Patonga
Tree removal in Patonga
Tree removal, pruning and palm work in Patonga, on the blocks between the foreshore reserve and the bush around the village.
Tree work in Patonga
Heritage pines, a landmark banksia and a date palm
The council's local plan lists the Norfolk Island pine trees in the foreshore reserve beside Bay Street as a heritage item. They are public trees, and council consent comes before any cut to them, so a private job along Bay Street works around them, never on them.
On Gosford City Council's register of significant trees, a coast banksia in the foreshore reserve was listed as a landmark on council land. A job on a block behind the reserve keeps its trucks, outrigger pads and drop zone off the banksia, the pines and their roots.
That register also recorded a date palm at the Patonga camping area as not common but a poor specimen. Any palm in that state has its crown checked before anyone climbs it.
Services in Patonga
Spiny fronds, storm-struck trees and the bush edge
Palm removal
Fronds brought down into a cleared drop zone, since date palm fronds carry sharp spines.
Storm damage
A tree that has split or shifted in a storm may qualify for an urgent tree works application with the council.
Tree pruning
Low canopy lifted off roofs and gutters on the blocks that face the bush around the village.
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.
Patonga questions
Fires in the surrounding bush, and a storm-hit beach
Does the bush around the village burn?
It has, more than once. NPWS fire history records a wildfire named Patonga Dr in December 1979 that covered about 157.7 hectares. It also lists a wildfire named Patonga in November 2002, and another named Patonga Dr in December 2016, so leaf litter and dead wood near the house are regular work rather than a one-off.
What did the June 2016 storms do at the beach?
After the storms of early June 2016, the council named Patonga Beach among the areas most affected in the south of the coast. A storm that hits the foreshore that hard can scour sand from around the roots of trees near the beach, so one that starts to lean afterwards is worth having looked at before it is worked on.
