Council stumped over how to replace Crown Street Mall's spotted gums

Kate McIlwain
Updated January 19 2018 - 5:59pm, first published 5:30pm
Temporary: Magnolia shrubs have been dotted through the mall, while the council puzzles over what to do about its troublesome trees.
Temporary: Magnolia shrubs have been dotted through the mall, while the council puzzles over what to do about its troublesome trees.

Crown Street Mall’s troublesome trees appear to have stumped bureaucrats at Wollongong City Council, who called in outside experts to “examine the growing conditions” in the stark shopping strip.

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Kate McIlwain

Kate McIlwain

Journalist

For more than a decade, I've helped the Illawarra Mercury set the news agenda across the region. Currently I'm the paper's health reporter - covering the stories of Illawarra workers and residents in the wake of a global pandemic and at a time where our health systems are stretched to the limit.

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