Where Do Coconut Palms Start To Become Common In Australia?

[PalmTreeDude]

Out of curiosity, where in Australia (along the East and West Coasts) do Coconut palms (healthy ones, not ones that are just barely hanging on) start to become common? 

[Pal Meir]

[sandgroper]

Here in Western Australia they start to grow well and fruit from around the town of Kalbarri and really grow well from Shark Bay onwards. They need human intervention to survive though as we don't have enough rainfall to keep them alive in these areas so they need watering. They grow wild further north in our state, around Broome where almost every nut dropped germinates. 

[Neil C]

On the east coast they starting doing well around the NSW/QLD border possibly slightly further south.

Regards Neil

[greysrigging]

Very common on the north coast of Australia as one would expect. In Darwin at 12* South we regard them as a bit of a weed....mmmm, well I do anyway. The naturalized ones along the coastal strip handle the 3 or 4 month seasonal drought effortlessly it seems. I have a mature specimen in my front yard that must be nudging 40' tall. Was 3' tall when I bought my house in 1987.

1988 and 2017 ( behind the Washingtonia )

 

[PalmTreeDude]

On 6/30/2018, 4:46:04, greysrigging said:

Very common on the north coast of Australia as one would expect. In Darwin at 12* South we regard them as a bit of a weed....mmmm, well I do anyway. The naturalized ones along the coastal strip handle the 3 or 4 month seasonal drought effortlessly it seems. I have a mature specimen in my front yard that must be nudging 40' tall. Was 3' tall when I bought my house in 1987.

1988 and 2017 ( behind the Washingtonia )

 

Looks nice! 

 

On 6/29/2018, 5:10:45, Pal Meir said:

Are these growing naturally? As in, are they native to far North Queensland? 

[Pal Meir]

15 minutes ago, PalmTreeDude said:

LAre these growing naturally? As in, are they native to far North Queensland? 

Yes, they are.

[The Palm Nut]

Byron Bay is where you'll see plenty of them around, further south Yamba yes a few with size and Coffs a few small ones that I have seen. There is the exception though two at Southwest Rocks which is 45min drive from Port Macquarie north, have produced fruit but unlikely viable fruit. These are large ones at least 30 plus years old and actually look good certainly as good as you'll find at Byron Bay. The potential for many more to grow at SWR is enormous mainly due to the landscape of the area. If you had a truckload of seed and gave them out not with standing people actually wanting to grow them, they would be all over the place.