Johns River

The roadbuilding Alliance returned to Johns River today to present a cheque for $500 to the Johns River Community Progress Association.

The Alliance, which built the Johns River bypass and all of the 33km Coopernook to Herons Creek Pacific Highway upgrade, consulted with the community on landscaping prior to the building of the bypass to ensure appropriate species and locations were chosen. Paul Shimpke on behalf of the Alliance hands over $500 to the community

Amongst the main feature species chosen were the Hoop Pine and the Silky Oak, but unfortunately the Silky Oak did not arrive at Johns River as originally planned!

So, to make it up to the Johns River Community, the Alliance kindly promised to provide the $500 to make up for the oversight, and so the community could make it's own decisions on what sort of colour they'd like for planting around the entrance areas for the village.

What Colour Do YOU Like?

After some fairly exhaustive research, field work, several meetings, and community consultation, the first edition of the Village Plant List is complete!

Several on-site meetings and many many exchanges of phone calls and e-mails later, we have boiled down our Village Species List to the following items. It's not an exhaustive list of possibilities — but where possible, the following are simply preferred at this point:

• Tallowoods—Eucalyptus micocorys
• Turpentine—Syncapia glomulifera
• Tree fern—Cyathea cooperi
• Burrawang—Lepidozamia~peroffskyana
• Red Flowering Gum—Corymbia ficifolia
• Brush Cherry or Scrub Cherry—Syzygium australe
• Lilly Pilly—Syzygium smithii
• Dawson River Weeping Bottlebrush—Callistemon viminalis
• Kangaroo Paw, Cats Paws—Anigozanthos, Humilis
• "Albery's Red" NSW Christmas Bush—Ceratopetalum gummiferum
• Grevilleas Superb, Honey Gem, Moonlight, Pink Surprise, or Coconut
• Tussock Grass—Poa Labillardieri
• Club Rush—Isolepsis nodosus
• Blue Flax Lily—Dianella caerulea
• Narrow-leaved Palm Lily—Cordyline stricta

If you would like to see other species added to the list, or have any particular reason for one to be excluded, please e-mail us on This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it so we can adjust our list as needed.

So, let us know which species you like the most -- and where you'd lke to see them!