TABLE 1 MANAGEMENT ZONES AND OVERLAYS ZONES Strategic directions CONSERVATION CONSERVATION & RECREATION RECREATION DEVELOPMENT EDUCATION AREA/LOCATION Port Campbell National Park, 1156 ha, 66% of Park. Bay of Islands Coastal Park 840 ha, 88% of Park. Semi-remote areas of Port Campbell National Park; semi- remote areas of Bay of Islands Coastal Park. Port Campbell National Park, 193 ha, 11% of Park. Bay of Islands Coastal Park 110 ha, 12% of Park. Glenample Homestead (8 ha). Loch Ard Public Cemetery. Childers Cove, and area south of the Great Ocean Road from Boat Bay to Peterborough, within Bay of Islands Coastal Park; London Bridge, Loch Ard Gorge area including Sherbrook Camp, and Twelve Apostles Visitor areas within Port Campbell National Park. Port Campbell National Park, 6 ha, <1% of Park. Port Campbell Foreshore, Caravan Park, existing Visitor Information Centre; possible alternative sites for the proposed Tourist Centre within and outside the Park (figure 6). Port Campbell National Park, 395 ha, 22% of Park. Section of the Sherbrook Block recommended as an Education Area by the LCC (1978). VALUES Coastal habitats of high conservation significance. Important natural values and visitor facilities. High-use visitor nodes with Park management facilities. Discrete area of high education value. GENERAL MANAGEMENT AIM Protect sensitive natural environments and provide for minimal impact recreation activities and simple visitor facilities, subject to ensuring minimal interference with natural processes. Protect less sensitive natural environments and provide for sustainable dispersed recreation activities and modest-scale visitor facilities without significant impact on natural processes. Provide primarily for high-use visitor nodes with a concentration of recreation and/or interpretation facilities. Protect primarily for environmental education in a relatively undisturbed setting. Port Campbell National Park and Bay of Islands Coastal Park 9
Strategic directions Table 1 (cont.) OVERLAYS SPECIAL PROTECTION AREA SPECIAL MANAGEMENT AREA - PINES SPECIAL MANAGEMENT AREA - UTILITY MANAGEMENT AREA/LOCATION Port Campbell National Park, 62 ha, 3.5% of Park. Bay of Islands Coastal Park, 142 ha, 15% of Park. Comprises areas at Flaxmans Hill, London Bridge, Twelve Apostles, Two Mile Bay, an area to the east of Port Campbell Township, Loch Ard Gorge area, coast linking Ronald and Clifton Beach, the site of Glenample buildings and the Loch Ard Public Cemetery. Port Campbell National Park, 83 ha, 4.7% of Park. Comprises part of Sherbrook River Valley. Port Campbell National Park, 3 ha, <1% of Park. Comprises an area abuttting the Great Ocean Road in Port Campbell Township. VALUES Discrete significant areas requiring special protection. Opportunities for the reinstatement of indigenous vegetation. Public utilities (water and telecommunications facilities) and other community facilities (e.g. police station buildings). GENERAL MANAGEMENT AIM Protect specific natural or cultural values in specific areas and sites where a special management focus is required. Provide for removal of pine trees and reinstatement of area with indigenous vegetation. Provide for public utilities and other community facilities.
TABLE 2 SUMMARY OF RECREATION ACTIVITIES MANAGEMENT ZONES OVERLAYS ACTIVITY CZ CRZ RDZ EZ SPA SMA-P SMA-UM Bicycle riding YC YC YC YC No YC No Boating Yes Yes Yes N/A No N/A N/A Slipping of boats down dunes No No No N/A No No No and cliffs Camping (designated areas) No No Yes No No No No and caravanning Camping - dispersed No No No No No No No Dogs* No YC YC No No No No Fires No No No No No No No Gas BBQ No Yes YC No No No No Fishing Yes Yes Yes N/A YC N/A N/A Firewood collecting No No No No No No No Hang gliding/paragliding YC No No No No No No Horse riding YC No No YC No YC No Hunting No No No No No No No Intertidal collecting YC Yes Yes N/A No N/A N/A Jet-skiing No No No N/A No N/A N/A Orienteering/rogaining No No No No No No No Picnicking Yes Yes Yes Yes YC Yes Yes Rock climbing/abseiling No No No No No No No Spear fishing Yes Yes Yes N/A Yes N/A N/A Swimming, surfing, diving Yes Yes Yes N/A YC N/A N/A and snorkelling Walking – on formal tracks Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Walking – off formal tracks No No No No No No No Zones and overlays: CZ Conservation SPA Special Protection Area CRZ Conservation and Recreation SMA-P Special Management Area – Pines RDZ Recreation Development SMA-UM Special Management Area – Utility Management EZ Education Yes Appropriate No Not appropriate N/A Not applicable YC Yes (conditional) – refer to relevant section for details * Only in Bay of Islands Coastal Park on leashes Provide appropriate motivational and tour planning information to visitors before they undertake their Park visit. Management strategies Implement a marketing strategy for the Parks in accordance with the above. Promote, in partnership with Tourism Victoria, Port Campbell National Park as a tourism icon and an essential destination for visitors to Victoria. Ensure that Port Campbell National Park, Bay of Islands Coastal Park, Glenample Homestead and the Tourism Centre when established at Port Campbell, are promoted as a single package. Increase promotion of related attractions such as certain visitor sites in the eastern
TABLE 4 PROPOSED VISITOR INTERPRETATIVE FACILITIES CATEGORY SITE FORM AND THEMES Primary • New major Tourist Centre at Port Campbell Interpretation to be tailored to specific visitor experiences that highlight the diversity of the environment, history and people of the region. The proposed major Tourist Centre to include a comprehensive overview of the Aboriginal people of the region, and a history of post– European activity. Secondary • Twelve Apostles Loch Ard Gorge (main lookouts) London Bridge The Arch Bay of Martyrs Bay of Islands Glenample Homestead Interpretation to be related to the human experience of nature, including: the immense power of the sea how long the formations have taken to form how much is eroded each day/year what the area was like in the past and what it may be like in the future human interest stories such as the personal experience of being shipwrecked flora or fauna that visitors may see (e.g. shearwaters, bristlebirds). the custodial role of Parks Victoria. Tertiary Sites that are off the main tourist itinerary, and will attract proportionally fewer visitors. They include: Gibson Steps Loch Ard Gorge (beach and walks) Sherbrook Estuary Broken Head Port Campbell Discovery Walk The Grotto Massacre Bay Interpretation to be site specific. Interpretation of all sites should include opportunities to educate visitors on: basic ecology human history fire management vegetation wildlife. Note: At other sites interpretative material, if provided, will be extremely low-key, touching specific features that cannot be interpreted elsewhere, such as local shipwrecks, bird colonies and specific visitor management issues. Necessary safety and other important information will also be provided (section 6.5). development of a series of seven high quality car parks along the Great Ocean Road, providing access to viewing platforms, sections of the Clifftop Walk, and beach access; tourist coach parking, toilets and improved beach access at Crofts Bay; improvements to the degraded boat launching facilities at Boat Bay; development of a western entrance at Boat Bay. A three-year program to implement the Bay of Islands Development Plan commenced in 1996. Proposals yet to be implemented were reviewed
Table 5 (cont.) SITE ACCESS CAR PARK (SPACES) WALK LOOK OUT BEACH OR SURF TOILETS PICNIC TABLE OTHER ACCESS Mathiesons Road West of Mathiesons Road Stanhopes Bay E(~8) I/P(~8) E(~12) P E I I E Formalise car park to protect Clover Glycine and Metallic Sun-Orchid. Maintain beach access via informal track. Designate hang glider launch site on cliff (section 6.3.15). Formalise car park. Maintain beach access via informal track. Beach access via steps. Dog Trap Bay Childers Cove area: I/P(~8) E(~30)/ E P E I/P E E E Close track to west of bay to vehicles. Develop walking track along vehicle track and lookout. Formalise beach access. Children wreck. Existing toilets and water at Sandy Bay (SB) Murmanes Bay (MB) Childers Cove (CC). Lake Gillear P(~40) I(~5)/P(5) E(~25): E(15)/ P(~10) I MB. Beach access via steps and track (MB & CC); informal accesses at SB. Beach accesses to be upgraded (table 7). Formalise lookouts; rationalise track network; develop car parks; maintain existing car park at MB. Retain picnic tables donated by Murnane family at MB. Provide gas barbecue and picnic tables at CC. Remove weeds and revegetate degraded areas, including the re-establishment of Sheoaks to provide shade near picnic facilities. Replace ‘Danger’ signboard with a more aesthetic sign. Liaise with Warrnambool Rifle Club to provide car park and walking track if the proposed rifle range at Lake Gillear is constructed (section 8.2.2). E = existing facility; I = informal facility; P= proposed facility D
TABLE 7 MANAGEMENT OF WALKING TRACKS TRACK LENGTH CURRENT STANDARD (GRADE) ADDITIONAL WORK REQUIREMENTS FUTURE STANDARD Port Campbell National Park Great Ocean Walk (Princetown to Port Campbell) Princetown to Clifton Beach 2.9 km existing shire road Signage. As is Clifton Beach to Gibsons Steps Gibsons Steps to Twelve Apostles Twelve Apostles to Island Archway (Loch Ard Gorge) 2.2 km proposed Construct track. Give to dune stability. ~1 km proposed Construct track. Construct B new track south of the Great Ocean Road. Give consideration to cliff stability. 3.3 km proposed Construct as a slashed B track. Construct new track south of the Great Ocean Road. Give consideration to cliff stability. Island Archway to Sherbrook River 1.5 km A1 and A2 Use existing coastal walking tracks. Provide signage. A1 and A2 Sherbrook River to Sparks Gully Track Sparks Gully Track to Port Campbell 3.0 km proposed Where possible, construct C track on disused vehicle tracks. Construct remainder as a slashed track. 4.0 km proposed Use disused track west of C Sparks Gully; cross Great Ocean Road, North – South Fireline and East – West Fireline tracks. Glenample Homestead Historic Walk 300 m B B Twelve Apostles/Glenample/ Gibsons Steps loop ~2 km proposed Construct track from B across Great Ocean Road to link with the Great
APPENDIX II THREATENED FLORA SPECIES SCIENTIFIC NAME COMMON NAME STATUS PCNP BICP Baumea laxa Lax Twig-sedge r Y Caladenia fragrantissima ssp. fragrantissima Scented Spider-orchid Re Y Diuris palustris Swamp Diuris v Y Exocarpus syrticola Coast Ballart r Y Y Glycine latrobeana Clover Glycine V v (FFG) Y Y Haloragis exalata Square Raspwort V v Y Lasiopetalum schulzenii Drooping Velvet-bush r Y Logania ovata Oval-leaf Logania r Y Orthrosanthus multiflorus Morning Flag r Y Pneumatopteris pennigera Lime Fern V v Y Pterostylis tenuissima Swamp Greenhood V v Y Sarcocornia quinqueflora ssp. tasmanica Beaded Glasswort Y Stipa hemipogen Half-bearded Spear- r Y grass Thelymitra benthamiana Blotched Sun-orchid r Y Thelymitra epipactoides Metallic Sun-orchid E e (FFG) Y Y Triglochin minutissimum Tiny Arrow-grass r Y Status categories from Gullan et al. (1990): E - endangered in Australia V - vulnerable in Australia R - rare in Australia e - endangered in Victoria v - vulnerable in Victoria r - rare in Victoria Y - species occurs in this Park (FFG) listed under the Flora and Fauna Guarantee Act 1988 PCNP Port Campbell National Park BICP Bay of Islands Coastal Park
APPENDIX III THREATENED FAUNA SPECIES SCIENTIFIC NAME COMMON NAME STATUS PCNP BICP Mammals Antechinus minimus Swamp Antechinus LR Y Y Mastacomys fuscus Broad-toothed Rat LR Y Miniopteris schreibersii Common Bent-wing Bat Vul, (L) Y* Potorous tridactylus Long-nosed Potoroo LR Y Birds Accipiter novaehollandiae Grey Goshawk LR Y Ardea alba Great Egret End, (L) Y Y Botaurus poiciloptilus Australasian Bittern End, (N) Y Dasyornis broadbenti Rufous Bristlebird LR, (L) Y Y Haliaeetus leucogaster White-bellied Sea-Eagle End, (L) Y Pezoporus wallicus Ground Parrot Vul, (L) Y Rallus pectoralis Lewin’s Rail End, (N) Y Y Thinornis rubricollis Hooded Plover V, End, (L) Y Y Reptiles Egernia coventryi Swamp Skink Vul Y Pseudemoia rawlinsoni Glossy Grass Skink LR Y Source: NRE (database) 1998 Status (NRE 1998): End endangered in Victoria V vulnerable in Australia Vul vulnerable in Victoria LR lower risk — near threatened in Victoria (L) listed under the Flora and Fauna Guarantee Act (N) nominated for listing under the Flora and Fauna Guarantee Act Y - species occurs in this Park PCNP Port Campbell National Park BICP Bay of Islands Coastal Park Lake Gillear bat cave immediately west of BICP
SCIENTIFIC NAME COMMON NAME THREAT STATUS DISTRIBUTION ABUNDANCE PCNP BICP PCNP BICP Coprosma repens Taupata (Mirror Bush) S S PCNP: Sparse throughout Park but common on Port Campbell forsehore, C U BICP: Garden escape at Peterborough, Shack Road, etc; active control Cortaderia selloana Pampas Grass S S PCNP: Entire Park, particularly close to GOR, BICP: Apparently eradicated C F Cotoneaster sp. Cotoneaster S S F Cotula coronopifolia Water Buttons S S PCNP: Wet areas, BICP: Wetlands, low lying areas U M Critesion murinum Barley-grass P Gibson Steps/12 Apostles M Cupressus macrocarpa Monterey Cypress S S Between Kineens Rd and Lake Gillear; active control U Cynodon dactylon Couch M S PCNP: Disturbed areas adjacent to roads and car parks, BICP: Shack sites at Crofts and Boat Bay M M Cyperus eragrostis Drain Flat-sedge P P Drains near Peterborough U Dactylis glomerata Cocksfoot S S Wetlands near Peterborough M Daucus carota Carrot N Clifton Beach U Delairea odorata Cape Ivy S S Only known from Boat Bay; active suppression F Diplotaxis tenuifolia ^* Sand Rocket M Great Ocean Road M Dipogon lignosus Common Dolichus M Tip site F Ehrharta erecta Panic Veldt Grass P N Erica lusitanica Spanish Heath S Sherbrook plantation C Erica quadrangularis Angled Heath P N Euphorbia paralias Sea Spurge S S Common on foredunes C
SCIENTIFIC NAME COMMON NAME THREAT STATUS DISTRIBUTION ABUNDANCE PCNP BICP PCNP BICP Gazania linearis Gazania P P PCNP: 1 km east of Port Campbell, F C BICP: Garden escapes, car parks; Peterborough-Childers (locally) Cove Genista monspessulana ^* Montpellier Broom P N Hainardia cylindrica Common Barb-grass P P N N Helminthotheca echioides Ox-tongue S S Patchy on road sides and disturbed areas U Holcus lanatus Yorkshire Fog S S Patchy except for larger population at de Littles U where it is moderately common Hypochoeris glabra Smooth Cat-ear N S PCNP: Widespread, BICP: Widespread C C Hypochoeris radicata Cat-ear N N PCNP: Widespread, BICP: Widespread C C Kniphofia uvaria Red Hot Pokers P P Wild Dog Cove, Childers Cove; active suppression U Lagurus ovatus Hare-tail S S PCNP: Widespread in sandy areas, M U BICP: Irvines Corner-Boat Bay on road sides Lavatera arborea Tree Mallow - N Leontodon taraxacoides Hairy Hawkbit N Disturbed areas U Leptospermum laevigatum Coast Tea-tree P S PCNP: Port Campbell Beach and the Arch/Lace C F (east), Curtains, BICP: Scarce in east and actively controlled; heavy C (west) infestation in west, including on adjacent private land (where planted as wind break); not considered controllable at present Leucanthemum maximum Shasta Daisy S Most sinkholes; active control C (locally) Lycium ferocissimum ^* African Box-thorn P S PCNP: Princetown, C F BICP: Patchy - Dogtrap Bay, Lake Gillear, east of Stanhopes Bay; active control Marrubium vulgare ^* Horehound P Point Hesse area F
SCIENTIFIC NAME COMMON NAME THREAT STATUS DISTRIBUTION ABUNDANCE PCNP BICP PCNP BICP Myosotis sylvatica Wood Forget-me-not S Crofts Bay-Wild Dog Cove, Childers Cove (shack U sites) Oxalis articulata Bent Wood-sorrel P walking tracks, disturbed sites U Papaver somniferum Opium Poppy N Crofts Bay (shack site) F Paraserianthes lophantha Cape Wattle S S U Paspalum dilatatum Paspalum N Widespread F Paspalum distichum Water Couch S Peterborough in wet areas M (locally) Pennisetum clandestinum Kikuyu Grass S Widespread, particularly along GOR C Phalaris aquatica Toowoomba Canary-grass S Some road sides, Radfords-Baileys Rds; active U control Pinus pinaster Cluster Pine S Pine plantation M Pinus radiata Monterey Pine S S PCNP: Pine plantation, BICP: Lake Gillear & Killeens Rd; controlled M F Pittosporum undulatum Sweet Pittosporum M Boorunga Road F Plantago coronopus Buck-horn Plantain P S PCNP: Widespread, BICP: Crofts Bay; controlled M F Plantago lanceolata Ribwort S S N N Plantago major Greater Plantain N Widespread M Populus alba White Poplar M Pine plantation F Reseda luteola * Wild Mignonette M Point Hesse F Romulea rosea Common Onion-grass S S Flaxmans Hill & western areas in heavy soils U Rorippa nasturtium-aquaticum Two-row Water-cress S S Creek west of Boat Bay U Rubus discolor Blackberry M S PCNP: Isolated occurrence, BICP: Childers Cove & Dog Trap Bay; active control F F