This is a common rainforest tree along the Illawarra coastline and escarpment, but it also grows from southern New South Wales to Fraser Island. It grows into a large tree, as high as 20 metres in rainforest areas, and there are smaller examples along Stanwell and Hargrave Creeks. There is one example of it regenerating naturally in the Stanwell Avenue Reserve in the circle opposite No. 33 Stanwell Avenue.

Grey myrtle leaf looks like Lilly pilly, but the main difference is that if