Forresters Beach
Tree removal in Forresters Beach
Tree removal, pruning and stump grinding in Forresters Beach, on the bush blocks around Cromarty Hill and the streets below them.
Tree work in Forresters Beach
Fire on Cromarty Hill, and a remnant paperbark
The parks service's fire history layer records repeated fires on Cromarty Hill, wildfires and planned burns alike. For homes on the edge of that bush, any tree job starts by checking the lot on the bush fire prone land map and in the RFS 10/50 tool, because the result decides which rules the tree falls under.
Gosford City Council's Significant Tree Register listed a privately owned broad-leaved paperbark in Forresters Beach as a remnant of original vegetation. Paperbarks of that kind are trees of low, wet ground with a shallow root plate, and one on a house block is treated as a native tree that council may protect, so council is asked before it is pruned or removed.
Services in Forresters Beach
Bush blocks, roofs and remnant trees
Tree removal
Dead trees within reach of a house taken down in sections on bush-edge blocks.
Tree pruning
Low limbs lifted and leafy growth trimmed back on the side of the block that faces the bush.
Stump grinding
Stumps ground out clear of the shallow roots of any paperbark that is a remnant of original vegetation.
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.
Forresters Beach questions
Planned burns and small fires near the houses
Why is the bush near the houses burnt on purpose?
To bring the fuel down. The fire history layer records prescribed burns in 2008 and 2021, one of them named Hollydell, and burns like those show how much fuel builds up between them. Roofs and gutters near that bush are kept clear of overhanging limbs and shed bark for the same reason.
Do wildfires start inside the suburb itself?
They have. The same records list wildfires named Forresters Beach, the first in September 2009, and a later one named for Cromarty Hill Rd. Those fires started in spring as well as in summer, so dead wood, dry litter and low limbs near the house are a standing job rather than a single clean-up.
