Macmasters Beach
Tree removal in Macmasters Beach
Tree removal, pruning and storm work in Macmasters Beach, from the Norfolk Island pines along the foreshore to the bush behind the houses.
Tree work in Macmasters Beach
Swells, sandbags and pines on the dune
In June 2016 the council placed bags of stabilised sand in front of the surf club as an emergency response to erosion after large ocean swell and tides, and it says that structure has since deteriorated. Its draft coastal management program for the open coast includes an action to complete a coastal risk and options assessment for Marine Parade. A big sea can strip sand from under a beachfront tree's roots, so after a swell a new lean or bared roots are looked at before anyone climbs or cuts.
After a council resolution in July 2025, an appropriately qualified arborist assessed the Norfolk Island pines along the foreshore, and the council reports they were not identified as a risk. The coastal engineers' design for the surf club works keeps those pines undisturbed and avoids any digging into the slope of the dune due to Aboriginal heritage.
Services in Macmasters Beach
Pines, dune stumps and beachfront trees
Tree pruning
Tall pines on private blocks checked for lean, root plate and dead branches before pruning is quoted.
Stump grinding
On the dune in front of the surf club, a stump is cut low and left unless the council agrees to grinding.
Tree removal
Trees on the blocks behind the beach taken down in sections when there is no room to drop them.
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.
Macmasters Beach questions
A painted red gum and the burns behind the houses
Can the red gum the artists painted be pruned?
Lightly, once the council's rules have been checked. A privately owned Sydney red gum in Macmasters Beach was listed on Gosford City Council's significant tree register at grading 1 as a landmark painted by several artists. On a tree like that the cuts are kept small and heavy limbs are lowered on ropes rather than dropped.
Has the bush behind the houses been burnt?
Yes, on purpose. The parks service's fire history records two prescribed burns named for Bombi Road. On the blocks along that edge the usual work is dead wood, branches over the roof and gutters full of leaves, once the RFS 10/50 tool has been checked for the lot.
