Jilliby
Tree removal in Jilliby
Tree removal and pruning in Jilliby, for homes on the bush edge and blocks along the creek, with the timber taken away.
Tree work in Jilliby
Ridges that are burnt to protect the houses
Council and the Rural Fire Service rebuilt the Jilliby South Fire Trail, expanded the asset protection zone and finished the work with hazard reduction burning in the bushland. That was done by May 2017, and it shows the homes on that edge sit beside fuel that has to be burnt to protect them.
The parks service mapped a prescribed burn named Whitemans Ridge HR on 8 March 2025, in several parts, the largest about 192 hectares. Burns on that scale show how much fuel the ridges around Jilliby carry, which is why anything dead near the house comes out, and the cleared zone around the buildings is kept tidy, before summer.
Services in Jilliby
Fire edges, soft creek flats and a tip in the suburb
Tree pruning
Limbs cut back from roofs and gutters on bush blocks near the Jilliby South Fire Trail.
Tree removal
Trees felled or lowered in sections, and the timber chipped on site or trucked to the Buttonderry Waste Management Facility on Hue Hue Road.
Stump grinding
Stumps left from a removal ground out below the surface, the grindings raked into the garden or carted off.
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.
Jilliby questions
Creek floods and where the green waste goes
Does Jilliby Creek flood?
It reaches minor flood level in heavy rain. In September 2019, days after a downpour, NBN News reported that Jilliby Creek at Jilliby had dipped below the minor flooding level. Flats beside the creek can stay soaked for days after that, which loosens the root hold of trees on the banks, and heavy gear stays off the soft ground until it drains.
Where can the branches and logs go?
Not far. Council accepts green waste, for a fee, at the Buttonderry Waste Management Facility on Hue Hue Road, one of the two council facilities that take it and inside Jilliby itself, so a load too big for a kerbside pickup has a short haul rather than a trip across the coast.
