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Rodondo Island
BIODIVERSITY & OIL SPILL RESPONSE SURVEY January 2015 NATURE CONSERVATION REPORT SERIES 15/04 RODONDO ISLAND BASS STRAIT NATURAL AND CULTURAL HERITAGE DIVISION DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES, PARKS, WATER AND ENVIRONMENT RODONDO ISLAND – Oil Spill & Biodiversity Survey, January 2015 RODONDO ISLAND BASS STRAIT Biodiversity & Oil Spill Response Survey, January 2015 NATURE CONSERVATION REPORT SERIES 15/04 Natural and Cultural Heritage Division, DPIPWE, Tasmania. © Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment ISBN: 978-1-74380-006-5 (Electronic publication only) ISSN: 1838-7403 Cite as: Carlyon, K., Visoiu, M., Hawkins, C., Richards, K. and Alderman, R. (2015) Rodondo Island, Bass Strait: Biodiversity & Oil Spill Response Survey, January 2015. Natural and Cultural Heritage Division, DPIPWE, Hobart. Nature Conservation Report Series 15/04. Main cover photo: Micah Visoiu Inside cover: Clare Hawkins Unless otherwise credited, the copyright of all images remains with the Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment. This work is copyright. It may be reproduced for study, research or training purposes subject to an acknowledgement of the source and no commercial use or sale. Requests and enquiries concerning reproduction and rights should be addressed to the Branch Manager, Wildlife Management Branch, DPIPWE. Page | 2 RODONDO ISLAND – Oil Spill & Biodiversity Survey, January 2015 SUMMARY Rodondo Island was surveyed in January 2015 by staff from the Natural and Cultural Heritage Division of the Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment (DPIPWE) to evaluate potential response and mitigation options should an oil spill occur in the region that had the potential to impact on the island’s natural values. Spatial information relevant to species that may be vulnerable in the event of an oil spill in the area has been added to the Australian Maritime Safety Authority’s Oil Spill Response Atlas and all species records added to the DPIPWE Natural Values Atlas. -
Deal Island an Historical Overview
Introduction. In June 1840 the Port Officer of Hobart Captain W. Moriarty wrote to the Governor of Van Diemen’s Land, Sir John Franklin suggesting that lighthouses should be erected in Bass Strait. On February 3rd. 1841 Sir John Franklin wrote to Sir George Gipps, Governor of New South Wales seeking his co-operation. Government House, Van Diemen’s Land. 3rd. February 1841 My Dear Sir George. ………………….This matter has occupied much of my attention since my arrival in the Colony, and recent ocurances in Bass Strait have given increased importance to the subject, within the four years of my residence here, two large barques have been entirely wrecked there, a third stranded a brig lost with all her crew, besides two or three colonial schooners, whose passengers and crew shared the same fate, not to mention the recent loss of the Clonmell steamer, the prevalence of strong winds, the uncertainty of either the set or force of the currents, the number of small rocks, islets and shoals, which though they appear on the chart, have but been imperfectly surveyed, combine to render Bass Strait under any circumstances an anxious passage for seamen to enter. The Legislative Council, Votes and Proceedings between 1841 – 42 had much correspondence on the viability of erecting lighthouses in Bass Strait including Deal Island. In 1846 construction of the lightstation began on Deal Island with the lighthouse completed in February 1848. The first keeper William Baudinet, his wife and seven children arriving on the island in March 1848. From 1816 to 1961 about 18 recorded shipwrecks have occurred in the vicinity of Deal Island, with the Bulli (1877) and the Karitane (1921) the most well known of these shipwrecks. -
The Islands in Bass Strait. C. Gould 1871
57 THE ISLANDS IN BASS' STEAITS Br C. Gould, F.G.S. [^Eead 10th October, 1871. The paper loas illustrated hj a varietij of choice and remarJcahle specimens.'] Visits to the islands in Bass' Straits are so rare that I feel certain the members of this Society will accept a contribution to the natural history of the group without objecting to its brevity, and to its somewhat desultory character, induced by limited opportunities of observation. Indeed the position and grouping of the islands render them especially interesting, whether our attention is directed to them as affecting their geological aspect —presenting as they do the connecting link between this island and Australia, and containing integral though distant parts of formations common to both countries — or to their mineralogical importance from their presenting a variety of mineral species not hitherto found elsewhere within the colony, or if so only rarely, many of them beautiful, some comparable in point of crystalline perfection with their congeners in any part of the world, and others possessing a substantial value of such importance as to justify a hope that at some future day their discovery in greater abundance may initiate novel and important mining adventures. Again, the researches of the field naturalist are eminently favoured in this locality by the harbour which its seclusion offers to various cetacea, and the numerous species of waterfowl now so rarely met with, or even almost extinct upon the shores of our own island, while the natural shelter of the outlying reefs and larger islands encourages the j)ro- duction of various mollusca less abundant or unknown on our own exposed coasts. -
Assessment of Victoria's Coastal Reserves Draft Report
Assessment of Victoria’s Coastal Reserves Draft Report For Public Comment October 2019 Victorian Environmental Assessment Council The Victorian Environmental Assessment Council (VEAC) was established in 2001 under the Victorian Environmental Assessment Council Act 2001. It provides the State Government of Victoria with independent advice on protection and management of the environment and natural resources of public land. The five Council members are: Ms Janine Haddow (Chairperson) Ms Joanne Duncan Ms Anna Kilborn Dr Charles Meredith Dr Geoffrey Wescott Acknowledgement of Aboriginal Victorians The Victorian Environmental Assessment Council pays its respects to Victoria’s Aboriginal peoples, Native Title Holders and Traditional Owners and acknowledges their rich cultural and intrinsic connections to Country. Council recognises that the land and sea is of spiritual, cultural, environmental and economic importance to Aboriginal people and values their contribution and interest in the management of land and sea. Written submissions are invited on this draft report. The closing date for submissions is Monday 11 November 2019. You may make an online submission via VEAC’s website at www. veac.vic.gov.au or send your written submission by post or by email (see contact details). There is no required format for submissions, except that you must provide your name, address and your contact details, including an email address if you have one. All submissions will be treated as public documents and will be published on VEAC’s website. Please contact VEAC if you do not wish your submission to be published. The name of each submitter will be identified as part of each published submission, but personal contact details will be removed before publishing. -
Lepidium Pseudotasmanicum
Lepidium pseudotasmanicum FAMILY: BRASSICACEAE BOTANICAL NAME: Lepidium pseudotasmanicum, Thell., Neue Denkschr. Schweiz. Naturw. Ges. 41(1): 307 (1906) COMMON NAME: Shade peppercress COMMONWEALTH STATUS: (EPBC Act) Not Listed TASMANIAN STATUS: (TSP Act) delisted from rare April 2016 Lepidium pseudotasmanicum. H & A Wapstra. Description A perennial, weedy looking erect herb between 60-70 cm high. Stems: The stem is hairless, smooth and round in cross section. Leaves: The lower stem leaves are shortly toothed and the upper leaves are entire or with the tip shortly toothed. Flowers: The flowers are green, tinged with purple, minute and borne on an elongating stem. Flowering occurs from spring to autumn. Fruit: The fruit is an ovate pod. Each plant produces a large amount of seed (description Curtis & Morris 1975). Most herbarium specimens have been collected from August to April. Please refer to the attached Lepidium taxonomy table (Strain 2002). Drawing: C. Strain THREATENED Threatened Flora of Tasmania SPECIES UNIT Lepidium pseudotasmanicum Distribution and Habitat On the mainland this species occurs in Queensland, Victoria, New South Wales and Western Australia. It also occurs in New Zealand. In Tasmania, Lepidium pseudotasmanicum is found on bare ground in grassland and grassy woodland in the south with scattered populations extending up the midlands to Punchbowl in the north (TPLUC 1996). Key Sites and Populations Key sites for this species include Little Swan Point, West Tamar, South Esk Highway, Bagdad Uniting Church, Chauncy Vale -
Appendix 7-2 Protected Matters Search Tool (PMST) Report for the Risk EMBA
Environment plan Appendix 7-2 Protected matters search tool (PMST) report for the Risk EMBA Stromlo-1 exploration drilling program Equinor Australia B.V. Level 15 123 St Georges Terrace PERTH WA 6000 Australia February 2019 www.equinor.com.au EPBC Act Protected Matters Report This report provides general guidance on matters of national environmental significance and other matters protected by the EPBC Act in the area you have selected. Information on the coverage of this report and qualifications on data supporting this report are contained in the caveat at the end of the report. Information is available about Environment Assessments and the EPBC Act including significance guidelines, forms and application process details. Report created: 13/09/18 14:02:20 Summary Details Matters of NES Other Matters Protected by the EPBC Act Extra Information Caveat Acknowledgements This map may contain data which are ©Commonwealth of Australia (Geoscience Australia), ©PSMA 2010 Coordinates Buffer: 1.0Km Summary Matters of National Environmental Significance This part of the report summarises the matters of national environmental significance that may occur in, or may relate to, the area you nominated. Further information is available in the detail part of the report, which can be accessed by scrolling or following the links below. If you are proposing to undertake an activity that may have a significant impact on one or more matters of national environmental significance then you should consider the Administrative Guidelines on Significance. World Heritage Properties: 11 National Heritage Places: 13 Wetlands of International Importance: 13 Great Barrier Reef Marine Park: None Commonwealth Marine Area: 2 Listed Threatened Ecological Communities: 14 Listed Threatened Species: 311 Listed Migratory Species: 97 Other Matters Protected by the EPBC Act This part of the report summarises other matters protected under the Act that may relate to the area you nominated. -
7 Stage Wilsons Promontory, Victoria
ITINERARY Wilsons Promontory Victoria – Wilsons Promontory Multi-day walks Walking is the best way to explore the natural sanctuary of Wilsons WALK ONE – DAY ONE Promontory. Known as ‘The Prom’ to locals, it embraces 50,000 hectares WILSONS PROMONTORY CIRCUIT TRAIL of coastal wilderness on mainland Australia’s southernmost tip. The many Tidal River to Refuge Cove well-marked trails traverse empty Let your boundaries blur with nature beaches and eucalypt forest, heath and on this magical three-day circuit. Start swamp, cool rainforest gullies and rocky with a swim from the family-friendly mountain tops. Opt for short and scenic beach of Tidal River, then head east up trails, like the Loo-Errn Track, ideal for the dry, gravelly track to Windy Saddle. families and the mobility-impaired. Do a Take in the view or stop for a picnic on the day trek to the lighthouse or spend three patch of lawn that grazing animals have days on the Wilsons Promontory Circuit thoughtfully cleared in the forest. The Trail, which starts from the main tourist landscape gets wetter and greener on the hub of Tidal River. Scale Mount Oberon other side of the hill. You’ll feel alive as you or hike out to remote and beautiful descend through fern-shaded gullies and Millers Landing. Stay at campsites cross the long boardwalk-covered swamp. throughout the park and get up close Sealers Cove is largely hidden from view by to the park’s incredible array of native rocky peaks and tall eucalypts so it’s a bit of plants, birds and animals. -
Additional Visits to Lslands Off Wilsons Promontory, Victoria
September.198.1 AdditionalVisits to lslandsoff WilsonsPromontory, Victoria S. G. LANE and H. BATTAM From 26 to 28 November 1980. addilional visits were made to six islands off the southern and western coasts of Wilsons Promontory. The islands visited were Wattle and Kanownaon 26 November.Shellback and Normanon 27 November.and McHuohand Dannevigon 28 November.We were accompaniedby (Mrs) L. F. Lane on all visiis and by J. W. Hardy tor the first two days only. Primarily,the purposeof the visitswas to endeavourto obtain furtherinlormation on the breedangof Fairy Prions' and Common Diving-Petrels.The limited time spent on the islands was directed mainly towards searchingfor these birds in habitats which appearedsuitable. No specilicor systematicsearching was made for other species. 'l-here are l -5 islands olt Wilsons Promontory Seal, Notch. Cliffy and Rag Islands - duc to and three within Corner Inlet - Benison.Gran- bacl weather, and, of course, Cleft Island. We ite and Doughboy - on which seabirds have approachedclose to Cleft Island on two occas- been recordedbreeding. There is one other, Cleft sions and, although landing would have been lsland or Skull Rock, on which breeding un- possibleonto a rock shelf, further progresswould doubtedlyoccurs. Cleft Island is a granitemono- have been out of the questionexcept for properly lith in the Anser Group which rises almost per- equippedrock climbers. pendicularlyto a height of about l13 m. There (Vic.) are two large caves on the western side; the The Fisheriesand Wildlife Division al- roof of the smaller cave is some 25 m above the so conducted surveys on these and other Vic- sea which forms its 'floor'. -
Wilsons Promontory Marine National Park
Wilsons Promontory Marine National Park For more information contact the Parks Victoria Information Centre on 13 1963, or visit www.parkweb.vic.gov.au Wilsons Promontory Marine Park Management Plan May 2006 This Management Plan for Wilsons Promontory Marine National Park, Marine Park and Marine Reserve is approved for implementation. Its purpose is to direct all aspects of management in the park until the plan is reviewed. A Draft Management Plan for the park was published in November 2004. Nineteen submissions were received and have been considered in developing this approved Management Plan. For further information on this plan, please contact: Chief Ranger East Gippsland Parks Victoria PO Box 483 Bairnsdale VIC 3875 Phone: (03) 5152 0669 Copies This plan may be downloaded from the Parks Victoria website ‘www.parkweb.vic.gov.au’. Copies of the plan may be purchased for $8.80 (including GST) from: Parks Victoria Information Centre Level 10, 535 Bourke Street Melbourne VIC 3000 Phone: 13 1963 Parks Victoria Orbost Office 171 Nicholson Street Orbost VIC 3888 WILSONS PROMONTORY MARINE NATIONAL PARK AND WILSONS PROMONTORY MARINE PARK MANAGEMENT PLAN May 2006 Published in May 2006 by Parks Victoria Level 10, 535 Bourke Street, Melbourne, Victoria, 3000. Cover: Waterloo Bay, Wilsons Promontory Marine National Park (Photo: Mary Malloy). Parks Victoria 2006, Wilsons Promontory Marine National Park and Wilsons Promontory Marine Park Management Plan, Parks Victoria, Melbourne National Library of Australia Cataloguing-in-Publication entry Parks Victoria Wilsons Promontory Marine National Park and Wilsons Promontory Marine Park Management Plan. Bibliography. Includes index ISBN 0 7311 8346 0 1. -
Lex Walks from Victoria to Tasmania It’S a Journey Which Involves No Scuba Gear, No Return to the Ice-Age, and No Biblical Miracle
L E X L O C I ’ S T RAVELS 2 0 S E P T E M B E R 2 0 1 6 An ad-hoc one-pager from The Public Land Consultancy Lex Walks from Victoria to Tasmania It’s a journey which involves no scuba gear, no return to the ice-age, and no Biblical miracle. You can indeed walk from one State to the other on dry land. To clarify – not from the mainland of Victoria to the main body of Tasmania, but from part of Victoria to part of Tasmania nonetheless. Boundary Islet is about 85 metres wide from west to east and about 160 metres According to a 2011 publication by the long from north to south. The state Tasmanian Department of Primary border runs right across the middle of Industries, Parks, Water and Environment it. It’s part of the Hogan Group of (DPIPWE), Boundary Islet’s only inhabitants are New Zealand fur seals islands, which extend some 30 or 40 (Arctocephalus forsteri ) and Crested terns miles south of Wilson’s Promontory. (Sterna bergii ). To make the journey, you would first have to land in the islet – where there’s no jetty, or mooring, nor even a beach – so Lex isn’t actually envisaging a lot of traffic in his footsteps. The State boundary is the parallel of latitude 39˚ 12’ south. It was prescribed in 1825, at a time when Bass Strait had not been accurately mapped, and Tasmania was still called Van Diemen’s Land. Anyway, if Lex gets to be President, See you there! he’s going to build a great wall along this border, and make the Lex Loci Tasmanians pay for it. -
Chapter 5 Prioritisation of High Conservation Status Offshore Islands
chapter 5 prioritisation of high conservation status offshore islands 0809-1197 Prepared for the Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts Revision History Revision Revision date Details Prepared by Reviewed by Approved by number Dr Louise A Shilton Principal Ecologist, Beth Kramer Ecosure Environmental Neil Taylor 00 13/07/09 Draft Report Dr Ray Pierce Scientist, Ecosure CEO, Ecosure Director, Eco Oceania Julie Whelan Environmental Dr Louise A Shilton Scientist, Ecosure Neil Taylor 01 19/08/2009 Final Report Principal Ecologist, Dr Ray Pierce CEO, Ecosure Ecosure Director, Eco Oceania Distribution List Copy Date type Issued to Name number 1 19/08/09 electronic DEWHA Dr Julie Quinn 2 19/08/09 electronic Ecosure Pty Ltd Dr Louise A Shilton 3 19/08/09 electronic Eco Oceania Pty Ltd Dr Ray Pierce Report compiled by Ecosure Pty Ltd. Please cite as: Ecosure (2009). Prioritisation of high conservation status of offshore islands. Report to the Australian Government Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts. Ecosure, Cairns, Queensland. Gold Coast Cairns Sydney PO Box 404 PO Box 1130 PO Box 880 West Burleigh Qld 4219 Cairns Qld 4870 Surrey Hills NSW 2010 P +61 7 5508 2046 P +61 7 4031 9599 P +61 2 9690 1295 F +61 7 5508 2544 F +61 7 4031 9388 [email protected] www.ecosure.com.au offshore-islands-chapter-5.doc_190809 Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed in this publication are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect those of the Australian Government or the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and the Arts. -
TASMANIA: SERIES MAPPING INDEX October 2015
TASMANIA: SERIES MAPPING INDEX October 2015 www.tasmap.tas.gov.au CAPE WICKHAM TC01 BLYTH TC09 RODONDO HOGAN GROUP TA06 TA07 BUNGAREEKING TD01 ISLAND FLINDERS PRIME SEAL BABEL CURTIS GROUP KENT GROUP TD09 TD10 Grassy TB07 TB08 ISLAND CATARAQUI Whitemark TE01 Lady Barron CHAPPELL VANSITTART TE09 TE10 THREE HUMMOCK CAPE BARREN ISLAND TF03 1:250 000 1:250 BORDERS SHEET MAP NW Tasmania NE Tasmania BOULLANGER THE NUT BANKS STRAIT TG03 TG04 TG09 Cape Portland Stanley Circular Head SMITHTON Marrawah 1:250 000 MAP SHEET BORDERS BLACK RIVER Boat TABLE CAPE CURRIES NOLAND BOOBYALLA MOUNT WILLIAM MONTAGU RIVER Harbour West Point TH03 TH04 TH05 TH07 TH08 TH09 TH10 WYNYARD Eddystone Point Bridport Greens Beach GEORGE Penguin TOWN ULVERSTONE DEVONPORT Port Sorell REBECCA RAPID RIVER EMU RIVER PALOONA DAZZLERBeaconsfield SIDELING LEGERWOOD BAY OF FIRES TJ03 TJ04 TJ05 TJ06 LATROBE TJ07 TJ08 TJ09 TJ10 St Helens Sheffield Sandy Cape Waratah LAUNCESTON NORFOLK RANGE WHYTE RIVER BLACK BLUFF FOSSEY MOUNTAINS MEANDER VALLEY PERTH BEN LOMOND NICHOLASScamander TK03 TK04 TK05 TK06 TK07 TK08 TK09 TK10 Savage River Mole Creek DELORAINE PERTH Evandale Cradle Valley Fingal Lake Mackintosh 2015 PIEMAN HEAD LAKE PIEMAN MURCHISON JERUSALEM BRETON HUMMOCKY AVOCA DOUGLAS RIVER TL03 TL04 TL05 TL06 TL07 TL08 TL09 TL10 Lake Rosebery Poatina Rowallan GREAT Bicheno ZEEHAN LAKE Campbell Town 2015 Miena TULLY ELDON ST CLAIR PENSTOCK DOGS HEAD TIER LAKE LEAKE MOULTING LAGOON Ross TM04 TM05 TM06 TM07 TM08 TM09 TM10 L Burbury Lake LAKE St Clair QUEENSTOWN SORELL Strahan Cape Sorell