Victorian Bushfires Surveying Taskforce
Bulletins
Taskforce brief
Information for volunteers
Information for residents
RE Plans
Useful links
| Surveyor-General Victoria is leading the Victorian Bushfires Surveying Taskforce, which is coordinating the enormous task of securing survey marks and monuments that assist with the reinstatement of property boundaries affected or destroyed by the recent Victorian bushfires. The taskforce is made up of representatives from the Office of Surveyor-General Victoria, Spatial Information Infrastructure, RMIT University, Association of Consulting Surveyors Victoria, Spatial Sciences Institute, Institution of Surveyors Victoria and Australian Spatial Information Business Association. It also brings together a strong contingent of volunteers, including surveying firms and individual surveyors. For further information, please contact the Office of Surveyor-General Victoria on (03) 8636 2525 or email surveyor.general@dse.vic.gov.au Bulletins Regular bulletins with information about the taskforce and its initiatives are being published by Surveyor-General Victoria.  VBST Bulletin No 7 – 4 June 09 (PDF - 420 KB) VBST Bulletin No 6 – 4 May 09 (PDF - 392 KB) VBST Bulletin No 5 – 16 April 09 (PDF - 274 KB) VBST Bulletin No 4 – 30 March 09 (PDF - 261 KB) VBST Bulletin No 3 – 11 March 09 (PDF - 503 KB) VBST Bulletin No 2 – 4 March 09 (PDF - 455 KB) VBST Bulletin No 1 – 26 Feb 09 (PDF - 227 KB) | web.jpg/$File/Ben-Koyama(Bortoli-Wellington)web.jpg)  web.jpg/$File/Ray-Cox(LandAir)web.jpg) |
Taskforce brief
The brief lists the membership of the taskforce and the responsibilities of each organisation.
Victorian Bushfires Surveying Taskforce Brief 17 Feb 2009 (PDF - 114 KB)Back to top
Information for volunteers
Guide to surveying areas affected by the 2009 Victorian bushfires
The guide provides advice to surveyors who have volunteered their services to perform surveys in the bushfire areas to recover, reference and preserve survey marks and monuments. It includes important surveying and Occupational Health and Safety information.
Guide to surveying areas affected by the 2009 Victorian bushfires (PDF - 1.7 MB)Sketchplans
The following sketchplans are for the Kinglake and Marysville regions. Please note that some of these files are large and may take some time to download; the Kinglake sketches are in two sections – pages 1 to 100 and pages 101 to 200.
Flowerdale Kinglake Steavenson SMES Summary 2009-03-25 (PDF - 49 KB) Pages 1 to 100 Kinglake PM sketches 2009-03-25 (PDF - 2.9 MB) Pages 101 to 200 Kinglake PM sketches 2009-03-25-2 (PDF - 3.2 MB) Flowerdale PM sketches 2009-03-25 (PDF - 2.8 MB) Steavenson PM sketches 2009-03-25 (PDF - 3.2 MB)Queries relating to the survey mark information provided above should be directed to Roger Fraser, Manager Geodetic Survey on (03) 8636 2551.
Project areas
The taskforce has identified areas in the state for volunteer surveyors to perform recovery surveys to locate and reference significant survey marks and monuments. The location and project status of these can be found online at www.land.vic.gov.au/maps/bushfire
Information for residents
Resident Information Sheet
The resident information sheet explains the purpose of the taskforce and includes some frequently asked questions.
Resident Information Sheet March / April 2009 (PDF - 115 KB)Register of Surveying Firms
The Register of Surveying Firms is a list of companies available to perform property boundary surveys on a fee-for-service basis in fire-affected areas.
The areas have been grouped in clusters identified as A, B, C, D and E (see Cluster Map PDF below) and each firm has indicated which cluster or clusters they are prepared to work in.
Prior to proceeding with a survey, residents are encouraged to utilise the free professional advisory service established by the taskforce to determine whether a survey is necessary. The service can be accessed by telephone on (03) 9326 9700.
Register of Survey Firms (PDF - 84 KB) Cluster Map (PDF - 710 KB)Back to top
Useful Links
A guide to safe return to your property
This Building Commission publication offers advice to bushfire affected people on various matters including land surveying.
A guide to safe return to your property (PDF - 799 KB)Back to top
Fire-affected community websites
A number of regional community websites have been set up to assist recovery in bushfire affected areas. The sites have been developed by .au Community Domains, a not-for-profit organisation that manages registration of community geographic domain names. It is expected that more sites will be developed in the coming months.
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