Ourimbah
Tree removal in Ourimbah
Pruning, tree removal and stump grinding in Ourimbah, for homes on the bush edge and down on the creek flats.
Tree work in Ourimbah
A fire trail upgrade and a spring wildfire
When council set out its fire trail works in December 2025, the Edye Fire Trail at Ourimbah was on the list of major upgrades. Trails are upgraded like that where homes sit beside bush that can carry fire.
Records from the parks service show how readily this bush burns: a 2008-09 wildfire named Scaddens Fire ran from 20 to 23 September 2008 and burnt about 23 hectares of the bush around Ourimbah. On that edge the standing jobs are low limbs lifted, branches taken off roofs and gutters, and dead or leaning trees near the house taken out, with the green waste carted away rather than left as fuel.
Services in Ourimbah
Bush blocks, creek flats and listed Araucarias
Tree pruning
Roof lines cleared and crowns opened up for homes that back onto the bush near the Edye Fire Trail at Ourimbah.
Tree removal
Creek-flat trees by the causeway over Bangalow Creek taken down when the road is open and the ground has firmed.
Stump grinding
Stumps of dead trees ground out once they are down, so nothing is left to rot beside the house.
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.
Ourimbah questions
Listed Araucarias and the Bangalow Creek causeway
What trees in Ourimbah are heritage listed?
A group of Araucaria trees on Chittaway Road is the one tree item among Ourimbah's local heritage listings. That takes them outside council's tree exemptions, so pruning or removing them needs separate heritage approval. Araucarias grow tall and carry heavy limbs, so on the lots beside them nothing is dropped or parked under their crowns.
Does the creek crossing flood?
Often enough to need warning signs. Council fitted a flood warning system to Burns Road, chosen because the road is flood-prone, with signs that flash when the causeway over Bangalow Creek goes under water. Trees on those low flats stand in soil that stays saturated after rain, which weakens their root hold.
