East Gosford
Tree removal in East Gosford
Tree removal, pruning and stump grinding in East Gosford, from the old quarry ground to the streets around Elizabeth Ross Park.
Tree work in East Gosford
Old quarry ground and a council blackbutt
A quarry on Bay View Avenue and White Street is a local heritage item in the council's planning scheme, listed across two lots. Ground that was worked as a quarry usually has rock at or near the surface, so trees growing on it tend to root shallow and wide.
Gosford City Council's significant tree register listed a council-owned blackbutt beside St Patrick's school, on the corner of Melbourne and Victoria Streets, and noted that the footpath beside it needed regrassing to prevent soil erosion. The tree is the council's to prune or remove, so a job next door works around its canopy and keeps machinery and log drops well clear of its root zone.
Services in East Gosford
Stone underfoot and birds in the canopy
Stump grinding
Ground only as deep as the rock allows, and checked against the heritage listing first on the lots of a quarry on Bay View Avenue and White Street.
Tree pruning
Garden pruning near the swamp mahogany in Elizabeth Ross Park, the only winter food source for birdlife, timed and checked for nesting birds first.
Tree removal
Taken down in sections near houses and fences, each piece lowered on a rope rather than dropped.
How it works
From the first message to a written quote
The council question is settled before any price, and nothing is booked until you have said yes to a quote in writing.
- 1
Tell us what the tree is doing
Where it stands, what it is close to and what you would like done about it.
- 2
A contractor comes to see it
A tree contractor who covers your suburb looks at the tree, the access and what is underneath it.
- 3
The council question is answered
Height, trunk size, distance from the house and the species decide whether a permit or an exemption applies.
- 4
You get it in writing
Scope, timber, stump and date on one page, and nothing is booked until you have said yes.
East Gosford questions
Park birdlife, roof branches and green waste
Can the swamp mahogany in Elizabeth Ross Park be pruned?
Not as a private job. Gosford City Council's register listed the council-owned swamp mahogany there as significant because they are the only winter food source for birdlife, and the park trees are left to the council.
Can branches over the roof be cut back?
Often, yes. The council's plan exempts pruning branches directly overhanging the roofline of an approved structure, and it notes that thicker branches can be cut there too. That exemption does not reach a heritage item, a threatened species or a habitat tree.
Where does the timber go?
Garden organics are taken for a fee at the council's two waste facilities, Buttonderry at Jilliby and Woy Woy, so timber that is not chipped on site goes to one of them. The kerbside bulk collection takes stumps and logs up to 30cm in diameter, so anything bigger is chipped or carted.
