Yanchep National Park Management Plan 1989-1999

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A GUIDE TO THIS PLAN Overall the plan is divided into five main sections (refer to contents page), the Introduction, Overall Management of the Park, Management of Natural Resources, Management for Visitors and Implementation. Within this overall structure the plan follows a basic format which varies when particular issues require it. Each section begins with background information, followed by Implications for Management (derived from the background information), Management Objectives and Prescriptions. Some sections also have strategies, where the overall direction of the management is discussed. Priorities have been allocated for all prescriptions. The key sections to read in this plan, to gain an overview of what is proposed are: Part A Introduction, Sections 2.0 Management Objectives for the Park, 14.1 Background information and recreation opportunities, 14.1.2 Summary of current conflicts and management issues, 14.2 Recreation Area Management Objectives and 14.3 Overall Strategies. More detailed information can be found in specific sections (refer to the contents). vi
SUMMARY Yanchep National Park, 2799 ha, is situated 48 km north of Perth, on the Wanneroo-Lancelin Road. Its gazetted purpose is the 'Protection and Preservation of Caves and Flora and for Health and Pleasure Resorts'. Values The conservation values of the Park relate to what has occurred to the Swan Coastal Plain. Much of it has been cleared for human activities, such as urbanisation and farming. Many wetlands on the Swan Coastal Plain have been filled in, and those left have been modified and subjected to pressures such as pollutants and clearing. All of these activities have severely diminished the range and availability of habitats for fauna, so that many are either no longer present on the Plain, or are very reduced in numbers. The Park contains seven vegetation communities, four wetlands that have had little modification, and over 1 000 caves (some of which are scientifically important and need protection), all of which provide a wide range of habitats for a variety of fauna. It is an important conservation area, and as urbanisation spreads, its value will increase. it is also a popular and unique recreation destination. Over 250 000 visitors per year go to the recreation area, the highest number of visitors to any single area of a national park in the State. Also high is the number of tourists from interstate and overseas (34% of the total). Within this beautiful and tranquil Park, visitors can participate in many activities including rowing on Loch McNess, picnicking and walking along the two nature trails and having a game of goo'. Management Issues There are many natural values of the Park which need protection from many influences, including wildfire, dieback disease, feral animals and the effects of an expanding population. This Park is very different from other national parks because of the developed nature of the recreation area. It requires high levels of maintenance, so it has the largest ranger force for any national park in the State; therefore, management and maintenance costs are high. The high numbers of visitors, the number of staff required and the high costs of management, produce a number of management issues, both problems and opportunities. Management of Natural Resources Some aspects will be: • The addition of Ridges State forest, a part of State Forest No. 65, and, if possible, Pipidinny Swamp to the Park, increasing its size by 3 100 ha (See Figure 1). vii
Page 2 and 3: DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND LAND
Page 4 and 5: TABLE OF CONTENTS PREFACE _________
Page 6 and 7: LIST OF FIGURES Figure 1 Locality M
Page 10 and 11: • The rehabilitation of eroded an
Page 12 and 13: • Rationalisation of the manageme
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Page 16: Implications for Management 1. Yanc
Page 20 and 21: Today, Yanchep National Park remain
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Page 27 and 28: The importance of the caves in the
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Page 33 and 34: 6.0 HYDROLOGY The hydrology of the
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Page 40: 7.2.2 YONDERUP LAKE The vegetation
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Implications for Management (Furthe
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10.0 PROTECTION 10.1 FIRE Australia
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6. Highest areas of risk of ignitio
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8. To minimise the introduction or
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TABLE 5 PERCENTAGE OF VEGETATION TY
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8. Promote public education and awa
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10.2 DISEASE The plant disease of m
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The impact of the two declared pest
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Kikuyu grass is spreading from the
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10.4.2 KOALA FEED PLANTATIONS There
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2 Develop a public education/interp
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no fauna survey of the area. The in
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11.2.2 PART OF STATE FOREST NO. 65
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Prescriptions 1. Negotiate with the
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SECTION PROGRAM PRIORITY 10. 3 Non-
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Much of the recreation area with it
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PART D MANAGEMENT FOR VISITORS 13.0
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Overall, the number of visitors ann
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14.2 RECREATION AREA MANAGEMENT OBJ
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14.3.1 MANAGEMENT SUB-UNITS OF THE
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entrance (No. 31); around the ornam
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• The carpark next to the ticket
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3. Provide parking suitable for the
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Management Objective To provide an
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a surprisingly high percentage of "
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4. The building requires considerab
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14.4.3(c) KIOSK BUILDING The draft
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14.4.3(e) HALL The hall was origina
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14.4.4 RECREATION FACILITIES 14.4.4
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8. Design and construct a new koala
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Implications for Management 1. The
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W.A. natives and designed to provid
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assist with the maintenance of picn
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2. The design of the barbecues crea
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The visitor survey showed that 59 p
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- is not environmentally sensitive
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• maximum numbers of users, where
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major repairs carried out by tender
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2. Include in the lease the followi
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- the responsibility for rubbish di
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4. Negotiate with the Yanchep Golf
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2. The pool runs at a loss; managem
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The City of Wanneroo is keen to con
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6. There is insufficient data on th
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There are continual problems with l
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ubbish removal, the Yanchep Inn, Ki
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Management Objective To have a cost
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Implication for Management It is CA
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2. Restrict vehicle entry to the ma
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Caves enlarge by the repeated colla
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structurally safe have so far been
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4. Establish a set of conditions fo
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15.2.2(b) CABARET CAVE Management O
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With the advent of mountain bicycle
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There are a number of management pr
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For tourists, Yanchep National Park
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6. Include in the lease conditions
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18.1 VISITOR INFORMATION FACILITY A
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Prescriptions 1. While the Administ
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21.0 BIBLIOGRAPHY Archer, M. (1972)
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Drescher, 0., personal communicatio
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Muir, B.A. (1985) Observations of t
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Western Australian Tourism Commissi
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