Grazing Land Types of the Gympie District
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Grazing land types of the Gympie district Employment, Development Economic Innovation and by Adam Logan, Graeme Elphinstone and Brad Wedlock Department of Grazing land types of the Gympie District © The State of Queensland, Department of Employment, These grazing land type sheets have been developed Economic Development and Innovation, 2010. as part of the Gympie District FarmFLOW project, a joint project between the Department of Employment, Except as permitted by the Copyright Act 1968, no part of Economic Development and Innovation (DEEDI) and the work may in any form or by any electronic, mechanical, the Mary River Catchment Co-ordinating Committee photocopying, recording, or any other means be repro- (MRCCC) that focuses on sustainable farming duced, stored in a retrieval system or be broadcast or practices in the district. transmitted without the prior written permission of the Department of Employment, Economic Development and The area covered by these grazing land type sheets Innovation. The information contained herein is subject to includes the Mary River catchment and its sub- change without notice. The copyright owner shall not be catchments including Glastonbury and Widgee liable for technical or other errors or omissions contained herein. The reader/user accepts all risks and responsibility Creeks to the west, Amamoor Creek in the south, for losses, damages, costs and other consequences result- Curra Creek in the north and the upper reaches of ing directly or indirectly from using this information. the Tinana and Coondoo Creek sub-catchments in the east. It also incorporates the Kin Kin Creek sub- catchment of the Noosa River catchment. Enquiries about reproduction, including downloading or printing the web version, should be directed to ipcu@deedi. Each grazing land type represents a combination of qld.gov.au or telephone +61 7 3225 1398. vegetation, soil and geology that have distinctive pasture production characteristics. As different land types require different management practices, this information can be applied when planning infrastructure, grazing strategies and sown pasture species. The sheets each have a representative photo to aid in landholder recognition. This publication has been compiled by Adam Logan and Graeme Elphinstone of DEEDI and Brad Wedlock of MRCCC using a variety of sources including local landholder knowledge and several land resource references, including the Atlas of Australian Soil, Department of Natural Resources’ Land resource assessments and the Noosa and Widgee Shire handbooks. The project team has extensively ground- truthed the sheets to ensure their accuracy and usefulness. The project team gratefully acknowledges the contribution of Ernie Rider of the Department of Environment and Resource Management. A list of references is provided at the end of this document for those wishing to access more in-depth information. Adam Logan Extension Officer, Property Management Systems Initiative Sustainable Production Systems Ph 07 5482 4596 Mob 0427 00 11 01 Fax 07 5482 5642 [email protected] Department of Employment, Economic Development and Innovation Business Information Centre 13 25 23 www.deedi.qld.gov.au Grazing land types of the Gympie district by Adam Logan, Graeme Elphinstone and Brad Wedlock Blue gum flats Flooded gum and fringing rainforest on creek flats Rainforest on krasnozems Gympie messmate and tall open forest on phyllites Open forest on shales Open forest on volcanics and serpentinites Open forest on coastal sandstones Sandy coastal plains Gum-topped box and spotted gum on duplex soils Spotted gum ridges ! R AY CREEK GUNALDA D A AD Tb80 B A INB RO I DE O OW CH W R B EA Fu5 Tb70 Tb76 Y BA Pc2 N A Ua4 Cd7 Cd7 C NEERDIE IN ! T Ub69 Mm8 Cd10 Mm7 Tb69 C Mo9 O WOOLOOGA Mm5 O ! Fu6 N D O O C Y M A R Mb10 Fu5 A E W R H D C E Y CURRA U K B18 IG R ! R H OA LOWER WONGA I R Y V A A R ! 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O BA CREEK AD MRCCC makes no representations or warranties about B O A RO Ca10 its accuracy, reliability, completeness or disclaims all responsibility Y TUCH I N EK O - and all liability (including without limitation, liability or negligence) I for all expenses, losses, damages (including indirect or Mf8 D Cb32 consequential damage) and costs which might be incurred as a Fu7 Fu4 N result of the data being inaccurate or incomplete in any way and for U Tb86 M LAKE any reason. This map is not to be sold or re-made as part of a Wa18 U commercial product. Ti2 E 02.5 5 10 15 20 25 Atlas of Australian Soils Landscape Kilometers Units of the Gympie District Geographic Coordinate System: GCS_GDA_1994_Zone 56 Mapper: Dale Watson ± MRCCC 14-5-08 ! R AY CREEK GUNALDA D A AD Tb80 B A INB RO I DE O OW CH W R B EA Fu5 Tb70 Tb76 Y BA Pc2 N A Ua4 Cd7 Cd7 C NEERDIE IN ! T Ub69 Mm8 Cd10 Mm7 Tb69 C Mo9 O WOOLOOGA Mm5 O ! Fu6 N D O O C Y M A R Mb10 Fu5 A E W R H D C E Y CURRA U K B18 IG R ! R H OA LOWER WONGA I R Y V A A R ! E C Mr6 B R E W R E WID Y ID E A E K B Cd10 R T A D O Y N EEK H E R IG TI Ca10 S R C NA OAD E H N GE D ID W A AY A C Ca12 W O R Mm5 Mm3 R E G K E A K E K P E E E R C CR R A C Fu4 E NG Tb81 E O Y K Cd5 W D N Fu6 A Mp9 S Pc2 Rh11 Pc2 Mf9 GYMPIE D ! E B E Cd10 R P U CREEK STATIO D C N C REEK Pd7 ROA E OOGA D WIDGEE MPIE - WOOL H A ! GY IG O K B18 R EE H E Mm7 GLASTONBURY R W C E ! A L Y G E E Ca14 D Tb82 Cd5 KIN KIN CREEK K WI Fu8 E R E Mo9 E R B18 C P E I P P MT3 U Mm7 Mp9 KIN KIN ! D K A E E O R C R Y R R U SI O X LAKE B M Mf7 T N Fu6 K I O L C E I T E E V S C Cd6 R A R T C L E Fu6 E M G O K IC L Cd6 A C TRAVESTON ! AD RO R N E Cb32 V Ca12 COORAN E I ! E Cd10 EK R R E C O O B Gd7 Mp9 R CR A O L O AMAMOOR S M ! E A S O AM CR E O EK Mm8 N Qb25 MAR Fu4 POMONA Ti3 Y R I ! V SKYRIN G E R C R E E K Pu1 KANDANGA Mb9 Fu5 ! D Tb84 M A I RO Pd10 Fu6 D SA D COOROY - NOO Tewantin LE ! CR D NOOSA HEADS Fu8 EEK A ! KAND O ANGA CREE K R A Mf7 COOROY S ! O BA CREEK AD MRCCC makes no representations or warranties about B O A RO Ca10 its accuracy, reliability, completeness or disclaims all responsibility Y TUCH I N EK O - and all liability (including without limitation, liability or negligence) I for all expenses, losses, damages (including indirect or Mf8 D Cb32 consequential damage) and costs which might be incurred as a Fu7 Fu4 N result of the data being inaccurate or incomplete in any way and for U Tb86 M LAKE any reason. This map is not to be sold or re-made as part of a Wa18 U commercial product.