Soil Characteristics of Sunshine Bay Estate, Batemans Bay
This report and the accompanying plan detail the soil characteristics of land encompassed by the proposed Sunshine Bay Estate at Batemans Bay. The soils information collected provides the subdivision with a sound base for sediment and erosion control strategies.
Publisher: Department of Conservation and Land Management
Cost: Free
Language: English
File: PDF 1.95 MB / Pages 0
Name: soil-characteristics-sunshine-bay-estate-batemans-bay.pdf
Five sites over the Estate were excavated by backhoe to a depth of at least 2.0 m or refusal.
Sideslopes, Landscape Unit 4, constitute greater than 75% of the site area. The upper slopes and crests, Landscape Unit 3, have similar soil types to Unit 4. The major difference between the two units is that Unit 3 soils tend to be shallower.
Landscape Units 1 & 2, the drainage line and alluvial swampy areas, cover less than 10% of the site area but are significant as they comprise the only major drainage line of the site. Drainage for Unit 1 is much slower relative to Unit 2.