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CAIRNS CITY IN A GARDEN MASTER PLAN PART C PRECINCT PLANS 29 Cairns City in a Garden Master Plan 2007 #1987843 v1 © City of Cairns Table of Contents City in a Garden Master Plan Part C- Precinct Plans This section of the Cairns City in a Garden Master Plan provides a template for future tree planting in the key city streets (for a summary list of priority streets and tree species palettes refer to City in a Garden Master Plan Part E-Appendices) The precinct approach is in line with the Cairns Plan and addresses local issues and provides a guide to appropriate tree species selection for each precinct and outlines key objectives. For Central Cairns, the area defined by Florence Street to the north, the western footpath of the Esplanade to the east, the CBD side of the Wharf Street footpath to the south, and Bunda Street (east side of street) to the west, please refer to the Cairns CBD Master Plan 2007 for full planting details. CITY IN A GARDEN MASTER PLAN 2007 2 Vision Statement Error! Bookmark not defined. Context 2 CAIRNS CITY IN A GARDEN PART A-INTRODUCTION 10 CITY IN A GARDEN MASTER PLAN PART B-TREE SPECIES SELECTION 14 CITY IN A GARDEN MASTER PLAN PART C- PRECINCT PLANS 30 1. Cairns Beaches 32 1.1. Palm Cove 32 1.2. Clifton Beach 34 1.3. Kewarra Beach 36 1.4. Trinity Beach 38 2. Barron Smithfield 40 2.1. Trinity Park 40 2.2. Yorkeys Knob 42 2.3. Holloways Beach 44 Cairns City in a Garden 2.4. Machans Beach 46 Master Plan 2007 2.5. Smithfield 48 2.6. Caravonica 51 Part C 3. Redlynch Valley 53 Precinct Plans 3.1. Kamerunga 53 30 Cairns City in a Garden Master Plan 2007 #1987843 v1 © City of Cairns Table of Contents 3.2. Redlynch 55 4. Freshwater Stratford & Aeroglen 57 4.1. Freshwater 57 4.2. Stratford & Aeroglen 59 5. Cairns North and CBD 61 5.1. CBD refer to Cairns CBD Streetscape Master Plan 61 5.2. Cairns North 61 6. Portsmith Woree Industrial 65 6.1. Portsmith and Woree Industrial 65 7. Inner Suburbs 67 7.1. Edge Hill and Whitfield 67 7.2. Kanimbla & Brinsmead 69 7.3. Paramatta Park 71 7.4. Manunda & Manoora 73 7.5. Westcourt & Bungalow 75 7.6. Earlville & Mooroobool 77 7.7. Bayview Heights & Woree 79 8. White Rock & Edmonton 81 8.1. White Rock 81 8.2. Edmonton 83 9. Gordonvale & Goldsborough 86 9.1. Gordonvale 86 10. Babinda 88 10.1. Babinda 88 11. Rural Lands 90 11.1. Rural Lands 90 CITY IN A GARDEN MASTER PLAN PART D TECHNICAL GUIDELINES 99 Cairns City in a Garden Master Plan 2007 CITY IN A GARDEN PART E- APPENDICES 128 CITY IN A GARDEN PART F-STREETSCAPE TEMPLATES 178 Part C Precinct Plans 31 Cairns City in a Garden Master Plan 2007 #1987843 v1 © City of Cairns Cairns Beaches Palm Cove 1. Cairns Beaches General Description The Cairns Beaches Precinct is situated in the narrow coastal plain that stretches to the north of Cairns City. It is flanked to the east by the Coral Sea and to the west by the steep forested hill slopes of the Macalister Range. 1.1. Palm Cove 1.1.1 Precinct Description Palm Cove is a major tourist destination in Cairns and offers a wide range of luxury accommodation and numerous restaurants along the beach front. As early as the 1930’s palm Cove was a popular destination for a picnic or a swim. Most usable land here was put to sugar cane. By the early 1980’s the area was still little more than a collection of shops, a post office and a couple of guest houses. The Ramada was one of the first of the luxury resorts to be built at palm Cove back in 1986.The 2.5hectare site was originally an ancient grove of Melaleuca; and today huge Melaleuca trees still dominate the esplanade and give Palm Cove its unique setting. 1.1.2 Precinct Objectives General • To enhance the streetscape with street trees of appropriate scale and form • To respect established street tree character • To create links with the remaining natural vegetation and establish wildlife corridors between the coastal areas and hill slopes. • Encourage use of native and threatened species Special • To enhance the tropical feel of the main approach streets • Continue theme of Melaleuca leucadendra where these occur on Esplanade • North and South of Esplanade introduce Terminalia Cairns City in a Garden Catappa as regular street tree Master Plan 2007 Part C Precinct Plans 32 Cairns City in a Garden Master Plan 2007 #1987843 v1 © City of Cairns 1.1.3 Precinct Conditions Cairns Beaches Existing Street Trees Palm Cove Planting is a major component of the Esplanade and contributes greatly to the resort character. Dominant Species Melaleuca leucadendron Weeping Paperbark Cocos nucifera Coconut Palm 1.1.4 Built Form and Road Widths 1.1.5 Microclimate The area is exposed to strong coastal influences with prevailing south-easterly winds during the winter months. 1.1.6 Geological/Soil Conditions The precinct comprises of beaches, fore dunes and swales together with riparian corridors. Soils are dominantly fine grained sands and clays. 1.1.7 Street Name Themes Palms & Ferns, Tranquillity 1.1.8 Street and Park Tree Species Palette Guide for Palm Cove Acmena hemilampra Blush Satinash Calophyllum sil Blush Touriga Deplanchea tetraphylla Golden Bouquet Dictyosperma album Princess Palm Dillenea alata Red Beech Gmelina fasciculiflora White Beech Guettarda speciosa Indian Funeral Flower Gulubia costata Gulubia Palm Melaleuca leucadendra Weeping Paperbark Podocarpus grayae Weeping Brown pine Randia fitzalani Native Gardenia Syzygium angophoroides Yarrabah Satinash Syzygium forte ssp forte White Apple 1.1.9 Street Tree Species Palette for Palm Cove Street Name Between Median Verge Footpath P Capt. Cook Argentea Syzygium in var. Deplanchea tetraphylla Triton Warren Cedar Tabebuia pallida P Williams Veivers Tibouchina (shrub) Randia fitzalanii P P-indicates selected species for planting under power lines Cairns City in a Garden Master Plan 2007 Part C Precinct Plans 33 Cairns City in a Garden Master Plan 2007 #1987843 v1 © City of Cairns Cairns Beaches 1. Cairns Beaches Clifton Beach General description The Cairns Beaches Precinct is situated in the narrow coastal plain that stretches to the north of Cairns City. It is flanked to the east by the Coral Sea and to the west by the steep forested hill slopes of the Macalister Range. 1.2. Clifton Beach 1.2.1 Precinct Description In the 1930’s Clifton had no transport to town and a one lane road into the city with no shops or schools, however people were attracted here by the surrounding rich soils and they settled to farm. Unlike much of Cairns many farms here grew bananas, mangos and pineapples. It is primarily a residential area, with some scattered tourist accommodation concentrated along the Arlington Esplanade. 1.2.2 Precinct Objectives General • To enhance the streetscape with street trees of appropriate scale and form • To respect established street tree character • To create links with the remaining natural vegetation and establish wildlife corridors between the coastal areas and hill slopes. • Encourage use of native and threatened species Special • New street tree plantings of regular Terminalia muelleri on Upolu Esplanade when power lines are placed underground • Replace Melaleuca leucadendron in tree islands along Endeavour Road with Randia fitzalanii 1.2.3 Precinct Conditions Existing Street Trees Cairns City in a Garden Dominant Species Master Plan 2007 1.2.4 Built Form and Road Widths Part C Precinct Plans 34 Cairns City in a Garden Master Plan 2007 #1987843 v1 © City of Cairns 1.2.5 Microclimate Cairns Beaches The area is exposed to strong coastal influences with prevailing south-easterly winds during the winter months. Clifton Beach 1.2.6 Geological/Soil Conditions The precinct comprises of beaches, fore dunes and swales together with riparian corridors. Soils are dominantly fine grained sands and clays. 1.2.7 Street Name Themes Reefs 1.2.8 Street and Park Tree Species Palette Guide for Clifton Beach Acmena hemilampra Blush Satinash Calophyllum sil Touriga Deplanchea tetraphylla Golden Bouquet Dictyosperma album Princess Palm Dillenea alata Red Beech Gmelina fasciculiflora White Beech Guettarda speciosa Indian Funeral Flower Gulubia costata Gulubia Palm Melaleuca leucadendra Weeping Paperbark Podocarpus grayae Weeping Brown pine Randia fitzalani Native Gardenia Syzygium angophoroides Yarrabah Satinash Syzygium forte ssp forte White Apple 1.2.9 Street Tree Species Palette for Clifton Beach Street Name Between Median Verge Footpath P Capt. Cook Endeavor Cerbera manghas Acmena hemilampra P Upolu P-indicates selected species for planting under power lines Cairns City in a Garden Master Plan 2007 Part C Precinct Plans 35 Cairns City in a Garden Master Plan 2007 #1987843 v1 © City of Cairns Cairns Beaches Kewarra Beach 1.0 Cairns Beaches General description The Cairns Beaches Precinct is situated in the narrow coastal plain that stretches to the north of Cairns City. It is flanked to the east by the Coral Sea and to the west by the steep forested hill slopes of the Macalister Range. 1.3. Kewarra Beach 1.3.1 Precinct Description Kewarra is the youngest of all of Cairn’s Beach suburbs and has remained largely non-commercial throughout its years of development. In 1967 Cairns engineer Euan Bruce saw the potential at Kewarra and decided to acquire land. The name Kewarra was first used by local Aborigines and literally means “foot of the rainbow”, because they often saw rainbows here while they dug for “pippies” at nearby Clifton Beach.