Tourist Attraction Expansion – Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary, Fig Tree Pocket

A development application has been lodged for the expansion of an existing tourist attraction, known as the Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary, located at 708 Jesmond Rd, Fig Tree Pocket.

Designed by LAUDink, the proposal seeks to cement the Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary as one of the key tourist attraction in Brisbane, grow the education facilities available, provide breeding and animal conservation.

The proposal will facilitate a new Wild Walk exhibit that involves new animal enclosures through a new wildlife zone and be contained within the existing established eucalyptus plantation. The new boardwalk will link around and between the existing eucalyptus trees and open to new animal locations.

Wild Walk Exhibit Space
– Potential to introduce new species in the longer term
– Night time tours and animal encounters
– New exhibits & breeding for Wombats and Tasmanian devils
– New exhibits for Echidnas and Koalas

Development Details
– Maintain 10m wide landscape strip
– Retained vegetative buffer / interface to Ormsby Street
– Particular location to limit vegetation removal
– Ecological and waterway value design
– Exhibit structures minimal footprint
– Site area historically used to support the Line Pone operation
– Extension of Lone Pine to provide a full day attraction
– 538m boardwalk with balustrade and pathways
– New 1.5m high colourbond fencing for new exhibit enclosures.

Additional Animal Areas

Night forest tour details
Frequency: Approximately 6 guided tours occurring per night
Capacity: 25 guests + guide per tour
Duration: 1 hour
Hours of operation: 9am until 10pm.

The planners at Town Planning Alliance state, “The proposed development does not detract from the current heritage place, and will ensure the continuation of the Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary into the future”. 

“Further, the proposed new exhibit is located a significant distance from the heritage listed area of the site and ensure the design and siting of the exhibit does not conflict with the cultural heritage values of the site”.

“The proposal will be of an appropriate bulk and scale, consistent with the residential uses to the south of the subject site and will continue to be visually unobtrusive to adjoining residential land and properties adjacent the Brisbane River“.

The proposal includes 2,180.9sqm (1.1%) of site cover over the 198,272sqm site.

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The Application Information and References
– Lodged: 22 December 2020
– Council Reference: A005625154
– Address: 708 Jesmond Rd, Fig Tree Pocket
– Zone: Emerging Community, Open Space and Specialised Centre (Entertainment and conference centre)
– Neighbourhood Plan: Fig Tree Pocket
– Application Report: Town Planning Alliance
– Landscape Drawings: LAUDink
– Interactive Image: Google Aerial and Streetview

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