Mangrove Mountain
Tree removal in Mangrove Mountain
Tree removal, pruning and stump grinding on the rural blocks of Mangrove Mountain, from the bush edge to its registered landmark trees.
Tree work in Mangrove Mountain
An ironbark at the hall and tall timber on Ironbark Road
Gosford City Council's register of significant trees included a grey ironbark beside the Mangrove Mountain hall, owned by the council and noted for enhancing the look of the hall. Grey ironbark is among the heaviest and hardest of the local timbers. A big one near the hall or a house is pruned or taken down in small, rigged sections, and work around the registered tree keeps its root zone and crown intact.
On private land along Ironbark Road, the same register listed a blue gum, a red cedar and a red gum. Blue gum and red cedar grow into very tall, heavy trees. Taking one down on a rural block can mean rigging it to the ground piece by piece, and the quote has to cover a chipper big enough for the limbs and a grinder sized for the stump.
Services in Mangrove Mountain
Hard timber, long drops and big stumps
Tree removal
Tall blue gums and red cedars lowered in sections where a house or a shed rules out felling them whole.
Tree pruning
Ironbark limbs cut in small, roped pieces, because the timber is too heavy to drop near a roof.
Stump grinding
Big hardwood stumps ground out once the tree is down, with the grinder matched to the size of 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.
Mangrove Mountain questions
A pioneer's bunya, and the fires on the plateau
Can a big bunya pine be made safer without felling it?
Often it can. Mature bunyas drop cones that can weigh several kilograms, so a big one is usually managed by taking the cones off and careful crown work rather than by removal. Across from Tom McKenzie Park the register listed a privately owned bunya pine, planted in the 1900s by one of the district's pioneers and described as a prominent landmark, and a registered tree like that is checked with the council before anyone works on it.
Has the plateau burnt recently?
It has. NPWS fire history includes a wildfire named Niclins Rd, Mangrove Mountain. That fire started on 18 September 2024 and burnt about 15.3 hectares. On rural blocks near bush like that, tree work is often about cutting fuel, keeping canopy back from houses and sheds, and opening access for fire trucks.
Why do tall gums here carry old fire damage?
Because some of this bush has burnt again and again. The parks service's records list wildfires named Ironbark Road, then later fires named Ironbark Rd and Ironbark. The largest of them burnt about 36.5 hectares from August 2012. A tall eucalypt on a block along that road is sounded for hollowing and decay at the base before anyone climbs it or brings it down.
