Management Areas

Fire Management Plan (October 2003) Royal Reserves : Volume 2
Curra Moors Management Area
Description of Management Area boundaries North – Wattamolla Road
East – Coastline
South – Garie Road
West – Sir Bertram Stevens Drive
Size of Management Area (hectares) 1349 ha
Zones Present Asset Protection Zone (6.19 ha)
Heritage Management Zone (1342 ha)
Assets/inholdings within Management Area Youth hostel at North Garie, Middle Rill
Garie Water Supply Line runs from Middle Rill to Garie
Beach.(Plastic piping)
ROTAPs Eucalyptus camfieldii (Maiden)
Lomandra brevis (A. Lee)
Threatened fauna Black-browed Albatross (Diomedea melanophrys)
Red Goshawk (Erythrotriorchis radiatus)
Giant Burrowing Frog (Heleioporus australiacus)
Broad-headed snake (Hoplocephalus bungaroides)
Red-crowned Toadlet (Pseudophryne australis)
Sooty Owl (Tyto tenebricosa)
Cultural Sites Aboriginal sites: Abraded grooves, axe grinding grooves, midden,
rock engraving, shelter with art, shelter with deposit, shelter with
midden.
Operational Information • Keep fire out of rainforest at Middle Rill.
• Direct attack where possible. Keep fire to minimum size
where practicable.
• High visitation in summer. Visitor safety and
management critical.
• Helipad at Garrawarra Farm and Garie Road
• Advantages: Curra Moors walking track, the old
Curracurrong fire trail
• Curra Moors Fire Trail is 4WD.
• Vehicle water point: hydrant top level car park at
Wattamolla and western end of Garie carpark.
• Drafting point at Wattamolla dam; Curra Moors fire trail
crossing of Curra Moors brook; upper causeway.
Trails present • Curra Moors Fire Trail (W-E)
• Curracurrong Fire Trail is closed.
Bushfire Behaviour Potential (hectares) High Medium Low Negligible
15.63ha 401.07ha 234.44ha 697.88ha
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