Gosford
Tree removal in Gosford
Tree removal, lopping and stump grinding in Gosford, from the waterfront to the slopes under Rumbalara.
Tree work in Gosford
Old park trees and reclaimed ground
A lot of Gosford's canopy is old and heritage listed. Burns Place, with its feature eucalypt and stands of mature trees, is a local heritage item, and most of that small park is mature tree plantings dating from the 1930s to the 1960s.
The waterfront is made ground. Leagues Club Field sits on land reclaimed in the early 1900s from Brisbane Water, and fill holds a tree's roots differently from natural soil, which matters for the big trees growing on it.
Behind the town, Rumbalara Reserve carries Narrabeen Coastal Blackbutt Forest, and fire history records a wildfire named Rumbalara Reserve in the 2000 to 2001 fire year. Blocks on the slopes below share its tall blackbutts and its fire season.
Services in Gosford
Heritage trees, waterfront and slopes
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.
Gosford questions
Heritage approvals and memorial trees
Do heritage trees here need a different approval?
Yes. The council's significant tree register does not cover trees listed as heritage items, and separate approval from council's heritage officer is required for any works on heritage listed items. That sits outside the usual tree permit.
Are the trees in Memorial Park protected?
Some of them. The NSW War Memorials Register says certain trees throughout the park are also heritage listed, and the park holds a Lone Pine memorial tree grafted from the one at the Australian War Memorial.
Which other park trees are listed?
The city centre heritage map lists the avenue and feature trees at Grahame Park as a local heritage item, along with a separate feature fig tree.
