Wyoming
Tree removal in Wyoming
Tree removal, pruning and stump grinding in Wyoming, from the heritage garden on the highway to the blocks that back onto bush.
Tree work in Wyoming
A heritage garden on the Pacific Highway
Wyoming Cottage has been on the State Heritage Register since 2 April 1999. Its listing describes a corner site on the Pacific Highway enhanced by mature trees, among them two magnificent mature bunya pines, a hoop pine, a Norfolk Island pine, a jacaranda and a Moreton Bay fig. Pruning or removing trees on a listed item needs approval under the Heritage Act unless one of the standard exemptions covers the work, and the council's own tree exemptions do not apply to a heritage item.
Gosford City Council's significant tree register listed swamp mahogany at Maidens Brush Oval as remnants of bushland and winter food for birds. Swamp mahogany is a big winter-flowering eucalypt of damp ground, so pruning anywhere near trees like these starts with a look for nesting birds and hollows.
Services in Wyoming
Highway traffic, bush edges and soft ground
Tree removal
Big trees beside the highway taken down in sections, with traffic management allowed for in the quote.
Tree pruning
Low limbs lifted and branches kept off the roof and gutters on blocks that back onto bush.
Stump grinding
Ground out with the machine kept off the soft, damp root zones of remnant trees like the swamp mahogany at Maidens Brush Oval.
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.
Wyoming questions
The old oak, the fire record and the 10/50 rule
Does the old English oak need a heritage check?
It does. The old Gosford council's register of significant trees listed a privately owned English oak beside the highway as part of a historical garden in conjunction with the Hely Homestead, so work on it is checked against the heritage listing before anything is priced.
Has the bush here burnt before?
Yes. NPWS fire history records a wildfire named Wyoming, covering about 9.2 hectares. Where a block backs onto bush, tree work is planned around reducing fuel near the house, once the bush fire prone land map has been checked for the parcel.
Can a tree near the house come down under the 10/50 rule?
Where the RFS online tool shows the parcel in a 10/50 entitlement area on the day, trees within 10 metres of a home can be cleared. Under that code vegetation must not be removed below the soil surface, so the stump stays in the ground and grinding it out is a separate question.
