Long Jetty
Tree removal in Long Jetty
Tree removal, pruning and stump grinding in Long Jetty, from the lake foreshore back to the streets behind it.
Tree work in Long Jetty
Storm damage and a filled-in foreshore
When strong winds tore through the Central Coast in December 2023, Long Jetty was hit hardest. NSW SES volunteers responded to 121 incidents, and an aged care home in the suburb was impacted by trees and roof shearing. After a blow like that, a tree that has split or shifted is the first job, and the roof beneath it is checked before anyone climbs.
The lake foreshore at the end of Archbold Road was a low-lying boggy area until council's water quality works filled it in. Roots stay shallow in low, wet ground on the lake edge, so a big tree growing there is more likely to blow over in a strong wind.
Services in Long Jetty
Storm work and lakeside trees
Storm damage
Split trunks and hanging limbs made safe, then the fallen timber cut up and taken away.
Tree removal
Trees that have started to lean near the water taken down in sections before the next big wind.
Stump grinding
Stumps ground out when the lawn by the lake is dry enough to take the machine's weight.
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.
Long Jetty questions
Working by the jetty and on soft ground
Can erosion unsettle the trees by the jetty?
It can. Next to the jetty, council re-profiled the foreshore in July 2016, added sand and built a sandstone rock wall to protect it from future erosion. Where a lake edge erodes, the roots of the trees along it can be left exposed or undermined, which makes them less stable in a storm.
Is a tree near the jetty foreshore handled differently?
Yes. Where a sandstone rock wall holds the bank, as it does beside the jetty, logs are lowered and carried out rather than dropped, and heavy machinery stays off the wall and the sand council added.
What if a tree splits in the next storm?
Council's rules treat a tree as a risk to life or property when a sudden structural failure, such as a fresh split, gives it imminent potential to harm. Where no arborist can be engaged in time, an urgent tree works application can be made.
