Magenta
Tree removal in Magenta
Tree removal and pruning in Magenta, for homes on the edge of Wyrrabalong National Park and its red gum forest.
Tree work in Magenta
Rainforest on one trail, crooked red gums on the next
NPWS says the Lillypilly loop trail, in the northern part of Wyrrabalong National Park, passes through the Central Coast's largest remaining stand of littoral rainforest, under a canopy of towering corkwoods, cabbage tree palms and tuckeroos. That kind of rainforest is an endangered ecological community under state law, which puts it outside council's exemptions. A cabbage tree palm or a tuckeroo on a block near the stand is checked against that listing before pruning or removal is quoted, and trees inside the park stay with the parks service.
The Red Gum trail nearby winds through forest with old man banksias and large Sydney red gums, their branches twisting towards the light and across the track. Those long, crooked limbs can let go without warning. Over a roof or a driveway the usual answer is selective pruning that takes weight off the end of each limb, since lopping a red gum only brings on weak regrowth.
Services in Magenta
Crooked limbs, scarred bases and the park line
Tree pruning
Weight taken off the long limbs of large Sydney red gums where they reach over roofs and driveways.
Tree removal
A fire-scarred tree checked for a hollow or decayed base before it is climbed or brought down near the house.
Tree removal permits
Whether a tree belongs to the park, the council's path plantings or your block, settled before any work is priced.
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.
Magenta questions
Planned burns, a roadside wildfire and the new path
Why do big trees near the park have scarred bases?
Because the forest beside Magenta is burnt on a plan. NPWS fire history shows prescribed burns named Redgums, carried out in three phases from 2012 to 2014 and almost entirely inside the suburb. A tall gum on that edge can carry a fire scar or a hollow at the base, and the base is checked for decay before a climber goes up or the tree is felled near a home.
Has a wildfire started in Magenta itself?
Yes. The parks service lists a wildfire named Wilfred Barret Dr Magenta. It began on 29 October 2014 and burnt about 2.4 hectares, all of it within the suburb. On blocks that back onto that bush, tree work often means cutting fuel and lifting the canopy clear of the house, after the bush fire prone land map and the RFS 10/50 tool have been consulted for the lot.
Who looks after the trees along the shared path?
That depends on whose land each tree stands on. Council built the Magenta Shared Pathway beside Wilfred Barrett Drive so that it does not encroach into the Wyrrabalong National Park, and planted it with natives grown from seed and cuttings collected around Magenta. Park trees are for NPWS to manage, the path plantings are the council's, and only a tree on private land is quoted as a private job.
