Zone 5 - Commercial

These are the main commercial areas of Bondi Junction, Bondi Beach and Charing Cross.

Streetscape Character

Each of these areas is unique and provides challenging criteria when selecting and preparing for tree planting. The Bondi Junction zone has shallow soil depth usually over a layer of bedrock with a number of streets affected by shadows and wind turbulence from tall buildings. Bondi Beach is less affected by building shadows but is exposed to strong salt laden winds from the south.

Dominant Trees

Common nameBotanical name
Norfolk Island Pine Araucaria heterophylla
Coastal Banksia Banksia integrifolia
Tuckeroo Cupaniopsis anacardioides
Honey Locust Gleditsia triacanthos
Brushbox Lophostemon confertus
Fine-leafed Paperbark Melaleuca leucadendra
Plane Tree Platanus x acerifolia
Paperbark Melaleuca quinquenervia
Watergum Tristaniopsis laurina

Preferred Tree Species

SizeCommon nameBotanical name
S* Ivory Curl Tree Buckinghamia celsissima
Weeping Bottlebrush Callistemon viminalis
Flowering Gum Corymbia ficifolia
M* Coastal Banksia Banksia integrifolia
Illawarra Flame Tree Brachychiton acerifolius
Tuckeroo Cupaniopsis anacardioides
Wilga Geijera parviflora
Honey Locust Gleditsia triacanthos
Golden Rain Tree Koelreuteria paniculata
Watergum Tristaniopsis laurina
Waterhousea Waterhousea floribunda
L* Sydney Red Gum Angophora costata
Cook Island Pine or New Caledonia Pine Araucaria columnaris
Norfolk Island Pine Araucaria heterophylla
Yellow Bloodwood Corymbia eximia ‘Nana’
Cabbage Tree Palm Livistona australis
Brushbox Lophostemon confertus
Bull-Bay Magnolia Magnolia grandiflora
Fine-Leafed Paperbark Melaleuca leucadendra
Paperbark Melaleuca quinquenervia
Firewheel Tree Stenocarpus sinuatus
Cotton Palm Washingtonia robusta

*Small (to 6 metres), Medium (6 to 12 metres), Large (over 12 metres)

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