Tree Masterplan - the Rocks and Circular Quay

Tree Masterplan - The Rocks and Circular Quay

November 2010 • The Rocks and Circular Quay precinct is divided into 7 sub-precincts based on topography and urban form

• The existing situation is presented with specific issues identified and overlay of future vision with explanatory notes

• Proposed tree species schedules shown as:

- Tree for courtyards, laneways and other small spaces - Trees for the foreshore - Trees for the streets

Masterplan Structure 27

Tree Masterplan for The Rocks and Circular Quay

Sydney Harbour Foreshore Authority ?

? 6 5 Grosvenor The King George V Memorial Par Place

GLOUCESTER WALK

2 ?

GLOUCESTER WALK

SUEZ CANAL 4

BAKEHOUSEPL MILL LANE MILL

Dawes Cadmans Point Park Cottage

Customs O cers Stairs 1

Dawes Point Reserve

LEGEND 1 Dawes Point Precinct 2 George Street Precinct 3 West Circular Quay Precinct 4 Core Heritage Precinct 5 Ridge Precinct 6 Southern Precinct 7 East Circular Quay Precinct

Precinct Plan 29

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Sydney Harbour Foreshore Authority ? Norfolk Island Hibiscus are unobtainable, and are Hills Weeping Fig are badly windswept a health hazard and poor scale to the bridge from exposure

EXISTING KEY SPECIES

Lp Ar Fh LO W E R Dawes Point Park Lp Ar

FORT STREE Lp Lp T Hackberry Hills Weeping Fig Canary Island Date Ar (Celtis australis/ (Ficus hillii) Palm Lp sinensis) (Phoenix canariensis) Pc Fh HICKSON

S Ec Pc Pre Ca Ca R LEGEND O Fh A

D Ca Tree Species Symbol Colour Fm Celtis australis/sinensis Ca Ficus hillii Fh Pre Phoenix canariensis Pc Other minor species Pc - Eucalyptus cinerea Ec - Ficus macrophylla Fm Er Fh - Ficus rubiginosa Fr Fh Pc - Lagunaria patersonii Lp Fr - Phoenix reclinata Pre - Strelitzia sp. S Pc Recognised View Corridors

DRAFT LOCAL SIGNIFICANT TREES Hackberry block view corridors Hickson Road Reserve Hills Weeping Fig and Swamp Mahogany block view corridors • Dawes Point Park - Ficus microcarpa var. hillii • Hickson Road Reserve Narrow footpath restricts canopy form Windswept from exposure - Phoenix canariensis

Existing Trees Precinct No.1 - Dawes Point 30

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Sydney Harbour Foreshore Authority ? Replace Norfolk Island Hibiscus with Queensland Kauri Pine and Norfolk Island Pine

Replace group of Hills Weeping Fig with Port Jackson Fig

LEGEND PROPOSED TREES

New Trees

LO W E Existing Trees R

FORT Trees not replaced STREE T

Norfolk Island Pine (Araucaria heterophylla) HICKSON

Queensland Kauri Pine (Agathis robusta)

Potential for trees to be planted on road Mexican Fan Palm (Washingtonia robusta)

Replacement of Hackberry with Mexican Fan Palm at 20m centres

Replace Hills Weeping Fig with Port Jackson Fig

Proposed Masterplan Precinct No.1 - Dawes Point 31

Tree Masterplan for The Rocks and Circular Quay

Sydney Harbour Foreshore Authority Western edge of George Street has no tree plantings which would obscure heritage facades

Existing Hackberry blocking views to Metcalfe Bond Stores and former Geological Museum

? Cocos Palm is out of character

EXISTING KEY SPECIES Sr Wr

Hackberry (Celtis australis/ sinensis) Ca Ca T EE TR Metcalfe Bond Ca Store Es S Ca Er Ca Ph

GEORGE Ca Former Ca Coroners Mariners Cocos Palm Court Church (Syagrus romanzoffiana)

Sydney Blue Gum is an unsuitable Remove Hackberry to reveal significant LEGEND street tree species and should not heritage facades be replaced Tree Species Symbol Colour Hackberry blocks views across First Fleet Park Hackberry in the pavement Celtis australis/sinensis Ca and impacts on canopy growth for the existing restricts circulation along the Washingtonia robusta Wr Peppercorn trees. Also the form and colour of footpath Other minor species Hackberry does not compliment Peppercorn trees - Platanus hybrida Ph - Eucalyptus saligna Es - Syagrus romanzoffiana Sr - Eucpytus robusta Er

Recognised View Corridors

Existing Trees Precinct No.2 - George Street 32

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Sydney Harbour Foreshore Authority PLANTING STRATEGY

• Selective removal of trees on eastern boundary

• No tree planting on western boundary of George Street

• Adopt a planting strategy that allows for large spacings and the introduction of specimen plantings for additional character

Replacement of? Hackberry with Hong Replace Cocos Palm with Kong Orchid Tree for flower and colour Mexican Fan Palm

PROPOSED TREES

Hong Kong Orchid Tree (Bauhinia variegata)

T EE TR Metcalfe Bond Store

Museum of Contempory Art S

Yellow Bloodwood (Corymbia eximia)

GEORGE

Former Coroners Mariners Court Church

Remove trees on footpath and Plant Hong Kong Replacement of Hackberry with LEGEND allow park trees to dominate Orchid Trees Yellow Bloodwood or Hong Kong Orchid Tree at junctions between buildings. General New Trees reduction in number of trees to accentuate facades Existing Trees

Trees not replaced

Proposed Masterplan Precinct No.2 - George Street 33

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Sydney Harbour Foreshore Authority DAWES POINT PARK DAWES HICKSON ROAD

Former Mining Museum The Metcalfe Bond Stores The Bushells Building

Existing West Elevation - North George Street DAWES POINT PARK DAWES HICKSON ROAD

Former Mining Museum The Metcalfe Bond Stores The Bushells Building

Proposed West Elevation - North George Street 35

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Sydney Harbour Foreshore Authority 34 ?

EXISTING KEY SPECIES Gardens block views, light and only marginally Hackberry create unnecessary tall green wall Very fine landmark planting soften impact of Cahill Expressway and Railway

Cabbage-tree Palms block Refer to Bligh and Barney Reserve Constrained planting conditions views, light and are visually and Cadmans Cottage Landscape & and future safety issues overdominant Interpretive Masterplan

Hackberry Dense planting Hackberry and palms screen and Hackberry affecting Cabbage Tree Palm (Celtis australis/ (Livistona australis) blocks legibility of overshadow Cadmans Cottage views sinensis) south facade

GEORGE STREET

Sa Hills Weeping Fig Mixed Pd (Ficus hillii) La

garden Bc La STREET ARGYLE Ca Ca bed Wr Peppercorn Tree Mixed Fh (Schinus areira) planting Wr Jm Bc Ca Ca Fs Wr Wr Jm Ca La Jm Mg La Mg La Up CIRCU Jm LAR QUAY Ca La WEST Wr Fe Jacaranda (Jacaranda Mg mimosaefolia)

Mexican Fan Palm La (Washingtonia robusta) LEGEND Tree Species Symbol Colour Celtis australis/sinensis Ca Ficus hillii Fh Jacaranda mimosaefolia Jm DRAFT LOCAL SIGNIFICANT TREES Livistona australis La Jacarandas are not suited to coastal Low planting and dense canopy Schinus areira Sa • Campbells Cove conditions and perform poorly plantings block views from George - Ficus microcarpa var. hillii. Washingtonia robusta Wr Street to harbour Other minor species • Sergeant Majors Row (terrace) - Buckinghamia celsissima Bc Wollemi pine landmark - Celtis australis - Ficus elastica Fe - Ficus benjamina - Fraxinus spp. Fs - Livistona australis - Magnolia grandiflora Mg - Washingtonia robusta - Populus deltoides Pd Overplanting of Cabbage Tree Palms - Ulmus parvifolia Up • West Circular Quay - Ficus elastica Mixed garden bed • First Fleet Park - Schinus areira - Corymbia citriodora - Fraxinus spp. • Greenway Lane, The Rocks - Lophostemon confertus Existing Trees Precinct No.3 - West Circular Quay - Ficus benjamina Recognised View Corridors 36

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Sydney Harbour Foreshore Authority ?

KEY MOVES PROPOSED TREES • General species proposed are wind and New plantings of Scribbly Gum to Replace Celtis with Smooth-barked Apple and Coast Banksia salt tolerant open canopy and allow views

• Introduction of indigenous species to parkland Replace Poplar Tree with Remove Celtis spp. group and replace Crows Ash • Recapturing view corridors across the with Olive Tree harbour Scribbly Gum (Eucalyptus Smooth-barked Apple haemastoma) Selectively remove Hackberry Replace existing Poplar Infill planting of Mexican Fan Palm (Angophora costata) to expose facade Tree with Crows Ash

GEORGE STREET Crows Ash

(Flindersia australis)

ARGYLE Norfolk Island Pine (Araucaria

heterophylla) STREET

Crepe Myrtle (Lagerstroemia indica)

CIRCU LAR QUAY

WEST Coral Tree (Erythrina x sykesii)

Olive Tree Pink Trumpet Tree (Olea ‘Europea’) (Tabebuia impetiginosa)

Introduce Cabbage Tree Second row of Cabbage Tree Palms aligned with first Plant Norfolk Island Pine Palm as wind break row taking care not to block view of Cadmans Cottage from promenade or view from George Street LEGEND Jacaranda and replaced with Replace Rubber Tree with Moreton Bay Fig Replace Hackberry with alternative flowering trees eg. Crepe Myrtle New Trees Coral Tree or Pink Trumpet Tree Existing Trees Selectively remove trees from garden bed to Jacaranda replaced with flowering trees eg. Coral Tree or reduce overcrowding and open views Pink Trumpet Tree Trees not replaced

Proposed Masterplan Precinct No.3 - West Circular Quay 37

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Sydney Harbour Foreshore Authority