HANGING ROCK MANAGEMENT PLAN

In 1993, the Hanging Rock Committee of Management commissioned Loder & Bayly Consulting Group to produce a Managment Plan for the Reserve.

Loder & Bayly made their assessment shortly after the acquisition of a substantial property extension to the east of the original reserve, and their brief was to provide the Committee of Managment with a blueprint for the future management and development of the Reserve as a whole.

The document is over 100 pages long, and includes detailed maps and diagrams of assessments and suggested alterations to aspects of the Reserve. An appendix records a comprehensive assessment of the Flora and Fauna found in the Reserve.

It's Contents include:

INTRODUCTION
LOCATION & CONTEXT
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
HISTORY
SITE ANALYSIS
OPPORTUNITIES AND CONSTRAINTS
VISITOR SURVEY
LANDSCAPE MANAGEMENT UNITS
ISSUES IDENTIFICATION
SITE ACCESS & CIRCULATION
REVENUE COLLECTION AND ACCESS
MANAGEMENT PLAN RECOMMENDATIONS
STAGING OF WORKS/PRIORITY OF ACTIONS
STANDARD DETAILS

APPENDICIES –
FLORA AND FAUNA
REVENUE COLLECTION AND ACCESS
WEED CONTROL IN NATURAL BUSHLAND AREAS
CURRENT RESERVE REGULATIONS
CURRENT RESERVE FIRE MANAGEMENT PLAN
POSSIBLE RECREATIONAL/OPPORTUNITIES
REFERENCES


Two short selections from the Managment Plan are available here:

HRMP1-4.PDF (1.8 MB)
This contains Sections 1-4: INTRODUCTION, LOCATION & CONTEXT, PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION and HISTORY

HRMP1314.PDF (704 kB)
This contains Sections 12 &13: MANAGEMENT PLAN RECOMMENDATIONS and STAGING OF WORKS/PRIORITY OF ACTIONS

ALTERNATIVELY – you may download the complete Management Plan here:

HRMP.PDF (16.2 MB)

For low bandwidth visitors, the document is also available in two parts:
HRMP-P1.PDF (8.1 MB) & HRMP-P2.PDF (7.7 MB)

All versions of the Managment Plan listed above have been reformatted to A4 portrait orientation for ease of printing.

ALTERNATIVELY – A3 sized Figures & Diagrams from the Managment Plan are available in their original format here:

HRMP-A3S.PDF (9.2 MB)

The Hanging Rock Recreation Reserve Management Plan has been made available courtesy of the Macedon Ranges Shire Council and EDAW.