Kincumber
Tree removal in Kincumber
Tree removal, lopping and stump grinding in Kincumber, on the bush blocks and the suburban streets alike.
Tree work in Kincumber
A forest found nowhere else
Kincumber Scribbly Gum Forest is a critically endangered open forest of scribbly gum, smooth-barked apple, red bloodwood, turpentine and Sydney peppermint. The state's listing found it is not known from any conservation reserves, so what is left of it stands on council land and private blocks rather than inside a national park.
It grows on sandy soils of the Erina soil landscape, laid over sandstone. Grinding a stump in sand goes quickly until the teeth meet rock, and a big gum anchored in loose sand is most likely to go over when the ground is saturated.
Services in Kincumber
Big natives on sandy ground
Tree removal
Tall bloodwoods and turpentines climbed and taken down in sections where they stand close to the house.
Tree pruning
Low limbs lifted and branches cleared off the roof and gutters before the fire season.
Stump grinding
Ground out in sandy soil, with sandstone allowed for where it sits close under the stump.
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.
Kincumber questions
Fire rules and the tip
Can the bushfire rule be used to clear around the house?
Not where this forest grows. The RFS says you may not clear trees or other vegetation under the 10/50 code if its online tool finds one of the listed critically endangered communities on your land, and this forest is on that list. Clearing there goes through the council instead.
Where does the green waste go from Kincumber?
Further than it used to. The Kincumber Waste Management Facility was closed to the public in 2020, so branches and logs that are not mulched on site go to the council gates at Woy Woy or Buttonderry.
Is it worth having trees checked before summer?
On a bush edge, yes. In December 2025 the council named the Brushwood fire trail complex at Kincumber among the major upgrades in its fire trail program, and on the blocks along that edge lifting low limbs and clearing the gutters is the usual work before the season.
