FAIRFIELD LGA Estuary Zones Marine Tidal Delta Central Mud Basin Fluvial Delta Riverine Channel Freshwater Reach Study Area LGAs NORTH BOTANY BAY 0 1 2 4 DATE 13/04/2010 1:70,000 Kilometers PAGE SIZE A3 COORDINATE SYSTEM FIG NO. 8.0 FIGURE TITLE Estuary zones of the Georges River Catchment CREATED BY E. Kirchner Note: Adapted from Williams, R.J., A. Bryant and D.Ledlin (Eds.) (2004). Biodiversity of the Georges River Catchment: Aquatic biodiversity. Department of Infrastructure, Planning and Natural Resources: Sydney.
FAIRFIELD LGA Seagrass Saltmarsh Mangroves Mangroves (Saltmarsh) Estuarine Reedland Chipping Norton Lake (N) Swamp Oak Liverpool Golf Club Swamp Oak (Saltmarsh) Floyd Bay Prospect Creek NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) Estates Parks and Gardens Warwick Farm Racecourse Dhurawal Bay LGAs Liverpool STP Riverwood Golf Club Bankstown Airport Chipping Norton Lake (S) Lake Moore Wetlands Bankstown Golf Club Riverlands Golf Club New Brighton Golf Club Holsworthy STP Williams Creek Kelso Creek Deadmans Creek Little Salt Pan Creek Deadmans Creek Yeramba Lagoon Transgrid Substation Williams Creek DATE 13/04/2010 0 500 1,000 2,000 Meters FIG NO. 8.1a FIGURE TITLE Estuarine Vegetation Communities 2009 CREATED BY E. Kirchner Study\900Data\GIS\ ArcView Files\working files
Georges River National Park Seagrass Saltmarsh Mangroves Mangroves (Saltmarsh) Estuarine Reedland Swamp Oak Georges River National Park Swamp Oak (Saltmarsh) NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) Estates Parks and Gardens LGAs Salt Pan Creek Hurstville Golf Club Yeramba Lagoon Transgrid Substation Boggywell Creek Lime Kiln Bay Sandy Bay Great Moon Bay Ovens Reach Jew Fish Bay Hurstville Bay Gungah Bay Oatley Bay Little Moon Bay Edith Bay Kyle Bay Wearne Bay Neverfail Bay Connells Bay Worona River Carina Bay Scylla Bay Oyster Bay Kareela Golf Club DATE 13/04/2010 0 490 980 1,960 Meters FIG NO. 8.1b FIGURE TITLE Estuarine Vegetation Communities 2009 CREATED BY E. Kirchner
Seagrass Saltmarsh Mangroves Mangroves (Saltmarsh) Estuarine Reedland Swamp Oak Swamp Oak (Saltmarsh) NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) Estates Parks and Gardens LGAs Beverley Park Golf Club Kyle Bay Connells Bay Kogarah Bay Shipwrights Bay Sandringham Bay Gwawley Bay Towra Point Nature Reserve Quibray Bay Weeney Bay Woolooware Bay Cronulla Golf Club Woolooware Golf Club 0 DATE 13/04/2010 490 980 1,960 Meters FIG NO. 8.1c FIGURE TITLE Estuarine Vegetation Communities 2009 CREATED BY E. Kirchner Study\900Data\GIS \ArcView Files\working files
Salt Pan Creek 1 Photo Location 3 #Photo Field of View Mangrove NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) Estates Park and Garden LGA Boundary Salt Pan Creek 3 Opposite Mangrove Island 2 Lime Kiln Bay 4 DATE 7/01/2010 0 0.5 1 2 Km FIG NO. 8.2 FIGURE TITLE Mangrove Imagery - Middle Study Area \photos
Photo Field of View # Photo Location Saltmarsh FAIRFIELD LGA NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) Estates Park and Garden LGA Boundary 3 Georges River National Park 2 Deadmans Creek Holsworthy Military Reserve 1 Georges River National Park 3 DATE 7/01/2010 0 0.5 1 2 Km FIG NO. 8.3a FIGURE TITLE Saltmarsh Imagery - Upper Study Area Study\900Data\GIS\ ArcView Files\working files\photos
Beauty Point 1 Salt Pan Creek Reserve 4 Photo Location 3 #Photo Field of View Saltmarsh NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) Estates Park and Garden LGA Boundary Beauty Point 2 Salt Pan Creek Reserve 7 Salt Pan Creek Reserve 5 Lime Kiln Bay 8 Opposite Great Moon Bay 3 Opposite Great Moon Bay 6 Neverfail Bay 9 DATE 7/01/2010 0 0.5 1 2 Km FIG NO. 8.3b FIGURE TITLE Saltmarsh Imagery - Middle Study Area Study\900Data\GIS\ ArcView Files\working files\photos
Photo Field of View # Photo Location Saltmarsh NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) Estates Towra Point Nature Reserve 3 32 Park and Garden 31 LGA Boundary 30 Towra Point Nature Reserve 2 NORTH BOTANY BAY Towra Point Nature Reserve 1 DATE 7/01/2010 0 0.5 1 2 Km FIG NO. 8.3c FIGURE TITLE Saltmarsh Imagery - Lower Study Area Study\900Data\GIS \ArcView Files\working files\photos
FAIRFIELD LGA Kogarah Bay Shipwrights Bay NORTH BOTANY BAY Great Moon Bay Vegetation Type LGA Boundary Seagrass Little Moon Bay Saltmarsh Mangrove/Saltmarsh Mangrove DATE 6/1/2010 0 1 2 4 1:70,000 Kilometers PAGE SIZE A3 COORDINATE SYSTEM FIG NO. 8.4a FIGURE TITLE Persistant In-channel Vegetation Areas, 1986-2005 Data Source - Vegetation: Historic Assessment of Estuarine Macrophytes in Botany Bay and the Georges River (2009). NSW Department of Industry and Investment. Port Stephens Fisheries Centre, Taylors Beach, NSW Australia.
FAIRFIELD LGA Kogarah Bay Shipwrights Bay NORTH BOTANY BAY LGA Boundary Seagrass Gains Losses Persistence DATE 6/1/2010 0 1 2 4 1:70,000 Kilometers PAGE SIZE A3 COORDINATE SYSTEM FIG NO. 8.4b FIGURE TITLE Gains and Losses in Seagrass, 1986-2005 Data Source - Vegetation: Historic Assessment of Estuarine Macrophytes in Botany Bay and the Georges River (2009). NSW Department of Industry and Investment. Port Stephens Fisheries Centre, Taylors Beach, NSW Australia.
FAIRFIELD LGA Transgrid Substation NORTH BOTANY BAY Little Salt Pan Creek Saltmarsh LGA Boundary Gains Losses Persistence DATE 6/1/2010 0 1 2 4 1:70,000 Kilometers PAGE SIZE A3 COORDINATE SYSTEM FIG NO. 8.4c FIGURE TITLE Gains and Losses in Saltmarsh, 1986-2005 Data Source - Vegetation: Historic Assessment of Estuarine Macrophytes in Botany Bay and the Georges River (2009). NSW Department of Industry and Investment. Port Stephens Fisheries Centre, Taylors Beach, NSW Australia.
Lime Kiln Bay Sandy Bay Jew Fish Bay NORTH BOTANY BAY Kelso Creek Little Salt Pan Creek Mangroves LGA Boundary Gains Losses Persistence DATE 6/1/2010 0 1 2 4 1:70,000 Kilometers PAGE SIZE A3 COORDINATE SYSTEM FIG NO. 8.4d FIGURE TITLE Gains and Losses in Mangrove, 1986-2005 Data Source - Vegetation: Historic Assessment of Estuarine Macrophytes in Botany Bay and the Georges River (2009). NSW Department of Industry and Investment. Port Stephens Fisheries Centre, Taylors Beach, NSW Australia.
FAIRFIELD LGA Towra Point Nature Reserve Quibray Bay Weeney Bay Little Salt Pan Creek Woolooware Bay NORTH BOTANY BAY LGA Boundary Mangrove (inc. M/S) to Saltmarsh Saltmarsh to Mangrove (inc. M/S) DATE 6/1/2010 0 1 2 4 1:70,000 Kilometers PAGE SIZE A3 COORDINATE SYSTEM FIG NO. 8.4e FIGURE TITLE Succession of Mangrove and Saltmarsh, 1986-2005 Data Source - Vegetation: Historic Assessment of Estuarine Macrophytes in Botany Bay and the Georges River (2009). NSW Department of Industry and Investment. Port Stephens Fisheries Centre, Taylors Beach, NSW Australia.
FAIRFIELD LGA Sandringham Bay Kogarah Bay Shipwrights Bay NORTH BOTANY BAY Gwawley Bay Seagrass Study Area LGAs Gains Mooring Areas Losses Persistence DATE 13/04/2010 0 1 2 4 1:70,000 Kilometers PAGE SIZE A3 COORDINATE SYSTEM FIG NO. 8.4f FIGURE TITLE Gains and Losses in Seagrass, 1986-2005 with Mooring Locations Overlayed Data Source - Vegetation: Historic Assessment of Estuarine Macrophytes in Botany Bay and the Georges River (2009). NSW Department of Industry and Investment. Port Stephens Fisheries Centre, Taylors Beach, NSW Australia.
LGAs 1m Topographic Contours Hinterland Sandstone Transition Grey Gum Forest Castlereagh Scribbly Gum Woodland Castlereagh Swamp Woodland Sea Level Rise Contours Hinterland Sandstone Dwarf Apple Heath-Woodland 0.5 Coastal Upland Damp Heath Swamp Liverpool STP Warwick Farm Racecourse Chipping Norton Lake (N) Floyd Bay Liverpool Golf Club Prospect Creek Dhurawal Bay Riverwood Golf Club 0.9 SMCMA Vegetation Coastal Sandstone Riparian Scrub Coastal Enriched Sandstone Moist Forest Coastal Shale-Sandstone Forest Sydney Turpentine-Ironbark Forest Cumberland Shale Plains Woodland Cumberland Shale-Sandstone Ironbark Forest Castlereagh Ironbark Forest Castlereagh Shale-Gravel Transition Forest Coastal Enriched Sandstone Sheltered Forest Coastal Sandstone Foreshores Forest Coastal Sandstone Riparian Forest Coastal Sandstone Sheltered Peppermint-Apple Forest Hornsby Enriched Sandstone Exposed Woodland Southern Sydney Sheltered Forest Woronora Sandstone Exposed Bloodwood Woodland Hinterland Sandstone Gully Blackbutt-Apple Forest Coastal Freshwater Reedland Estuarine Reedland Coastal Flats Swamp Mahogany Forest Coastal Freshwater Swamp Forest Coastal Sand Swamp Mahogany Forest Hinterland Riverflat Paperbark Swamp Forest Cumberland Riverflat Forest Cumberland Swamp Oak Riparian Forest Estuarine Swamp Oak Forest Hinterland Flats Eucalypt Forest Estuarine Mangrove Forest Estuarine Saltmarsh Seagrass Meadows Urban Exotic/Native Weeds and Exotics Artificial Wetland Water Bankstown Airport Chipping Norton Lake (S) Lake Moore Wetlands Bankstown Golf Club Riverlands Golf Club New Brighton Golf Club Williams Creek Kelso Creek Holsworthy STP Little Salt Pan Creek Deadmans Creek Yeramba Lagoon Transgrid Substation Deadmans Creek DATE 13/04/2010 0 490 980 1,960 Meters FIG NO. 8.5a FIGURE TITLE Sea Level Rise CREATED BY E. Kirchner Study\900Data\GIS\ ArcView Files\working files
LGAs 1m Topographic Contours Coastal Sandstone Exposed Scribbly Gum Woodland Coastal Sandstone Foreshores Forest Coastal Sandstone Riparian Forest Coastal Freshwater Swamp Forest Coastal Sand Swamp Mahogany Forest Hinterland Riverflat Paperbark Swamp Forest Sea Level Rise Contours Coastal Sandstone Sheltered Peppermint-Apple Forest Cumberland Riverflat Forest Hurstville Bay 0.5m 0.9m SMCMA Vegetation Coastal Sandstone Gallery Rainforest Coastal Enriched Sandstone Moist Forest Coastal Shale-Sandstone Forest Sydney Foreshores Shale Forest Sydney Turpentine-Ironbark Forest Cumberland Shale-Sandstone Ironbark Forest Castlereagh Ironbark Forest Castlereagh Shale-Gravel Transition Forest Coastal Enriched Sandstone Sheltered Forest Hornsby Enriched Sandstone Exposed Woodland Southern Sydney Sheltered Forest Woronora Sandstone Exposed Bloodwood Woodland Hinterland Sandstone Gully Blackbutt-Apple Forest Hinterland Sandstone Transition Grey Gum Forest Castlereagh Swamp Woodland Hinterland Sandstone Dwarf Apple Heath-Woodland Coastal Upland Damp Heath Swamp Coastal Freshwater Reedland Estuarine Reedland Coastal Alluvial Bangalay Forest Coastal Flats Swamp Mahogany Forest Estuarine Swamp Oak Forest Hinterland Flats Eucalypt Forest Estuarine Mangrove Forest Estuarine Saltmarsh Seagrass Meadows Urban Exotic/Native Weeds and Exotics Artificial Wetland Water Rock Little Salt Pan Creek Salt Pan Creek Hurstville Golf Club Yeramba Lagoon Transgrid Substation Boggywell Creek Lime Kiln Bay Sandy Bay Jew Fish Bay Great Moon Bay Gungah Bay Oatley Bay Little Moon Bay Edith Bay Wearne Bay Ovens Reach Hurstville Bay Neverfail Bay Connells Bay Kyle Bay Worona River Scylla Bay Carina Bay Coronation Bay Oyster Bay Kareela Golf Club DATE 15/01/2010 0 495 990 1,980 Meters FIG NO. 8.5b FIGURE TITLE Sea Level Rise CREATED BY E. Kirchner
1m Topographic Contours Sea Level Rise Contours Beach Spinifex Grassland Coastal Tea-tree-Banksia Scrub Coastal Foredune Wattle Scrub Estuarine Swamp Oak Forest Estuarine Mangrove Forest Estuarine Saltmarsh 0.5 Coastal Upland Wet Heath Swamp Seagrass Meadows 0.9 SMCMA Vegetation Coastal Dune Littoral Rainforest Coastal Enriched Sandstone Moist Forest Coastal Sand Littoral Forest Cumberland Shale Plains Woodland Coastal Freshwater Reedland Estuarine Reedland Coastal Freshwater Swamp Forest Coastal Sand Swamp Mahogany Forest Hinterland Riverflat Paperbark Swamp Forest Urban Exotic/Native Weeds and Exotics Artificial Wetland Water Sandringham Bay Towra Point Nature Reserve Quibray Bay Weeney Bay Woolooware Bay Cronulla Golf Club Woolooware Golf Club DATE 13/04/2010 1:18,000 0 250 500 1,000 Meters FIG NO. 8.5c FIGURE TITLE Sea Level Rise CREATED BY E. Kirchner Study\900Data\GIS \ArcView Files\working files