Koolewong
Tree removal in Koolewong
Tree removal, pruning and stump grinding in Koolewong, from the burnt bush edge down to the foreshore.
Tree work in Koolewong
What the December 2025 fire left behind
NPWS fire history records a wildfire named Nimbin Rd, Koolewong. It started on 6 December 2025 and was mapped at about 122.9 hectares. Central Coast Council's support package after the fire included helping the RFS make safe the properties where houses were destroyed or damaged, and that work covered the removal of unsafe trees on public and private land.
A tree that has been through fire can look sound and still drop a limb or fall without warning. On a burnt block the trunk, the base and the roots are checked for hidden damage before anyone decides which trees can stay.
Fire has come through before. The same records hold a wildfire named Koolewong that started on 10 October 1979 and covered about 69.8 hectares, and a prescribed burn under that name in May 1983. Trees on the blocks along that edge are judged as fuel near a house, not just on their health.
Services in Koolewong
Burnt timber, scorched crowns and stumps
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.
Koolewong questions
A fig saved from subdivision, and a foreshore swamp mahogany
Can the Moreton Bay fig in its own reserve be pruned?
Only through the council's heritage process. The planning scheme lists the tree in its own right as a local heritage item: a Moreton Bay fig tree on Johns Road. A listed tree sits outside the council's ordinary tree chapter, so pruning or removing it is a heritage matter, and work on the blocks around it has to protect its roots and canopy.
Why does the fig stand in a reserve of its own?
It was saved during subdivision of surrounding land, and the State Heritage Inventory says it appears to have flourished since the reserve around it was created in 1993. A fig of that size spreads roots and limbs well past the edge of a small reserve, so trenching, root cutting or trimming an overhanging limb on the next block is raised with the council first.
Who decides on work to the swamp mahogany in Couche Park Reserve?
The council, which owns it. The significant tree register Gosford City Council kept described it as a remnant of original foreshore flora and noted that a management plan was required. Swamp mahogany grows on wet ground near the water, so work on a block beside the park keeps machinery off the soft soil over its roots, and the reserve's trees are left alone.
