Management Areas

Fire Management Plan (October 2003) Royal Reserves : Volume 2
Forest Ridge Management Area
Description of Management Area boundaries North – Engadine Creek
East – Kangaroo Creek
South – Bottle Forest fire trail then foot track to Kangaroo Creek
West – old Engadine Lakes fire trail (closed)
Size of Management Area (hectares) 570.31 ha
Zones Present Asset Protection Zone (3.75 ha)
Heritage Management Zone (566.5 ha)
Assets/inholdings within Management Area Heathcote East residential area adjacent to this management area.
ROTAPs Eucalyptus leuhmanniana
Threatened fauna Giant Burrowing Frog (Heleioporus australiacus)
Red-crowned Toadlet (Pseudophryne australis)
Heath Monitor (Varanus rosenbergi)
Cultural Sites Aboriginal sites: Abraded grooves, Axe grinding groove, Midden,
Rock engraving, Shelter with art, Shelter with deposit
Operational Information • Engadine Ck to Horseshoe Falls is a moist gully and is
considered to be a good fire advantage.
• Fire advantage: 1994 bulldozed line from Bottle Forest Loop
fire trail along Forest Ridge to Engadine Creek (revegetated
and mounds)
• Fire advantage: Engadine-Audley walking track
• Bottle Forest Fire Trail is a dead end.
• Old Engadine Lakes fire trail is closed (mounds and
rehabilitated)
• Engadine Lakes, Goarra Ridge, Bottle Forest and Bottle
Forest Loop are all 4WD access only.
• Helipads: Heathcote Oval
• Helicopter water source: Kangaroo Creek and Engadine Lake
• Vehicle Water source: hydrants in East Heathcote.
Trails present • Goarra Ridge Fire Trail
• Bottle Forest Fire Trail
• Bottle Forest Loop Fire Trail
• Parklands Fire Trail (joining Bottle Forest Loop fire trail)
• Engadine Lakes Fire Trail
Bushfire Behaviour Potential (hectares) High Medium Low Negligible
24.31 ha 94.63 ha 193.75 ha 257.56 ha
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