Appendix 3 – Maps Part 5

LEGEND LGAs Study area FAIRFIELD LGA ¹ 8.12a 8.12b

8.12c 8.12d

BANKSTOWN LGA

8.12e 8.12f 8.12i

ROCKDALE LGA

HURSTVILLE LGA 8.12v 8.12g 8.12h 8.12j 8.12k LIVERPOOL LGA

NORTH BOTANY BAY CITY OF KOGARAH

8.12n 8.12o 8.12l 8.12m

8.12r 8.12s

8.12p 8.12q

SUTHERLAND SHIRE

8.12t 8.12u

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Data Source - Vegetation: The Native Vegetation of the Sydney Metropolitan Catchment LOCATION I:Projects\3001765 - Georges River Estuary Process Management Authority Area (Draft) (2009). NSW Department of Environment, Climate Change PROJECT NO. 3001765 PROJECT TITLE Georges River Estuary Process Study CREATED BY C. Thompson Study\009 DATA\GIS\ArcView Files\Working files and Water. Hurstville, NSW Australia. LEGEND Weed Hotspot Priority Areas Study Area LGAs Riparian Vegetation & EEC (Moderate Priority) Riparian Vegetation & EEC (High Priority) ¹ Seagrass (High Priority) Saltmarsh (High Priority) Estuarine Reedland (Moderate Priority) Mangrove (Moderate Priority) Swamp Oak (Moderate Priority) Mooring Areas River Area Reserves

River Access Cherrybrook Park Area could be used for educational purposes due to high public usage of the wharf and boat launch facilities. Educate on responsible use of watercraft, value of estuarine and foreshore vegetation and causes and outcomes of foreshore FAIRFIELD LGA erosion.

River Flat Eucalypt Forest Cabramatta Creek (Liverpool LGA) - WEED HOT SPOT Dominated by Balloon Vine (Cardiospermum grandiflorum) and River Flat Eucalypt Forest Wild Tobacco Bush (Solanum mauritianum). Recommend detailed Chipping Norton Islands condition assessment to guide future management actions. Current condition is good with few weeds present. Integrated weed control program including neighbouring council. Monitoring of the level of weeds is recommended Weed species recorded on Fairfield Council side include and prompt removal when weeds are detected. Small-leaved Privet (Ligustrum sinense), Rambling Dock (Acetosa

sagittata) and Lantana (Lantana camara). !

Chipping Norton Lake (N)

River Flat Eucalypt Forest Warwick Farm Racecourse - WEED HOT SPOT Dominated by Lantana (Lantana camara) and Balloon Vine (Cardiospermum grandiflorum). Recommend a detailed condition assessment to guide future management actions. ! Discuss revegetation work options with Warwick Farm Racecourse and seek their active LIVERPOOL LGA involvement in the process. Investigate incorporating foreshore revegetation in future bank stability works along this area.

Warwick Farm Racecourse

Data Source - Vegetation: The Native Vegetation of the Sydney Metropolitan Catchment PROJECT NO. 3001765 PROJECT TITLE Georges River Estuary Process Study CREATED BY L. Abbott LOCATION I:Projects\3001765 - Georges River Estuary Process Management Authority Area (Draft) (2009). NSW Department of Environment, Climate Change Study\009 DATA\GIS\ArcView Files\Working files and Water. Hurstville, NSW Australia. LEGEND Weed Hotspot Priority Areas Study Area LGAs ¹ EEC & Vegetation (Moderate Priority) EEC & Vegetation (High Priority) Seagrass (High Priority) Renmant EEC Saltmarsh (High Priority) Private Property Inform land owners about the value of retaining and Estuarine Reedland (Moderate Priority) promoting native vegetation, including the benefits Mangrove (Moderate Priority) of foreshore vegetation for bank stabilisation. Provide information about weed removal and Swamp Oak (Moderate Priority) revegetation methods and suitable species. Mooring Areas River Area

! Reserves River Flat Eucalypt Forest Mirambeen Regional Park - WEED HOT SPOT Dominated by Lantana (Lantana camara), Balloon Vine (Cardiospermumgrandiflorum) and Morning Glory (Ipomoea indica). River Flat Eucalypt Forest Recommended detailed condition assessment to guide future Chipping Norton Islands management actions. Utilise bush regeneration best practice

Conservation Volunteers are currently undertaking guidelines to improve vegetation condition. Area should be a focus weed removal and revegetation of some islands to ! for local bush regeneration groups. provide habitat and refugia for native fauna. Monitoring of future weed levels and native vegetation condition is recommended with prompt action for removal required.

! BANKSTOWN LGA FAIRFIELD LGA Swamp Oak Floodplain Forest Liverpool Golf Club LIVERPOOL LGA Inform property owner of the importance of EEC and investigate potential for conservation

agreement.

! !

Swamp Oak Floodplain Forest Mirambeen Regional Park Liverpool Golf Club

Rubbish Hotspot Detailed condition assessment is recommended Regular removal and monitoring ! to guide future management actions. of rubbish along foreshore and Utilise bush regeneration best practice guidelines to in riparian vegetation. improve vegetation condition.

Floyd Bay

Prospect Creek

General Management Recommendations for Mangroves New seawalls to be environmentally friendly. Educate private land owners on the environmental benefits Dhurawal Bay of installing these types of walls and provide details of the planning process for installation.

Seagrass (High Priority) Warwick Farm Racecourse Saltmarsh (High Priority) Estuarine Reedland (Moderate Priority) Mangrove (Moderate Priority) ! Foreshore Vegetation Angle Park Swamp Oak (Moderate Priority) River Flat Eucalypt Forest Recommended weed removal of Lantana (Lantana camara) Warwick Farm Racecourse - WEED HOT SPOT Mooring Areas and other weeds to reduce spread of these species along Dominated by Lantana (Lantana camara) and Balloon Vine (Cardiospermum grandiflorum). River Area the foreshore. Recommend a detailed condition assessment to guide future management actions. Reserves Utilise bush regeneration best practice guidelines to improve vegetation condition. Discuss revegetation work options with Warwick Farm Racecourse and seek their active

involvement in the process. !

River Flat Eucalypt Forest Foreshore Vegetation Private property - WEED HOT SPOT Private Land Owners along the eastern foreshore. Dominated by Lantana (Lantana camara). Inform private landowners about the value of native RiverRemnant Flat EECEucalypt Forest Inform property owner of the importance of EEC and vegetation including benefits of bank stabilisation. Chipping Norton Lake South Islands-Islands - WEED HOT SPOT investigate potential for conservation agreement. Provide information and suggestions on weed removal Remnant EEC dominated by Lantana (Lantana camara). and revegetation methods and species.

ReccomendRecommend weed weed removal removal and and regeneration regeneration of of the the islands. islands. Possible area for Conservation Volunteers or Local Bush ! regeneration group to undertake regeneration works.

LIVERPOOL LGA !

Liverpool STP River Flat Eucalypt Forest Private property - WEED HOT SPOT Dominated by vines and Lantana (Lantana camara). Inform property owner of the importance of EEC and

investigate potential for conservation agreement. ! Black-chinned Honeyeater and Little Lorikeet

Ground truth threatened fauna species habitat. ! ! If habitat occurs, investigate condition and

health and monitor and manage as required.

! !

! ! Chipping Norton Lake (S)

Swamp Oak Floodplain Forest Thomas Moore Park Detailed condition assessment to guide future management actions. Utilise bush regeneration best practice guidelines to

! improve vegetation condition. River Flat Eucalypt Forest Lake Moore Wetlands Haigh Park - WEED HOT SPOT Dominated by grass species and Lantana (Lantana camara). ! Rubbish Hot Spot Recommend detailed condition assessment to be undertaken Regular removal and monitoring to guide future management actions. Utilise bush regeneration of rubbish along the foreshore and best practice guidelines to improve vegetation condition. Area ! throughout the foreshore vegetation. should be a focus for local bush regeneration groups.

River Flat Eucalypt Forest McMillan Park - WEED HOT SPOT Swamp Oak Floodplain Forest Dominated by Lantana (Lantana camara) and Lake Moore Wetlands/McMillan Park - WEED HOT SPOT Balloon Vine (Cardiospermum grandiflorum). Dominated by Lantana (Lantana camara) and Morning Glory (Ipomoea indica). Recommend detailed condition assessment to guide future Recommend detailed condition assessment to guide future management actions. management actions. Utilise bush regeneration best practice Utilise bush regeneration best practice guidelines to improve vegetation condition. guidelines to improve vegetation condition. Area should be Area should be a priority for local bush regeneration groups. a priority for local bush regeneration groups.

River Flat Eucalypt Forest Private Property Inform property owner of the importance of EEC and investigate potential for conservation ! Riverwood Golf Club agreement.

LIVERPOOL LGA Bankstown Airport BANKSTOWN LGA

Seagrass Mapped as a small area of seagrass. This is unlikely to be a viable area for future expansion of the bed. future expansion of the bed. !

General Management Recommendations for Mangroves New seawalls to be environmentally friendly. Educate private land owners on the environmental Bankstown Golf Club benefits of installing these types of walls and provide details of the planning process for installation.

General Management Recommendations for Mangroves New seawalls to be environmentally friendly. Swamp Oak Floodplain Forest Educate private land owners on the environmental benefits Riverlands Golf Course of installing these types of walls and provide details of the Inform property owner of the importance of EEC

planning process for installation. and investigate potential for conservation agreement. !

BANKSTOWN LGA River Flat Eucalypt Forest Deepwater Regional Park New Brighton Golf Club Detailed condition assessment is recommended to guide future management actions. Utilise bush regeneration best practice guidelines to improve vegetation condition.

LIVERPOOL LGA Acacia pubescens Ground truth threatened flora species record within Deepwater Regional Park. If species and/or habitat occurs, investigate condition and health and monitor and manage in consultation with DECCW. Follow guidelines in recovery plan for Acacia pubescens. Swamp Oak Floodplain Forest LT Cantello Reserve/Williams Creek

Detailed condition assessment is recommended to guide ! future management actions; Utilise bush regeneration best practice guidelines to improve vegetation condition. Square-tailed Kite ! Ground truth threatened fauna species breeding habitat within Deepwater Regional Park. If habitat occurs, investigate condition and health and monitor and manage as required. ! Green and Golden Bell Frog Ground truth threatened fauna species habitat. If habitat occurs, investigate condition and health

and monitor and manage in consultation with DECCW. ! River Flat Eucalypt Forest ! Lt Cantello Reserve Detailed condition assessment recommended to guide ! future management actions. Utilise bush regeneration best practice guidelines to improve vegetation condition. ! Seagrass Monitor sediment build up at the mouth of the creek River Flat Eucalypt Forest ! and associated seagrass expansion or contraction in size. Harris Creek - WEED HOT SPOT Management options such as dredging may need to be Species include Fennel (Foeniculum vulgare), Madeira Vine (Anredera cordifolia), considered if sediment is restricting flow of the creek. Mickey Mouse Plant (Ochna serrulata), Small-leaved Privet (Ligustrum sinense), Balloon Vine (Cardiospermum grandiflorum) and Kikuyu grass (Pennisetum clandestinum). ! Williams Creek Detailed condition assessment recommended to guide future management actions. River Flat Eucalypt Forest Utilise bush regeneration best practice guidelines to improve vegetation condition. Private Property Possible area for Conservation Volunteers or Local Bush Regeneration group to undertake

Inform property owner of the importance of EEC regeneration works. ! and investigate potential for conservation agreement.

BANKSTOWN LGA

Swamp Oak Floodplain Forest Kelso Park Detailed condition assessment is recommended to guide future management actions. Utilise bush regeneration best practice guidelines

to improve vegetation condition. !

Rubbish Hot Spot Kelso Park ! Regular removal and monitoring of rubbish along the foreshore and Acacia pubescens throughout the foreshore vegetation,

Ground truth threatened flora species record within particularly after heavy rainfall. ! Kelso Park. If species and/or habitat occurs, investigate condition and health and monitor and manage as required. Follow guidelines in recovery plan for Acacia pubescens.

Sydney Freshwater Wetlands ! Kelso Park Detailed condition assessment is recommended to guide future management actions. Utilise bush regeneration best practice guidelines to improve vegetation condition.

LIVERPOOL LGA

Mickey Mouse Plant (Ochna serrulata), Small-leaved Privet (Ligustrum sinense), Riparian Vegetation & EEC (High Priority) ! Balloon Vine (Cardiospermum grandiflorum) and Kikuyu grass (Pennisetum clandestinum). River Flat Eucalypt Forest Sydney Freshwater Wetlands ¹ Private Property Seagrass (High Priority) Detailed condition assessment recommended to guide future management actions. Private Property Inform property owner of the importance of Saltmarsh (High Priority) Utilise bush regeneration best practice guidelines to improve existing vegetation condition. Inform property owner of the importance of EEC EEC and investigate potential for conservation Estuarine Reedland (Moderate Priority) and investigate potential for conservation agreement. agreement. Mangrove (Moderate Priority) ! ! Swamp Oak (Moderate Priority) Koala Mooring Areas Ground truth threatened fauna species habitat. PersooniaPersooniaPersoonia nutans nutansnutans River Area If habitat occurs, investigate condition and health ContactContact landland owners/managerowners/manager toto discussdiscuss thethe potentialpotential Reserves and monitor and manage in consultation with DECCW.

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conservationconservationconservation agreements agreementsagreements where wherewhere appropriate. appropriate.appropriate. Stormwater Effects on Riparian Vegetation ! STP

Large catchment draining into Williams Creek. ! Landuses of the upper catchment, including the ! STP, should be appropriately managed to protect water quality and riparian habitat. Appropriate stormwater management and water quality testing ! is recommended, particularly after heavy rain. BANKSTOWN LGA

River Flat Eucalypt Forest Private Property Inform property owner of the importance of EEC and investigate potential for conservation agreement.

Persoonia nutans Private Property Contact land manager to discuss the potential to ground truth threatened flora record. Investigate ! potential for conservation agreement.

LIVERPOOL LGA

EEC ! Private Property Inform property owner of the importance of EEC and investigate potential for conservation agreement aimed at regenerating understorey.

Data Source - Vegetation: The Native Vegetation of the Sydney Metropolitan Catchment PROJECT NO. 3001765 PROJECT TITLE Georges River Estuary Process Study CREATED BY C. Thompson LOCATION I:Projects\3001765 - Georges River Estuary Process Management Authority Area (Draft) (2009). NSW Department of Environment, Climate Change Study\009 DATA\GIS\ArcView Files\Working files and Water. Hurstville, NSW Australia. LEGEND EEC Weed Hotspot Priority Areas Private Property Inform property owner of the importance of EEC and investigate Study Area potential for conservation agreement aimed at regenerating understorey. Swamp Oak Floodplain Forest LGAs Monash Reserve ¹ Riparian Vegetation & EEC (Moderate Priority) Detailed condition assessment to guide future management actions.

! Utilise bush regeneration best practice guidelines to improve vegetation condition. Riparian Vegetation & EEC (High Priority) Seagrass (High Priority) Saltmarsh (High Priority) Estuarine Reedland (Moderate Priority) EEC Pleasure Point Reserve Mangrove (Moderate Priority)

! Regenerate understorey with River Flat Gahnia filum Swamp Oak (Moderate Priority) ! Eucalypt Forest EEC species. Verify records. Install signs and protective fencing if in an area frequented by the public. Monitor health of the population. Mooring Areas River Area Reserves

Persoonia nutans ! Pterostylis saxicola Contact land manager to discuss the potential Ground truth threatened flora species record within to ground truth threatened flora record. Lambeth Reserve. If species and/or habitat determined to be present investigate condition, monitor and manage as required.

General Management Recommendations for Mangroves New seawalls to be environmentally friendly. Educate private Swamp Oak Floodplain Forest land owners on the environmental benefits of installing Lambeth Reserve these types of walls. Detailed condition assessment to guide future management Coastal Saltmarsh actions. Utilise bush regeneration best practice guidelines to Monitoring of this site to ensure improve vegetation condition. integrity of the vegetation community BANKSTOWN LGA and maintaining its good condition. River Flat Eucalypt Forest

! Alan Ashton Foreshore Reserve Create linkage along foreshore and to Georges River

! National Park. Plant understorey species. Utilise bush ! regeneration best practice guidelines to improve vegetation

! condition.

Sydney Freshwater Wetlands Deadmans Creek Deadmans Creek Powerful Owl Detailed condition assessment to guide future management Georges River National Park actions. Utilise bush regeneration best practice guidelines to Ground truth threatened fauna species habitat. If habitat improve vegetation condition. occurs, investigate condition and health and monitor and manage as required. LIVERPOOL LGA ! Sydney Freshwater Wetlands Yeramba Lagoon River Flat Eucalypt Forest Yeramba Lagoon Deadmans Creek Detailed condition assessment to guide future management actions. Detailed condition assessment to guide future management Utilise bush regeneration best practice guidelines to improve actions. Utilise bush regeneration best practice guidelines to vegetation condition. improve vegetation condition. ! Black-chinned Honeyeater Georges River National Park Swamp Sclerophyll Forest on Coastal Floodplains Ground truth threatened fauna species habitat. Deadmans Creek If habitat occurs, investigate condition and health Detailed condition assessment to guide future management and monitor and manage in consultation with DECCW. Transgrid Substation

actions. Utilise bush regeneration best practice guidelines to ! ! improve vegetation condition.

Powerful Owl

! Georges River National Park River Flat Eucalypt Forest ! Ground truth threatened fauna species habitat. If habitat

occurs, investigate condition and health and monitor Deadmans Creek ! Detailed condition assessment recommended to guide future and manage as required. management actions. Utilise bush regeneration best practice ! guidelines to improve vegetation condition. Georges R. Nat. Park Pest Species

! Georges River National Park ! Continue pest management program.

! !

Koala Holsworthy Military Base/Private Propertyproperty ! Contact land manager/owner to discuss thethe potentialpotential toto groundground truthtruth threatenedthreatened SUTHERLAND SHIRE ! faunafauna habitat.habitat. InvestigateInvestigate conservationconservation agreements if valuable habitat is present. Coastal Saltmarsh Pest Species Seagrass Management of 4WD access to the site and revegetation of saltmarsh species by NPWS. Georges River National Park Monitor sediment deposition at the mouth of the creeks and Construct fencing and educational signage to deter 4WD damage and trampling. Continue pest management program. associated seagrass expansion or contraction in size. Weed removal.

Data Source - Vegetation: The Native Vegetation of the Sydney Metropolitan Catchment PROJECT NO. 3001765 PROJECT TITLE Georges River Estuary Process Study CREATED BY L. Abbott LOCATION I:Projects\3001765 - Georges River Estuary Process Management Authority Area (Draft) (2009). NSW Department of Environment, Climate Change Study\009 DATA\GIS\ArcView Files\Working files and Water. Hurstville, NSW Australia. LEGEND Weed Hotspot Priority Areas Acacia pubescens Study Area Ground truth threatened flora species record within LGAs upper reaches of Salt Pan Creek on western bank. Riparian Vegetation & EEC (Moderate Priority) If species and/or habitat occurs, investigate condition and health and monitor and manage as required. Saltmarsh ¹ Riparian Vegetation & EEC (High Priority) Saltmarsh has been replanted in this area. Monitoring the Seagrass (High Priority) amount of rubbish and weeds present in this area is recommended along with the rate of landward migration of mangroves. !

Saltmarsh (High Priority) Management actions should be coordinated between Bankstown Estuarine Reedland (Moderate Priority) ! and Canterbury Councils. Swamp Oak Floodplain Forest Mangrove (Moderate Priority) Upper Salt Pan Creek Swamp Oak (Moderate Priority) Detailed condition assessment is recommended to guide Mooring Areas future management actions. Utilise bush regeneration best practice guidelines to improve vegetation condition. Integrated weed River Area control program including neighbouring properties and councils. Cooks River/Castlereagh Ironbark Forest Reserves ! Undertake bushland regeneration activities within remnant Cooks River/Castlereagh ! Ironbark Forest as detailed in Salt Pan Creek Corridor Masterplan Report. Vegetation

height to be considered when in close proximity to overhead powerlines. ! Engage fauna consultant to locate and install nest boxes and create artificial habitat Estuarine Vegetation for fauna species including frogs and reptiles Upper Salt Pan Creek Maintenance of existing public recreation areas including boardwalks and educational signage.

Fauna Habitat Creation Weed Hot Spot Habitat creation strategy in Stuart Street Reserve ! Salt Pan Creek as recommended in Salt Pan Creek Corridor Masterplan GRCCC to liaise with Canterbury LGA and inform them of the high degree of disturbance in this area Report. ! and recommend the utilisation of bush regeneration best practice guidelines to improve vegetation condition. Weed species recorded include Fennel (Foeniculum vulgare), Dandelion (Taraxacum officinale),

Castor Oil Plant (Ricinus communis), Lamb's Tongues (Plantago lanceolata) and Green Cestrum (Cestrum parqui). Grey-headed Flying-fox ! Upper Salt Pan Creek Ground truth threatened fauna species habitat. If habitat occurs, investigate condition and health and monitor and manage in consultation with DECCW. Gahnia filum and Wilsonia backhousei Verify records. Install signs and protective fencing if in an area frequented by the public. Monitor health of the population and manage in consultation with DECCW.

BANKSTOWN LGA ! ! Swamp Oak Floodplain Forest Rubbish Hotspot Riverwood Park Western foreshore from the railway overbridge Threatened Species: Salt Pan Creek Detailed condition assessment recommended to Salt Pan Creek Corridor Masterplan Report identifies terrestrial fauna species to top of the creek. Removal of large rubbish guide future management action. Utilise bush items such as tyres and parts of cars. Regular that occur, or are likely to occur, in the vicinity of Salt Pan Creek, including regeneration best practice guidelines to improve Regent Honeyeater Xanthomyza phrygia, Bush Stone Curlew Buirhinus grallanus, removal and monitoring of rubbish throughout vegetation condition. Grey Goshawk Accipter novaeholliandiae, Crested Tern Platycercus bergii, Great Egret this area, particularly after heavy rain. Ardea alba, White Bellied Sea Eagle Haliaeetus leucogaster. Ground truth threatened fauna species habitat - If habitat occurs, investigate condition and health and monitor and manage as required.

Acacia prominens Ground truth threatened flora species record within middle reaches of Salt Pan Creek on western bank. If species and/or habitat occurs, investigate condition and health and monitor and manage HURSTVILLE LGA as required. ! Mangroves Salt Pan Creek- Private land owners on both western

Sydney Freshwater Wetlands ! and eastern side of the creek where illegal pruning is evident. Salt Pan Creek Education program with landowners about illegal Detailed condition assessment recommended to guide future ! estuarine pruning. More strict enforcement of fines for management actions. Utilise bush regeneration best practice illegal clearing of estuarine vegetation is recommended. guidelines to improve vegetation condition. !

Fauna Habitat Creation Habitat creation strategy in Cutting Reserve as recommended in Salt Pan Creek Corridor Masterplan Report. Engage fauna

consultant to locate and install nest boxes and continue bush regeneration within Cutting Reserve and along pathway through ! Public Education Salt Pan Reserve as recommended in Salt Pan Creek Corridor Area could be used for educational purposes Masterplan Report. due to public usage of the boat launch facilitiies. This area has been lanscaped but the addition of Grey-headed Flying-fox and Powerful Owl Recommended to ground truth threatened fauna species habitat. informative signage on responsible use Mangroves are known habitat for Grey-headed Flying-fox. Hinterland of watercraft, value of estuarine and foreshore Sandstone Gully Blackbutt-Apple Forest is potential roosting vegetation and causes and outcomes of foreshore habitat for Powerful Owl. If habitat occurs, investigate condition erosion is recommended. and health and monitor and manage in consultation with DECCW. !

Data Source - Vegetation: The Native Vegetation of the Sydney Metropolitan Catchment PROJECT NO. 3001765 PROJECT TITLE Georges River Estuary Process Study CREATED BY L. Abbott LOCATION I:Projects\3001765 - Georges River Estuary Process Management Authority Area (Draft) (2009). NSW Department of Environment, Climate Change Study\009 DATA\GIS\ArcView Files\Working files and Water. Hurstville, NSW Australia. LEGEND Weed Hotspot Priority Areas ! Study Area Grey-headed Flying-fox; Powerful Owl: LGAs Ground truth threatened fauna species habitat; Mangroves are known habitat for Grey-headed Flying-fox. Hinterland Sandstone Gully Blackbutt-Apple Forest potential roosting habitat for Powerful Owl. If habitat Riparian Vegetation & EEC (Moderate Priority) occurs, investigate condition and health and monitor and manage as required. ¹ Riparian Vegetation & EEC (High Priority) Seagrass (High Priority) Saltmarsh (High Priority) Estuarine Reedland (Moderate Priority)

Wilsonia backhousei: Coastal Saltmarsh ! Mangrove (Moderate Priority) Verify records. Install signs and protective fencing if in an area Target weeding of Juncus acutus and Kikuyu frequented by the public. Monitor health of the population. Swamp Oak (Moderate Priority) within Saltmarsh. Mooring Areas ! River Area Reserves

Fauna Habitat Creation: Creation of wetland habitat and revegetation of Rorie Reserve ! Swamp Oak Floodplain Forest: as recommended in Salt Pan Creek Corridor Masterplan Report. Little Salt Pan Creek - Detailed condition assessment to guide future management action. Utilise bush regeneration best practice guidelines to improve vegetation condition. ! ! Mangroves: Education program with landowners about illegal estuarine pruning.More strict enforcement of fines for illegal clearing of estuarine vegetation.

Swamp Sclerophyll Forest on Coastal Floodplains: Little Salt Pan Creek - Detailed condition assessment to guide Grey-headed Flying-fox; Eastern freetail-bat: future management actions. Utilise bush regeneration best practice Ground truth threatened fauna species habitat. If habitat occurs, guidelines to improve vegetation condition. investigate condition and health and monitor and manage as required.

BANKSTOWN LGA

Little Salt Pan Creek

Powerful Owl: Georges River National Park (Little Salt Pan Creek) - Ground truth ! threatened fauna species habitat. If habitat occurs, investigate condition and health and monitor and manage as required. Swamp Oak Floodplain Forest: Continued management and protection as part Weed Hot spot: Salt Pan Creek of Georges River National Park management. Beauty Point - weed species include Sharp Rush

! (Juncus acutus) and Lantana (Lantana camara). Detailed condition assessment to guide future General Management Recommendations for Mangroves: management actions. New seawalls to be environmentally friendly. Educate private land Utilise bush regeneration best practice guidelines owners on the environmental benefits of installing these types of walls. to improve vegetation condition. Red-crowned Toadlet: Georges River National Park (Padstow Heights) - Ground truth threatened fauna species habitat. If habitat occurs, investigate condition and health

and monitor and manage as required. !

Coastal Saltmarsh: Continued and integrated revegetation of this site to encourage ! saltmarsh growth, including weed removal and replanting of

saltmarsh species. Investigate feasibility of leveling land to a ! !

suitable level for tidal inundation and saltmarsh establishment. ! HURSTVILLE LGA

Swamp Oak Floodplain Forest: Continued management and protection as part of Seagrass: Georges River National Park management. Increased signage and education to minimize boat propeller damage. Coordinated management

! actions between Bankstown and Hurstville Council. !

Transgrid Substation

SUTHERLAND SHIRE ! Rubbish Hotspot: Regular removal and monitoring of rubbish. River Flat Eucalypt Forest: Swamp Sclerophyll Forest on Coastal Floodplains: Continued management and protection as part of Georges River Continued management and protection as part of National Park management - with aim to increase EEC linkage Georges River National Park management. along foreshore. !

Data Source - Vegetation: The Native Vegetation of the Sydney Metropolitan Catchment PROJECT NO. 3001765 PROJECT TITLE Georges River Estuary Process Study CREATED BY C. Thompson LOCATION I:Projects\3001765 - Georges River Estuary Process Management Authority Area (Draft) (2009). NSW Department of Environment, Climate Change Study\009 DATA\GIS\ArcView Files\Working files and Water. Hurstville, NSW Australia. LEGEND Weed Hotspot Priority Areas Study Area Mangroves Salt Pan Creek- Henry Lawson Drive LGAs During the construction of the Bridge, fill material was left in ¹ Riparian Vegetation & EEC (Moderate Priority) the then river bed. Mangroves have since established in this Riparian Vegetation & EEC (High Priority) area and contributed to sediment accretion. This has created Seagrass (High Priority) a bottleneck of the creek and has water quality implications. Saltmarsh (High Priority)

It is recommended that options for the removal of this fill be ! investigated to restore the bank to the pre-bridge construction Estuarine Reedland (Moderate Priority) extent. Remediation of the new bank would also need to be Mangrove (Moderate Priority) undertaken. Swamp Oak (Moderate Priority) Mooring Areas River Area Reserves

Mangroves ! Salt Pan CreekCreek- - PrivatePrivate landland ownersowners onon bothboth westernwestern and eastern side of the creekcreek. where illegal pruning is evident. Education program with landowners about illegal estuarine pruning. More strict enforcement of fines for

illegalfor illegal clearing clearing of estuarine of estuarine vegetation vegetation. is recommended. BANKSTOWN LGA !

Grey-headed Flying-fox and Eastern Freetail-bat Ground truthing of threatened fauna species habitat is recommended. If habitat exists, investigate condition and health and monitor and manage in consultation with DECCW.

! Swamp Oak Floodplain Forest and Estuarine Reedland Oatley Heights Park Salt Pan Creek Detailed condition assessment is recommended to guide Hurstville Golf Club future management actions. Utilise bush regeneration HURSTVILLE LGA best practice guidelines to improve vegetation condition. Monitoring of the interface of vegetation communities to determine if mangroves are retreating into these communities. If this is the case management of mangroves, such as pruning, is recommended.

Acacia pubescens Ground truth threatened flora species record is

recommended within the Reserve surrounding Boggywell Creek. If species and/or habitat occurs, ! investigate the condition and health and monitor and manage as required.

CITY OF KOGARAH !

Boggywell Creek

Lime Kiln Bay

manage as required. ! Rubbish Hotspot ¹ Regular removal and ! monitoring of rubbish.

Mill Creek Swamp Sclerophyll Forest on Coastal Floodplains Continued management and protection as part of Coastal Saltmarsh Georges River National Park management.

Monitor intraspecific competition between ! saltmarsh and other estuarine vegetation ! Seagrass communities. HURSTVILLE LGA

Monitor sediment deposition at the mouth ! Saltmarsh of the creeks and associated seagrass Great Moon Bay Monitor intraspecific competition of mangroves expansion or contraction in size. and swamp oak with saltmarsh. To deter defacing of the bare ground that is part of this community, install signage to educate people about what saltmarsh is and its value within estuarine ecosystems.

Sydney Freshwater Wetlands Mill Creek Edith Bay Detailed condition assessment is recommended to guide future management actions. Utilise bush

regeneration best practice guidelines to improve ! vegetation condition. Little Moon Bay

Swamp Oak Floodplain Forest Mill Creek Detailed condition assessment to guide future management actions. Utilise bush regeneration

! best practice guidelines to improve vegetation

condition. !

SUTHERLAND SHIRE

Swamp Sclerophyll Forest on Coastal Floodplains

! Mill Creek General Management Recommendations for Mangroves Detailed condition assessment is recommended to guide future management actions. New seawalls to be environmentally friendly. Educate Utilise bush regeneration best practice guidelines to improve vegetation condition. private land owners on the environmental benefits of installing these types of walls.

River Flat Eucalypt Forest Mill Creek Detailed condition assessment is recommended to guide future management actions. Utilise bush regeneration best practice guidelines to improve vegetation condition.

LEGEND Weed Hotspot Priority Areas Study Area LGAs Riparian Vegetation & EEC (Moderate Priority) Riparian Vegetation & EEC (High Priority) Seagrass (High Priority) Saltmarsh (High Priority) Estuarine Reedland (Moderate Priority) Mangrove (Moderate Priority) Swamp Oak (Moderate Priority) Mooring Areas River Area Reserves

GroundGround truth truth threatened threatened flora flora species species record record within within Salt Oatley Pan Park. Creek If speciesReserve and/or - If species habitat and/or determined habitat to occurs, be present investigate investigate condition condition, and health monitor and and monitor manage and as manage required. as required.

! ! LEGEND ! Sandy Bay

Weed Hotspot Priority Areas Swamp Sclerophyll Forest on Coastal Floodplains Powerful Owl ! Myles Dunphy Bushland Reserve Study Area Oatley Park Detailed condition assessment is recommended to guide LGAs Ground truthing of threatened fauna species habitat future management actions. Utilise bush regeneration best is recommended. If habitat occurs, investigate condition Riparian Vegetation & EEC (Moderate Priority) practice guidelines to improve vegetation condition.

Riparian Vegetation & EEC (High Priority) Jew Fish Bay and health and monitor and manage as required. ! ¹ Seagrass (High Priority) Saltmarsh (High Priority) HURSTVILLE LGA Mangroves Stand is relatively old with similar size of trees. Estuarine Reedland (Moderate Priority) Little recruitment of mangroves is evident. Mangrove (Moderate Priority) The viability of the mangrove stand should Swamp Oak (Moderate Priority) be investigated and considered in future Mooring Areas management options. River Area Oatley Bay Gungah Bay Reserves

Saltmarsh Pied Oystercatcher and Black Necked Stork Revegetate saltmarsh in this area, Near Thompson's Bay Reserve and Hurstville Bay, Illawong including appropriate cleared areas. Ground truth threatened fauna species habitat Monitoring of intraspecific competition along inter tidal area (public foreshore area). If between estuarine vegetation. habitat occurs, investigate condition and health and monitor and manage in consultation DECCW and Birds Australia to determine value of migratory Hurstville Bay habitat.

! Edith Bay Swamp Oak Floodplain Forest Detailed condition assessmentCITY OF KOGARAH to guide future management actions. Utilise bush regeneration best

practice guidelines to improve ! ! !

vegetation condition. !

General Management Recommendations for Mangroves New seawalls to be environmentally friendly. Educate Neverfail Bay private land owners on the environmental benefits of installing these types of walls.

Wearne Bay !

Worona River Mangroves Enforced removal of illegal jetties to restore continuation of mangrove stands along the foreshore. Monitor health of mangrove islands.

Seagrass Monitor sediment deposition at the mouth of the creek and associated seagrass expansion or contraction in size. Seagrass distribution, diversity and health should be monitored when Scylla Bay activities such as dredging are undertaken to determine its response time. Coronation Bay SUTHERLAND SHIRE ! Carina Bay

Saltmarsh Possible area for saltmarsh construction in responseresponse toto futurefuture seasea levellevel rise.rise. Rubbish Removal Removal of dumped large rubbish items such as couches and tyres. Removal of tar from past land use should be undertaken. This will enable ! estuarine vegetation in the area to naturally re-establish.

Data Source - Vegetation: The Native Vegetation of the Sydney Metropolitan Catchment PROJECT NO. 3001765 PROJECT TITLE Georges River Estuary Process Study CREATED BY L. Abbott LOCATION I:Projects\3001765 - Georges River Estuary Process Management Authority Area (Draft) (2009). NSW Department of Environment, Climate Change Study\009 DATA\GIS\ArcView Files\Working files and Water. Hurstville, NSW Australia. LEGEND Weed Hotspot Priority Areas General Management Recommendations for Mangroves Study Area New seawalls to be environmentally friendly. Educate private LGAs land owners on the environmental benefits of installing these Swamp Oak Floodplain Forest types of walls. Poulton Park ¹ Riparian Vegetation & EEC (Moderate Priority) Survey to determine presence of Swamp Oak Floodplain Riparian Vegetation & EEC (High Priority) Forest within study area as not included in SMCMA mapping Seagrass (High Priority) General Management Recommendation for Threatened Saltmarsh (High Priority)

Species Estuarine Reedland (Moderate Priority) ! Complete a study to investigate possible species and

Estuarine and Riparian Management and Protection Mangrove (Moderate Priority) ! locations of other rare or vulnerable species that may

Poulton Park ! be present. The Gang-gang Cockatoo has been recorded Swamp Oak (Moderate Priority) Survey to determine boundaries of vegetation communities within the study area, however core habitat is not considered Mooring Areas within estuarine/riparian transition zone. Detailed condition to be available within this LGAs study area and this species assessment of estuarine/riparian transition zone to guide River Area is also highly mobile. Oatley Bay future management actions. Utilise bush regeneration best Reserves Prioritisation and identification of areas practice guidelines to improve vegetation condition. of highest biodiversity for bush regeneration activities. Monitoring of areas thought to be at high risk that are not currently infected. On ground works to address areas identified Threatened Flora Protection as top priority. Poulton Park Ground truth threatened flora species record within Poulton Seagrass Park - if species and/or habitat determined to be present Oatley Bay investigate condition, monitor and manage as required. Monitor the size and health of existing seagrass meadows. Oatley Bay Provide land owners with private jetties information on the value of seagrass and ways to minimise impact on this species. Installation of seagrass friendly moorings. Seagrass Connels Bay Monitoring of the size and health of seagrass meadows. Installation of seagrass friendly moorings.

Swamp Oak Floodplain Forest Kyle Williams Reserve Kyle Bay Detailed condition assessment is recommended CITY OF KOGARAH to guide future management actions. Utilise bush

! regeneration best practice guidelines to improve

vegetation condition. !

Connells Bay ! Kogarah Bay

Seagrass Shipwrights Bay Monitoring of the size and health of seagrass meadows.

Installation of seagrass friendly moorings. !

Shipwrights Bay Prioritisation and identification Shipwrights Bay of areas of highest biodiversity for bush regeneration activities. Monitoring of areas thought to be at high risk that are not currently infected. On ground works to address areas identified as top priority. SUTHERLAND SHIRE

Data Source - Vegetation: The Native Vegetation of the Sydney Metropolitan Catchment PROJECT NO. 3001765 PROJECT TITLE Georges River Estuary Process Study CREATED BY L. Abbott LOCATION I:Projects\3001765 - Georges River Estuary Process Management Authority Area (Draft) (2009). NSW Department of Environment, Climate Change Study\009 DATA\GIS\ArcView Files\Working files and Water. Hurstville, NSW Australia. LEGEND Weed Hotspot Priority Areas Study Area Seagrass LGAs Monitoring of the size and health of seagrass meadows. Installation Riparian Vegetation & EEC (Moderate Priority) of seagrass friendly moorings. Riparian Vegetation & EEC (High Priority) ¹ ! Seagrass (High Priority) Saltmarsh (High Priority) General Management Recommendation for Mangroves Estuarine Reedland (Moderate Priority) New seawalls to be environmentally friendly. Mangrove (Moderate Priority) Educate private land owners on the environmental benefits of installing these types of walls. Swamp Oak (Moderate Priority) Mooring Areas River Area Reserves

Seagrass Monitoring of the size and health of seagrass meadows. Installation of seagrass friendly moorings.

Kyle Bay !

! Swamp Oak Floodplain Forest Kogarah Bay CITY OF KOGARAH Kyle Williams Reserve Detailed condition assessment is recommended to guide future management actions. Utilise bush regeneration best practice guidelines to improve vegetation condition.

Seagrass Monitoring of the size and health of seagrass meadows. Installation of seagrass friendly moorings.

! ROCKDALE LGA

Shipwrights Bay !

Seagrass Monitoring of the size and health of seagrass meadows.

SUTHERLAND SHIRE

CITY OF KOGARAH ¹

EEC Monitor the integrity and condition of the estuarine vegetation communities to determine present and/or future anthropogenic impacts resulting in intraspecific competition between these ! communities.

Saltmarsh ! Possible area for saltmarsh construction in response to future sea level rise.

Oyster Bay

General Management Recommendations for Mangroves SUTHERLAND SHIRE New seawalls to be environmentally friendly. Educate private land owners on the environmental benefits of installing these types of walls.

Saltmarsh Liaise with Kareela Golf Course about revegetation of the foreshore area incorporating saltmarsh species to promote the spread of this community. Kareela Golf Club

Data Source - Vegetation: The Native Vegetation of the Sydney Metropolitan Catchment PROJECT NO. 3001765 PROJECT TITLE Georges River Estuary Process Study CREATED BY L. Abbott LOCATION I:Projects\3001765 - Georges River Estuary Process Management Authority Area (Draft) (2009). NSW Department of Environment, Climate Change Study\009 DATA\GIS\ArcView Files\Working files and Water. Hurstville, NSW Australia. LEGEND Weed Hotspot Priority Areas Study Area LGAs ! Riparian Vegetation & EEC (Moderate Priority) CITY OF KOGARAH Riparian Vegetation & EEC (High Priority) ¹ Seagrass (High Priority) Seagrass Saltmarsh (High Priority) Seagrass distribution, diversity and health should be monitored Estuarine Reedland (Moderate Priority) when activities such as dredging are undertaken in Botany Bay Mangrove (Moderate Priority) to determine its response to changed bathymetry and sediment. Swamp Oak (Moderate Priority) ROCKDALE LGA Mooring Areas River Area Reserves Green Turtle Taren Point Ground truth threatened fauna species habitat. If habitat occurs, investigate condition and health and monitor and manage as required. Gwawley Bay

Little Tern Taren Point

! Ground truth threatened fauna species habitat along inter tidal area. If habitat

occurs, investigate condition and health ! and monitor and manage as required.

Seagrass ! Seagrass distribution, diversity and health should be monitored when activities such as dredging are undertaken in Botany Bay to determine its response to changed bathymetry and sediment. Installation of seagrass friendly moorings.

Pied Oystercatcher SUTHERLAND SHIRE Woolooware Bay

Ground truth threatened fauna species habitat ! along inter tidal area. If habitat occurs, investigate condition and health and monitor and manage as required.

General Management Recommendations for Mangroves New seawalls to be environmentally friendly. Educate private land owners on the environmental benefits of installing these types of walls.

Threatened Wader Bird Habitat Woolooware Bay Ground truth threatened wader bird habitat (Pied Oystercatcher, Sooty Oystercatcher, Great Knot) along inter tidal area. If habitat occurs, investigate condition and health and monitor and manage as required.

! Broad-billed Sandpiper and Terek Sandpiper Woolooware Bay Ground truth threatened fauna species habitat along inter tidal area. Woolooware Bay If habitat occurs, investigate condition and health and monitor and manage as required.

Sandringham Bay Swamp Oak Floodplain Forest Continued management and protection as part of Towra Point Nature Reserve management. Little Tern Sandringham Bay Ground truth threatened fauna species habitat along inter tidal area. If habitat occurs, investigate ! condition and health and monitor and manage as required.

ROCKDALE LGA

Seagrass

Seagrass distribution, diversity and health should be monitored ! ! when activities such as dredging are undertaken in Botany Bay to determine its response to changed bathymetry and sediment.

Seagrass Sydney Freshwater Wetlands Seagrass distribution, diversity and health should be monitored Continued management and protection as part when activities such as dredging are undertaken in Botany Bay of Towra Point Nature Reserve management. to determine its response to changed bathymetry and sediment. !

SUTHERLAND SHIRE Towra Point Nature Reserve Continued protection and monitoring of bird habitat.

Kurnell Dune Forest EEC Continued management and protection as part ! of Towra Point Nature Reserve management.

Little Tern !

! Taren Point Ground truth threatened fauna species habitat along inter tidal area. If habitat occurs, investigate condition and health and monitor and manage as required. Kurnell Dune Forest EEC Towra Point Nature Reserve Continued management and protection as part ! of Towra Point Nature Reserve management.

! Sydney Freshwater Wetlands Continued management and protection as part of Towra Point Nature Reserve Seagrass management. Seagrass distribution, diversity and health should be monitored when activities such as dredging are undertaken in Botany Bay

to determine its response to changed bathymetry and sediment.

! !

SUTHERLAND SHIRE !

! Swamp Sclerophyll Forest on Coastal Floodplains Continued management and protection as part of Towra Point Nature Reserve management.

Quibray Bay

Weed Hot Spot Towra Point Nature Reserve Towra Point Nature Reserve Continued protection and monitoring of bird habitat. Weed species include American Pennywort (Hydrocotyle bonariensis), Asparagus Fern (Asparagus aethiopicus), Cobblers Pegs (Bidens pilosa), Wandering Jew (Tradescantia fluminensis), African Olive (Olea europaea subsp. cuspidata), Balloon Vine (Cardiospermum grandiflorum) and Lantana (Lantana camara). Detailed condition assessment to guide future management actions. Utilise bush regeneration best practice guidelines to improve vegetation condition.

Kurnell Dune Forest EEC Continued management and protection as part of Towra Point Nature Reserve management.

Swamp Oak Floodplain Forest

Continued management and protection ! !

as part of Towra Point Nature Reserve management. !

! !

Seagrass Seagrass distribution, diversity and health should be monitored when activities such as dredging are undertaken in Botany Bay to determine its response to changed bathymetry and sediment.

! Broad-billed Sandpiper and Terek Sandpiper Woolooware Bay - Ground truth threatened fauna species habitat along inter tidal area. If habitat occurs, investigate condition and health and monitor and manage as required.

Woolooware Bay

SUTHERLAND SHIRE

Australasian Bittern Woolooware Bay Ground truth threatened fauna species habitat along inter tidal area. If habitat occurs, investigate condition and health and

monitor and manage as required. !

Swamp Oak Floodplain Forest Continued management and protection as part of Towra Point Nature Reserve management.

LEGEND Weed Hotspot Priority Areas Study Area LGAs Riparian Vegetation & EEC (Moderate Priority) Riparian Vegetation & EEC (High Priority) ! Seagrass (High Priority) Saltmarsh (High Priority) Estuarine Reedland (Moderate Priority) Mangrove (Moderate Priority) Swamp Oak (Moderate Priority) Mooring Areas River Area Reserves

cuspidata), Balloon Vine (Cardiospermum grandiflorum) and ! Lantana (Lantana camara). ! Detailed condition assessment to guide future management actions.

Utilise bush regeneration best practice guidelines to improve ! vegetation condition.

! Saltmarsh Removal of weed species within estuarine vegetation in this reserved area. Clean up site including contamination assessment for dumped tar and removal of all stakes and rubbish. Revegetation.

Kurnell Dune Forest EEC Continued management and protection as part of Towra Point Nature Reserve management.

SUTHERLAND SHIRE

ROCKDALE LGA !

Seagrass Seagrass distribution, diversity and health should be monitored Australian Fur-seal ! Ground truth threatened fauna species habitat. when activities such as dredging are undertaken in Botany Bay to determine its response to changed bathymetry and sediment.

CITY OF KOGARAH NORTH BOTANY BAY

Beverley Park Golf Club

! Fish Ensure use of pipes from Botany Bay (at

Florence Street) to Scarborough Ponds continues. LEGEND ! Weed Hotspot Priority Areas Study Area Seagrass Monitoring of the size and health of seagrass meadows. LGAs Installation of seagrass friendly moorings. Riparian Vegetation & EEC (Moderate Priority) Riparian Vegetation & EEC (High Priority) Seagrass (High Priority) Saltmarsh (High Priority) Estuarine Reedland (Moderate Priority) Mangrove (Moderate Priority) Swamp Oak (Moderate Priority) Mooring Areas River Area Reserves

Data Source - Vegetation: The Native Vegetation of the Sydney Metropolitan Catchment PROJECT NO. 3001765 PROJECT TITLE Georges River Estuary Process Study CREATED BY L. Abbott LOCATION I:Projects\3001765 - Georges River Estuary Process Management Authority Area (Draft) (2009). NSW Department of Environment, Climate Change Study\009 DATA\GIS\ArcView Files\Working files and Water. Hurstville, NSW Australia. Artificial crossing to island out of Perimeter of Sydney Freshwater Small patch of saltmarsh amongst Mangrove seedlings and trees Good condition Kurnell Dune Forest wooden crates causing circulation Wetlands EEC dominated by exotics reeds. Monitor saltmarsh and control scattered along the eastern and EEC vegetation. Minimal impacts. restriction. Crossing used to gain and weeds. Would be a good access. western foreshore. Potential to Continue to protect and educate access to island to create bike trail opportunity to control weeds and expand mangroves along both the public via signage. Removal of which is destabilising island remove exotics and replace with eastern and western foreshore up to exotics adjacent to tennis courts. sediments. Crossing should be native species to create a buffer the bridge via planting seedlings to removed and island stabilised with around the wetlands from the urban increase this important habitat type. riparian species. area.

Good condit ion G o Kurne ll G Dune o G G G G o o o o

Bank erosion due to lack of ForeshoreExcellent and areas adjacent to Excellent opportunity for extensiveExcellent Exotico species dominating foreshore Weed infestations along western st

groundcoverBank and ad hoc access mownopportunit trail dominated by weeds. revegetation along this drainageopportunit alongo western bank with limited bank from pipes to 1 bridge with betweenerosi access path and parklands Bushy regenerationfor activities required channel. Weeds dominate yand for there native riparian vegetation. limited native riparian vegetation. contributingon sediments to ponds. to controlextensive weeds and replace with is a lack of native riparian speciesextensive Revegetation of the riparian zone Weed removalWeed and revegetation with Controldue erosion via establishing nativerevegetati species. while there is plenty of availablerevegetati with native species required. Ample native speciesinfestation required to create a ground cover species under Casuarina on along land. on along space to allow a good width riparian buffer alongs alongforeshore. trees and limiting access. this this buffer.

Channel choked by aquatic Council mows right up to phragmites Patch of mangroves amongst Council mows right up to phragmites Mangrove seedlings establishing in macrophytes upstream of this point. on the eastern foreshore with limited Casuarina trees adjacent to creek and on the eastern foreshore with limited saltmarsh closest to channel. Council native riparian vegetation. connected by a pipe. Mangroves native riparian vegetation. to consider merits of removing Revegetation of the riparian zone with heavily impacted by foot traffic and Revegetation of the riparian zone with mangroves into the future as will native species required. Ample space sediment / leaf litter from stormwater. native species required. Ample space continue to be an issue. to allow a good width riparian buffer. Small patch of saltmarsh and to allow a good width riparian buffer up extensive weeds patches throughout. past Ida St. Some patches of no Griffiths St is the mangrove limit of the vegetation and stretches of bank creek. erosion. Bank Bank erosion erosion due to due to lack of lack of groundc ground over cover and ad Bank and ad hoc hoc erosi

Council mows right up to phragmites Extensive weeds in this patch of Exotic coral trees dominate western Bare earth in horse enclosures on top Trial incorporation of mulch to topsoil on both sides of foreshoreBank with limited vegetation. Bush regenerationBank bank whichBa would drop large quantity of bank, with bank erosion also evident to increase cover of saltmarshBank erosio nk erosion native riparian vegetation. required. of leaf matter into creek. Council to along westernBank foreshore. Possible vegetation in bare areas. Minor Revegetation of the riparian zone with n due explore removingero and replace with opportunity to revegetate bank on replanting of riparian speciesdue to to sio erosio lack of native species required. Ample space native trees. creek siden due of landowners fence to bordering saltmarsh to maintain buffer lack n ground to allow a good width riparian buffer. control anyto sediment washing into in certain small patches. of due creek. Section of bank has also been cover groun to used to dump fill which is slumping and ad dcove lac into creek. hoc