The Town Plan in Detail

The town of Eynesbury is modelled on traditional Australian urban environments, using as a starting point the classic Australian country town.

The best Australian country towns have an urban structure that is readily identifiable. This visual structure is informed by an articulation into areas or zones of distinct character:

This area contains:

• The commercial strip, with its wide, shady verandahed promenade footpaths. The building forms are subsumed by linking the buildings together in a terrace form, shielding the frontage with the verandah element over the public footpath, and giving prominence to the shopfronts. • The public building precincts, frequently blended within the commercial strip. The public buildings adopt a more singular iconic character and are positioned to achieve prominence within the urban environment (either on corners, a prominent axis or fronting an open space). These structures may be placed within a commercial strip, in which case the absence of verandahs and the provision of a formal façade or portico differentiates it from its setting. This includes both municipal structures and churches, churches are slightly differently placed as they often occur as focal points within the residential matrix.

Refer to:

• The Residential precincts are marked by uniform architectural character and style, uniform fencing heights, clustered drift style street tree planting, and preference for semi-transparent fencing backed by vegetation.

These areas often contain small retail and public facilities (eg. churches, public halls, sporting facilities) in prominent locations (street corners and so on) providing for local requirements.

• Transitional zones are those areas where the rural or bush precinct surrounding the town contains a lower density of individual houses on larger blocks at the boundaries of the formal township grid.