Copacabana
Tree removal in Copacabana
Tree removal, pruning and stump grinding in Copacabana, for hillside homes and properties that have steep vehicle access.
Tree work in Copacabana
Steep driveways and a headland that is hard to reach
Copacabana is built on a hillside. For its road upgrade in Del Monte Place, the council chose a footpath width that protects reasonable vehicle access to properties that have steep vehicle access. A truck and chipper often cannot get down a driveway like that, so the timber is carried or winched up to the street, and a big tree can need a crane or a smaller machine.
On the coast towards Avoca Beach, the council found a bush trail through Winney Bay Reserve was not achievable due to the steepness of the terrain and the remoteness of the site. Next to bush that steep, trees are climbed and lowered on ropes rather than reached with a machine.
Services in Copacabana
Hillside access, rope work and rock
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.
Copacabana questions
Reserve trees, sandstone and sloping blocks
Can trees in Winney Bay Reserve be cut back from a yard next door?
Only with the council's agreement. The land parcels that make up Winney Bay Reserve are owned by the council, the state planning department and the Crown, and all of them are managed by Central Coast Council. A job beside the reserve keeps its cuts, drop zone and debris on the private side of the boundary.
Is there rock under the stumps here?
There can be. For the clifftop walk, the council proposed concrete coloured to match the natural sandstone at Winney Bay Reserve, the rock of that headland. Grinding stops where the stone starts on the blocks nearby, and a tree rooted in thin soil over rock is less firmly anchored than one in deep ground.
Does the bushfire clearing rule work on a sloping block?
Not on a steep enough one. Where the 10/50 code applies, it does not allow trees to be cleared on slopes greater than 18 degrees unless a geotechnical engineer sets the conditions, so on a hillside like this one the slope is measured before anyone relies on it.
