Picnic Bay foreshore 

Picnic Bay 

SITE DESCRIPTION  

  • Wildlife habitat corridor: Riparian Corridors - major drainage line
  • Heritage Listing and Zoning: National Park in area 
  • Natural Habitat Quality: Transformed and/or degraded habitat
  • Conservation value: Currently unassigned 
  • Seagrass beds offshore (dugong and marine turtle feeding, fish habitat) 
  • Reefs offshore

USES AND ISSUES  

  • Tourism 
  • Outdoor recreation eg. swimming and snorkelling 
  • Ferry terminal 
  • Urban development

ENVIRONMENTAL VALUE  

(not yet defined)

 

1. RIKES (1990) p35,36. 2. Wetlands of Townsville (1996) Report 96/28 p9-10, 39. 3. Townsville - Thuringowa Strategy Plan (1996) - NCDP p14 Appendix 2