.10 2.4.5 Communications 2.11 2.5.0 Adjoining Land Uses 2.12 2.5.1 Mackay Water Treatment Plant 2.12 2.5.2 Residential and Industrial 2.14 2.5.3 Cane Farms 2.14 2.5.4 State Nursery / DPI Farm 2.14 2.5.5 Mackay Tourism Information Centre 2.14 2.5.6 Sugar Research Institute 2.15 2.5.7 Other Nearby Attractions 2.16 2.6.0 Action Summary 2.17 3.0.0 PHYSICAL CONDITIONS 3.1 3.1.0 Physiography 3.1 3.2.0 Topography 3.1 3.2.1 Slope Analysis 3.2 3.3.0 Hydrology 3.3 3.3.1 Existing Usage 3.4 3.3.2 Historical Flood Levels 3.4 3.3.3 Flood Velocities 3.5 3.3.4 Proposed Weir 3.5 3.3.5 Water Quality 3.6 3.3.6 Constructed Waterways 3.6 3.3.7 Stormwater Discharge 3.8 3.4.0 Site Character 3.8 3.4.1 Visual Context 3.8 3.4.2 Focal Points 3.9 3.5.0 Geology and Soils 3.11 3.5.1 Geology 3.11 3.5.2 Soil Mapping 3.11 3.5.3 Acid Sulphate Soils 3.11 3.6.0 Cultural Aspects 3.11 3.6.1 Aboriginal Heritage 3.11 3.6.2 European Heritage 3.12 page 0.2 MRBG Table of Contents.docx : 29/06/2010 Master Plan 2010 Mackay Regional Botanic Gardens 3.6.3 Maltese Heritage 3.13 3.6.4 Australian South Sea Islander Heritage 3.13 3.6.5 Torres Strait Islander Community 3.15 3.7.0 Existing Vegetation 3.16 3.7.1 Natural Remnants 3.16 3.7.2 Introduced Exotic Plantings 3.16 3.7.3 Phase One Botanic Gardens Plantings 3.17 3.8.0 Fauna 3.19 3.8.1 Avi Fauna 3.19 3.8.2 Snakes and Other Fauna 3.19 3.8.3 Wildlife Corridor Expansion 3.19 3.8.4 Wildlife Habitat – Lagoon and Wetlands 3.20 3.9.0 Climate and Microclimate 3.21 3.9.1 Regional Climate Data 3.21 3.9.2 Recent Climatic Events 3.22 3.9.3 Climate Change 3.23 3.9.4 MRBG & Climate Change 3.24 3.10.0 Structures and Artifacts 3.26 3.10.1 Original Site Elements - 2000 3.26 3.10.2 New Elements – stages one & two 3.29 3.11.0 Action Summary 3.32 4.0.0 MASTER PLANNING PROCESS 4.1 4.1.0 The Basis for the Gardens 4.1 4.1.1 Vision, Mission and Objectives 4.1 4.1.2 Principal Elements 4.1 4.1.3 Site Planning References 4.2 4.1.4 Development Sequence 4.4 4.2.0 Access and Circulation 4.5 4.2.1 Pedestrian Circulation 4.5 4.2.2 Vehicle Access to Site 4.9 4.3.0 Buildings and Structures 4.14 4.3.1 Eastern Precincts Specifically 4.14 4.3.2 Regional and Site Specific Design 4.14 4.3.3 Cremorne Visitor Centre 4.14 4.3.4 Operations, Maintenance and Nursery 4.18 4.3.5 Gatehouse Residence 4.18 4.3.6 Meadowlands Precinct 4.19 4.3.7 Australian South Sea Islander Centre 4.19 4.3.8 Water Treatment Complex 4.19 4.3.9 Public Toilets 4.19 4.4.0 Specialized Structures 4.20 4.4.1 Malta Garden 4.20 4.4.2 Outdoor Education 4.20 4.4.3 Forest Arbour 4.20 4.4.4 Torres Strait Islander Garden 4.20 4.4.5 Under the Banyan Play Garden 4.21 4.4.6 Intake Tower Lookout 4.22 4.4.7 Coastal Headlands Terraces 4.22 4.4.8 Sun and Rain Shelters 4.22 4.4.9 Boardwalks, Bridges and Canopy Walks 4.22 4.5.0 Other Elements 4.23 4.5.1 Nebo Road Precinct 4.23 4.5.2 Landscape Axes and Focal Points 4.23 4.5.3 Japan Garden 4.24 LANDPLAN Landscape Architects page 0.3 Master Plan 2010 Mackay Regional Botanic Gardens 4.5.4 Screens & Hedges 4.25 4.5.5 Eulamere Poles 4.25 4.5.6 Bird Observations 4.25 4.5.7 Cremorne Visitor Centre Linear Axis 4.26 4.5.8 Windmill 4.26 4.5.9 Ethno-botany Garden 4.26 4.5.10 Botanic Gardens Icon & Sign 4.26 4.5.11 Water Supply & Treatment Interpretation 4.26 4.5.12 Tropical Shade Garden 4.27 4.5.13 The Fernery 4.27 4.5.14 Tropical Sun Garden 4.27 4.6.0 Site Infrastructure and Facilities 4.28 4.6.1 Security 4.28 4.6.2 Services Infrastructure 4.28 4.6.3 Pavements and Surface Finish Treatments 4.29 4.6.4 Furniture 4.30 4.6.5 Signage 4.30 4.6.6 Special Event Facilities 4.31 4.6.7 Cultural Aspects 4.31 4.7.0 Management Generally 4.32 4.7.1 Incompatible Activities 4.33 4.7.2 Landscape Management & Maintenance 4.33 4.8.0 Eastern Precincts Consolidation 4.35 4.8.1 Additional Circulation 4.35 4.8.2 Infrastructure 4.36 4.8.3 Structures 4.36 4.8.4 Eulamere Lagoon 4.37 4.9.0 Meadowlands Development 4.38 4.9.1 Meadowlands Generally 4.38 4.9.2 Meadowlands Centre 4.41 4.9.3 Meadowlands Events 4.44 4.9.4 Meadowlands Focus 4.47 4.9.5 Meadowlands Housing 4.48 4.10.0 Action Summary 4.50 5.0.0 THE PLANT COLLECTION 5.1 5.1.0 Plant Collection Generally 5.1 5.1.1 Bioregional Subregions 5.1 5.1.2 Bioregional Ecosystems 5.2 5.2.0 Components and Themes 5.3 5.3.0 Annex Sites 5.4 5.3.1 Mackay City Sites 5.4 5.3.2 Mackay Region Sites 5.4 5.3.3 Relationships with other Botanic Gardens 5.5 5.4.0 Collection Records 5.5 5.4.1 Living Collection Records 5.5 5.4.2 Herbarium Records 5.5 5.5.0 Principal Plant Communities – CQC Bioregion 5.6 5.6.0 Plant Collection Strategy 5.10 5.6.1 Bioregional Plant Communities 5.10 5.6.2 Potential Collection Themes 5.11 5.7.0 Eastern Escarpment 5.15 5.7.1 Existing Plant Collection 5.15 5.7.2 Plant Collection Consolidation 5.15 page 0.4 MRBG Table of Contents.docx : 29/06/2010 Master Plan 2010 Mackay Regional Botanic Gardens 5.8.0 Meadowlands 5.17 5.8.1 Landform 5.17 5.8.2 Waterways 5.18 5.8.3 Plant Massing 5.20 5.8.4 Open Lawns 5.21 5.8.5 Plant Collection 5.21 5.8.6 Vegetation Planning 5.23 5.9.0 Interpretation of the Collection 5.27 5.9.1 Main Components of an Interpretive Plan 5.27 5.9.2 Aims and Objectives 5.27 5.9.3 Interpretative / Educational Themes 5.28 5.10.0 Action Summary 5.29 6.0.0 IMPLEMENTATION 6.1 6.1.0 Cost Estimates 6.1 6.1.1 Basis of Estimate 6.1 6.1.2 Economic Evaluation 6.1 6.1.3 Estimated Development Costs 6.1 6.1.4 Other Associated Costs 6.2 6.1.5 Development Plan to 2019 / 2020 6.3 6.1.6 Action Plan 6.4 6.1.7 Initial Planning & Budgets 6.4 6.1.8 Focus Dates 6.4 6.1.9 Development Assistance 6.4 6.2.0 Detail Planning and Design Development 6.5 6.3.0 Management and Operation 6.6 6.3.1 Botanic Gardens Relationships 6.8 6.4.0 Action Summary 6.9 APPENDIX A Drawings Figure 3.01 Site Reference Zones 3.02 Topography & Slopes 3.03 Hydrology 3.04 Visual Context 3.05 Existing Vegetation (2000) 3.06 Existing Services (2000) 3.07 Original Site Elements (2000) 3.08 New Site Elements – stages one & two 4.01 Pedestrian Circulation – Primary 4.02 Vehicle Circulation – Maintenance 4.03 Visual Context 4.04 Consolidation – Stages one & two 4.05 Cremorne Visitor Centre – Education & Visitor Reference Centre 4.06 Meadowlands – Concept Planning 4.07 Meadowlands – Circulation & Vegetation Massing 4.08 Meadowlands Centre – Indicative Structures and Landscape 4.09 Meadowlands – Outdoor Performance Centre & Events Field 4.10 Meadowlands Focus – Water Terraces & Lookout 5.01 Meadowlands – Landform & Waterways 5.02 Meadowlands – Plant Communities & Lawns DD01-05 Design Development of Master Plan 2000 (July 2001) B Other Data Development Cost Estimate Spreadsheet CQC Bioregion – Schedule of Regional Ecosystems LANDPLAN Landscape Architects page 0.5 Master Plan 2010 Mackay Regional Botanic Gardens GLOSSARY TERMS EXPLANATION topographic reference to the primary physical topographic divisions of the MRBG area site: Eastern Escarpment (South Escarpment;
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