Cootharaba
Tree removal in Cootharaba
Storm work, pruning and tree removal in Cootharaba, from the hill blocks to the bush blocks beside the Penda Scrub Nature Refuge.
Tree work in Cootharaba
Black Pinch Road and the slipping hillsides
Black Pinch Road is part of Noosa Council's disaster reconstruction program. The damage there from 2022 has been repaired, but five additional sites were damaged in the rain event of early 2025. After a wet spell, whether that road is open is the first question for a job out this way, because it decides whether a truck and chipper can get in at all.
The hillsides move as well as the roads. For the repair of that road, the council said the engineering design must contend with a landslide that is up to 4m deep in some locations, and with water moving underground. Trees on slopes like these are checked for fresh lean or cracked ground before anyone works beneath them.
Services in Cootharaba
Slips, soft verges and wet-weather access
Storm damage
Trees that slipped downhill or broke in a wet spell, cut into rounds and hauled clear.
Tree lopping
Tall trees above a house on a steep block reduced in height and weight.
Noosa tree work
Under Noosa Shire's planning scheme, clearing on a Cootharaba block may need the council's approval first.
How it works
What happens after you get in touch
The council question is answered before the price, and nothing is booked until you have the quote in writing and have said yes to it.
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Tell us about the tree
The suburb, what the tree stands near and what you would like done with it.
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Someone comes to look
A tree contractor who covers your area sees the tree, the access and whatever is underneath it.
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The council position is checked
Lot size, how close the tree is to the house and the mapping on the block decide whether an application comes first.
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Quoted in writing
Scope, timber, stump and date set out on one page. Nothing is booked until you accept it.
Cootharaba questions
Nature refuges and the rebuilt Cootharaba Road
Who owns the bushland beside some blocks?
In places, the council. Council open space records show two council-owned nature refuges in Cootharaba, the Penda Scrub Nature Refuge of about 8 hectares and the larger Alyxia Nature Refuge. On a block next to either, boundary trees are confirmed as private before any cutting, and debris and machines stay off the refuge.
What does wet weather do to access here?
It softens it. Noosa Council listed reconstruction work on Cootharaba Road among its completed flood recovery projects, and after heavy rain the verges and the ground under the trees can stay soft for a while. A truck or elevated platform goes in only once that ground has firmed up.
