Narara
Tree removal in Narara
Tree removal, storm clean-ups and pruning in Narara, from the creek flats to the heritage plantings on Gugandi Road.
Tree work in Narara
A creek that floods, and a causeway that can be cut
Council's draft Narara Creek floodplain risk management plan shows Reeves Street in Narara flooded. That was on Tuesday, 22 February 2022. The plan notes that the creek flows on through West Gosford, with overland, creek and Brisbane Water flooding in its catchment.
The same plan includes upgrading road access at the Reeves Street causeway, which would need a bridge or a multi-cell culvert and could form part of a flood evacuation route for West Narara. The upgrade would lift that access to the 1% AEP flood level. Until it is done, a flood can cut the road to the properties beyond it.
Services in Narara
Floods, a causeway and listed trees
Storm damage
Trees down beyond the Reeves Street causeway cut up and cleared once a truck and chipper can cross it again.
Tree removal
Creek-side trees taken down in sections, timed so the truck and chipper are not working on saturated ground.
Tree removal permits
Heritage items fall outside the council's tree exemptions, so a listed tree needs separate heritage approval before it is pruned or removed.
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.
Narara questions
Listed plantings, and trees on the creek bank
Which trees in Narara are heritage listed?
The council's planning scheme lists a specimen turpentine and a group of hoop pines on Gugandi Road as local heritage items, alongside the listed former grafting shed and administration block. A job on a neighbouring lot keeps its drop zone and machinery clear of their canopy and root zones.
Do the listed pears and cypresses need special care?
They do. The same scheme lists heritage plantings of pecan, Callery pear and bald cypress on Gugandi Road, among them a row of Callery pear and a group of bald cypress. Callery pear is prone to splitting at narrow forks and bald cypress is a swamp tree suited to wet ground, so any pruning plan for them allows for both.
Is a tree on the creek bank more likely to fall?
After heavy rain, yes. Waterlogged soil loosens a root plate, so a tree on the low ground beside the creek is more prone to wind throw, and one that has started to lean is worth having looked at before the next big wind.
