Crohamhurst
Tree removal in Crohamhurst
Storm clean-ups, pruning and tree removal in Crohamhurst, on hill country with a long history of very heavy rain.
Tree work in Crohamhurst
Rain gauges, soaked slopes and old pines
On 3 February 1893, as a tropical cyclone moved south, the long-range forecaster Inigo Jones recorded 907 mm of rain in 24 hours at Crohamhurst, a record at the time. Rain on that scale saturates a hillside and loosens the anchorage of big trees, so after a deluge, trees on sloping blocks are checked for heaving root plates and new leans before anyone works near them.
Heavy falls are not only history. In March 2026, Sunshine Coast News reported that in the count from Sunday morning to Monday morning, the highest falls were recorded at Crohamhurst, with 150mm. After rain like that, work on big trees waits for the ground to firm up, because a machine on a soft slope and a climber in a tree with waterlogged roots both add risk.
The former Crohamhurst Observatory, built for Inigo Jones's forecasting, sits on a dome-shaped hill, and its Queensland Heritage Register entry describes it as surrounded by mature hoop pine trees, with a row of them along the northern fence line. Those pines stand inside a state heritage listing, so pruning or removing one is checked against the heritage rules before any cut.
Services in Crohamhurst
Wet slopes, listed pines and forest edges
Storm damage
Trees that lean or fall when the hillsides are saturated, made safe once the ground can bear the work.
Tree pruning
Dead and heavy limbs taken out of tall pines and gums before a big wet arrives.
Tree removal permits
Pines inside the heritage listing, and trees on a forest or reserve boundary, sorted out with the right authority 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.
Crohamhurst questions
State forest, council reserve and the fence between
Who owns the trees in the state forest?
The state does. Crohamhurst State Forest, about 64.3 hectares, is held under the Forestry Act 1959, so anything growing on it is a matter for the state forest manager, and a job on the property next door keeps to the trees on its own side of the boundary.
Who manages the ecological reserve?
Council. Its Environment Levy register shows two lots in the Crohamhurst Ecological Reserve, one settled in 1998 and the other in 2019, both under council operational management. Where a block backs onto the reserve, the trees over the fence on the reserve's side are council's to manage, and felled limbs, machinery and debris are kept off it.
