Woy Woy Bay
Tree removal in Woy Woy Bay
Tree removal, pruning and stump grinding in Woy Woy Bay, for homes on a bush edge with a long fire record.
Tree work in Woy Woy Bay
A bush edge burnt by wildfire and on purpose
NPWS fire history records a wildfire named Woy Woy Bay in November 1986, mapped at about 7.4 hectares, and a prescribed burn of about 19.2 hectares under the same name in that fire year. More recently, a wildfire named Woy Woy Bay Firetrail started on 13 November 2017 and was mapped at about 6.4 hectares.
Blocks along the fire trail are assessed for fuel near the house and for any tree that leans toward it. Before anything is cleared under the 10/50 code, the entitlement for the parcel is confirmed on the RFS tool.
Services in Woy Woy Bay
Bush-edge gums, gutters and the pine's roots
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.
Woy Woy Bay questions
Scarred trunks and a pine on the register
Why is a fire-scarred trunk checked before it is climbed?
Because fire can leave wood weaker than it looks. The bush here burnt in a wildfire in September 2012, and in May 2014 the records show a prescribed burn named Woy Woy Bay of about 15.6 hectares. Eucalypts on that edge can carry old scars and hollows at the base, so the trunk is checked first and the plan for taking the tree down allows for weak wood.
Is the old Norfolk Island pine in the suburb protected?
It is on a register. Gosford City Council's significant tree register listed a privately owned Norfolk Island pine in Woy Woy Bay as remnant vegetation threatened by road widening and drainage works, and recorded that its condition had improved since listing. Its roots are protected whenever trenching or kerbing goes in nearby, and if it ever has to come out, a pine that tall is lowered piece by piece from the top.
