Tourism

Tourism

The Kingscliff Resort is an eco-tourism development proposed by Leighton Properties on the environmentally sensitive coastal Crown land known as Lot 490, Kingscliff, Northern NSW. The resort site is located between Cudgen Creek and SEPP 14 Wetlands, and Bogangar Beach. JWA completed an initial Ecological Constraints Assessment and then a more detailed Flora and Fauna Assessment.  We subsequently developed a Vegetation Management Plan outlining management strategies for the retained vegetation and the rehabilitation of the adjacent riparian and dune areas.

Crystal Creek Rainforest Retreat, adjacent to Numinbah Nature Reserve, is extending their current facilities with 6 new mountain lodges. JWA conducted an Ecological Assessment on the proposed site. Vegetation recorded included both wet sclerophyll and rainforest with three threatened flora and two ROTAP species. Although the environmental impacts of the new lodges will be low, and major vegetation rehabilitation on the former banana plantation is ongoing, the mitigation measures outlined in our report, including weed control and plantings of local native species, will be undertaken.